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