Past Questions And Answers
When a solid substance disappears completely as a gas on heating, the substance is said to have undergone?
- A. Sublimation
- B. Crystallization
- C. Distillation
- D. Evaporation
The roots of the equation \(2x^{2} + kx + 5 = 0\) are \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\), where k is a constant. If \(\alpha^{2} + \beta^{2} = -1\), find the values of k.
- A. \(\pm 16\)
- B. \(\pm 8\)
- C. \(\pm 4\)
- D. \(\pm 2\)
What are the positive and negative effects of inflation on the economy?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORYThe table below shows the number of eggs laid by the chickens in a man's farm in a year.
| No of eggs per year | No of chickens |
| 45 - 49 | 10 |
| 50 - 54 | 36 |
| 55 - 59 | 64 |
| 60 - 64 | 52 |
| 65 - 69 | 28 |
| 70 - 74 | 10 |
(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve for the distribution.
(b) Use your graph to find the interquartile range.
(c) If a woman buys a chicken from the farm, what is the probability that the chicken lays at least 60 eggs in a year?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1998 THEORYWhen elasticity is zero, the demand curve is_____________
- A. circular
- B. downward sloping
- C. perfectly inelastic
- D. concave
When air is successively passed through sodium hydroxide solution, alkaline pyrogallol and then concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid, its remaining components are
- A. oxygen and water vapour
- B. oxygen and nitrogen
- C. carbon (IV) acid and noble gases
- D. nitrogen and noble gases
The Mid-Western Region was created in Nigeria in
- A. 1961
- B. 1962
- C. 1963
- D. 1964
Good treatment of neighbours and guest is discussed in Hadith
- A. 14th of an Nawawi
- B. 15th of an Nawawi
- C. 16th of an Nawawi
- D. 17th of an Nawawi
In 1947, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe led a delegation to the British Colonial Office in London to protest against the
- A. provisions of the Richards Constitution
- B. appointment of Bernard Bourdillon as Governor - General
- C. appointment of Oliver Lyttelton as colonial secretary
- D. provision of the Macpherson Constitution
Which of the following is the correct order for land preparation?
- A. land clearing-ploughing-harrowing-ridging
- B. land-clearing-harrowing-ploughing-ridging
- C. land-clearing-ploughing-ridging-harrowing
- D. land-clearing-harrowing-ridging-ploughing


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