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Goodluck! 1 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The atmospheric condition of a place studies over a short period is called the _________ environment climate weather topography 2 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Children under five (5) years are immunized against these disease EXCEPT __________ kwashiorkor tuberculosis measles diphtheria 3 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Nigeria generate a lot of useful products from crude oil EXCEPT _________ kerosene petrol bitumen plastic 4 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION These are field forces EXCEPT __________ force electric magnetic frictional gravitational 5 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The outer layer of the human skin is known as __________ epidermis dermis sweet pores sweat gland 6 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The breakdown of food substances to release energy is referred to as _________ excretion irritability respiration nutrition 7 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through ________ unsafe sex insect bite hand shake sharing bed 8 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Kunle added few drops of iodine solution to a piece of yam, the result was blue black colour which was formed at the surface of the yam. Which food item was being tested? fats and oil starch glucose protein 9 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Inadequate energy generation and supply affects quality of life in the following way EXCEPT ____________ unemployment poverty starvation technological advancement 10 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Work = force X? distance acceleration power length 11 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The soil type mostly rich in nutrient is __________ sandy loamy clay gravel 12 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The number of electrons an atom requires to lose to become an ion is termed __________ activity series combining power electronic configuration atomic structure 13 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Whale is a/an ______________ primate amphibian mammal reptile 14 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The function of lipase is to digest __________ starch fats proteins vitamins 15 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION One of the reasons why human beings are special animals is their ability to __________ communicate walk sleep eat 16 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION In the female reproductive system the part which houses the unborn baby is the ________ cervix ovary uterus oviduct 17 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Ozone is a type of oxygen with __________ atoms of oxygen 4 3 6 2 18 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION All these are microscopic organisms EXCEPT fungi bacteria virus spider 19 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION One major difference between plant and animals is ___________ respiration excretion movement reproduction 20 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The theory that states that particles are always in motion is ________ Dalton newton joule kinetic 21 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The particles in a gaseous substance can move easily because the ______ particles are moving with great speed particles are free to move force between them is weak containing vessel is too big 22 / 50 Category: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES PAST QUESTION Lack of vitamin B leads to beriberi ricket bleeding scurvy 23 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION These activities are responsible for our disappearing forest EXCEPT ___________ cutting of timber for wood use of firewood for cooking cultivation of crops construction of building 24 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Climate change may lead to the following EXCEPT oil spilage green house effect flooding global warming 25 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The bone-like structures found in the middle ear are called ___________ pinna blades earbone ossicles 26 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Activity series of non-metals is from most reactive to moderately reactive moderately reactive to passive least reactive to moderately reactive least reactive to most reactive 27 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Drugs can be obtained from the following Except medicinal leaves plant barks food material roots and shrubs 28 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to solid is called _________ point sublimation freezing boiling melting 29 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Coal is a mineral mined in ____________ Ewekoro Ajaokuta Jos Enugu 30 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Oil spillage is NOT caused by _________ killing of fish with gemmalin 20 leaking of marine vehicle dripping of oil vehicles oil tank washing 31 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The slender structure, that carry blood to the heart is referred to as the ___________ tube vessel cell plasma 32 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The most reactive non-metal is ____________ fluorine iodine bromine chlorin 33 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Electronic configuration is best described as _________ arrangement of electrons in an atoms electrons of the outer most orbit protons in the nucleus of atom attraction of electrons in an atom 34 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Power is equal to __________ distance/time time/work done force/distance work done/time 35 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The blood that fight against germs in the body is white blood cell plasma platelets red blood cell 36 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Movement of food from the gullet down to the stomach is through __________ movement chuming breaking peristalsis swallowing 37 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Conditions necessary for germination are the following EXCEPT __________ warmth wind water air 38 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The parts of the body that are responsible for movement are _______, _______ and joint cartilage, muscle bone, cartilage skeleton, cartilage bone, muscle 39 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Dangers of radioactive ray does not include ____________ undesirable hereditary effects tracer of body defects destruction of body cells and tissues death due to over exposure 40 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The processing by which the constituents coal are separated is ________ distillation fractions thermal lie-big destructive 41 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The quantity of water in a body is termed ___________ pressure weight mass force 42 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Which of these statements is NOT an assumption of the kinetic theory? matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles evaporation of liquid occurs at all temperature the particles are in constant motion the particles of matter possess potential energy 43 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The temperature of the sun’s radiation is ____________ 60,000 degrees 600 degrees 60 degrees 6000 degrees 44 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The nutrient gotten from protein food after digestion is fatty acid glucose acid citric acid 45 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Example of non-metal include these EXCEPT oxygen nitrogen iodine sodium 46 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The pigment which gives plants the green colour is chloroform chloroplast chlorophyll chloroplast 47 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The body hormones which contribute to body growth are ____________ and _________ pituitary, thyroxin acdrenaline, oestrogen insulin, progesterone parathyroid, testosterone 48 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Ovulation is defined as the release of ___________ urine from the bladder ovum from the ovary sperm from the tests blood from the vagina 49 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The female part of a flower is made up of ___________ anther, filament, ovary stigma, style, anther stigma, style, overy anther, stigma, ovary 50 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION A food substance which contains sulphur, nitrogen and phosphorus in addition to carbon, hydrogen and oxygen is __________ protein fats carbohydrate mineral Your score is 0% Restart quiz Practice also: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS JS 3 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION (BECE)