Past Questions And Answers
A characteristic reaction of the compounds with the general formula CnH2n is
- A. Esterification
- B. Polymerization
- C. Decarboxylation
- D. Substitution
Calculate the standard deviation of 30, 29, 25, 28, 32 and 24.
- A. 2.0
- B. 2.8
- C. 3.0
- D. 3.2
The word in capital letter has the emphatic stress. choose the option in which the given sentence relates. My mother bought a BICYCLE yesterday.
- A. When did my mother buy a bicycle?
- B. What did my mother buy yesterday?
- C. Whose mother bought a bicycle yesterday?
- D. Did my mother steal a bicycle yesterday?
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
'...He risked his life that you may boast
A warrior-hunter for your lord...But you-
You sell him to the rhyming rabble
Gloating in your disloyalty...
In these lines the 'rhyming rabble' refers to
- A. clowns who wait on the Bale
- B. children in Lakunle's school
- C. professional singers
- D. the mummers who dance in mockery of the Bale's rumoured impotence
Ahmad bab, one of the early West African Ulama, was based in
- A. Sokoto
- B. Borno
- C. Timbuktu
- D. Mali
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
After so many trials, the experiment ....... ?
- A. paid up
- B. paid for
- C. paid out
- D. paid off
The complete oxidation of proan -1-ol yields
- A) CH3CH2CHO
- B) CH3COCH3
- C) CH3COOH3
- D) CH3CH2COOH
In order to avoid undue interference in the process of governance, there should be
- A. clear cut separation of governmental power
- B. proper fusion of governmental powers and functions
- C. more roles for traditional rulers in the governmental process
- D. additional responsibility for local government council
A common characteristics of copper and silver in their usage as coinage metals is that they
- A. have high metallic lustre
- B. are not easily oxidized
- C. are easily oxidized
- D. are not easil reduced
In a small village of 500 people, 350 speak the local language while 200 speak pidgin English. What percentage of the population speak both.
- A. 30%
- B. 10%
- C. 50%
- D. 14%