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