Past Questions And Answers
The demand for money to take advantage of changes in bond prices is the
- A. unforeseen motive
- B. transaction motive
- C. speculative motive
- D. precautionary motive
One direct adverse environmental effect of deforestation is?
- A. escalated soil erosion
- B. reduced forest income
- C. increased farmer-conflicts
- D. ozone layer depletion
Which of the following activities engages the largest percentage of human resources in Africa?
- A. Agriculture
- B. Mining
- C. Transportation
- D. Manufacturing
When cold water is poured on a can containing hot water, the can collapses because the
- A) steam condeses and occupies the partial vacuum in the can
- B) external air pressure counter balances the pressure within the can
- C) steam expands to occupy the vacuum remaining in the can
- D) external pressure becomes greater than the pressure within the can.
If the temperature of a place is 68°F, what is its equivalent in degree centigrade?
- A. 08°C
- B. 48°C
- C. 36°C
- D. 20°C
Which of the geographical regions of Nigeria contains volcanic plugs, inselbergs and crater lake?
- A. Eastern scarplands
- B. Western highlands
- C. North-central highland
- D. Eastern highlands
A body is projected horizonatlly from the top of a cliff 45m above the ground. if the body lands at a distance 30m from the foot of the cliff, calculate the speed of projection. [g = 10ms-2]
- A. 10ms-1
- B. 15ms-1
- C. 20ms-1
- D. 30ms-1
Moses ran away from Egypt because he
- A. did not like to be trained in Egypt
- B. could no longer bear the hunger in the land
- C. feared the news of his murder would reach the king
- D. heard a divine call to save his people
Consider the following statements:
p: Birds fly
q: The sky is blue
r: The grass is green
What is the symbolic representation of "If the grass is green and the sky is not blue, then the birds do not fly"?
- A. A. (r ^ p) \(\to\) q
- B. (r ^~ p) \(\to\) q
- C. (r ^ q) \(\to\) p
- D. (r ~ ^ p) \(\to\) q
Government revenue from the groundnut industry is from
- A. licences
- B. rents
- C. royalties
- D. taxes