Past Questions And Answers
Use the data in the table below to answer the questions that follow;
| Age group | No of Students in thousands | |
| 1955 | 1960 | |
| 0 - 16 | 150 | 143 |
| 17 - 45 | 51 | 107 |
| 46 -60 | 29 | 33 |
| above 60 | 15 | 17 |
(a) What is the percentage increase in the working population between 1955 - 1960?
(b) Calculate the ratio dependent population to the working population in 1955.
(c) Calculate the ratio of dependent population to the working population in 1960.
(d) Has the dependency ratio increased or decreased between 1955 and 1960?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1994 THEORYEvaluate \(log_{\sqrt{2}}4+log_{\frac{1}{2}}16-log_{4}32\)
- A. -5.5
- B. -2.5
- C. 2.5
- D. 5.5
The processes by which animals release carbon dioxide into the air are
- A. respiration and decay
- B. respiration and ammonification
- C. nitrification and decay
- D. denitriflcatin and ammonification
Orange is to peel as nut is to :
- A. kernel
- B. rind
- C. shell
- D. fruit
Which accounting concept states that revenues and expenses are recognized as theyare earned or incurred and not when money is received?
- A) Entity
- B) Realization
- C) Accrual
- D) Periodicity
''The climate is characterised by an alternate hot, rainly season and cool, dry season. The vegetation consists mostly of tall grass and short trees which are mostly deciduous''The climate being described is the
- A. savanna
- B. cool temperate (British type)
- C. warm temperate (China type)
- D. tropical monsoon
A substance which dissolves readily in organic solvent would
- A. Be a covalent compound
- B. Have strong electrostatic forces of attraction
- C. have a high melting point
- D. Conduct electricity in molten state
From the word lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences
As a millionaire he lives in ...
- A. prudence
- B. affluence
- C. frugality
- D. abundance
A loaded spring performs simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 5cm. If the maximum acceleration of the load is 20cm s-1, calculate the angular frequency of the motion
- A. 2 rad s-1
- B. 4 rad s-1
- C. 5 rad s-1
- D. 10 rad s-1
Mutation leads to evolution in that it
- A. gives rise to offspring which have the same characteristics as the parents
- B. kill all organism where it has occurred
- C. gives rise to new individuals which differs considerably from their parents
- D. always confers adaptability of the offspring