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