BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

BECE/JSCE (BASIC SCIENCE)

These are Biology Past Questions. 30 questions will be picked at random from the question bank.

You have 20 minutes to answer all the questions.

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.

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The soil type mostly rich in nutrient is __________

clay

gravel

loamy

sandy

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Category: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES PAST QUESTION

Lack of vitamin B leads to

bleeding

ricket

scurvy

beriberi

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to solid is called _________ point

boiling

freezing

sublimation

melting

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The female part of a flower is made up of ___________

stigma, style, anther

stigma, style, overy

anther, filament, ovary

anther, stigma, ovary

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

Drugs can be obtained from the following Except

food material

plant barks

medicinal leaves

roots and shrubs

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The quantity of water in a body is termed ___________

pressure

force

mass

weight

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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

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The pigment which gives plants the green colour is

chloroplast

chlorophyll

chloroform

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

Coal is a mineral mined in ____________

Jos

Ewekoro

Enugu

Ajaokuta

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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

mineral

protein

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

Movement of food from the gullet down to the stomach is through __________ movement

peristalsis

breaking

chuming

swallowing

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

All these are microscopic organisms EXCEPT

virus

bacteria

spider

fungi

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The particles in a gaseous substance can move easily because the ______

containing vessel is too big

particles are moving with great speed

particles are free to move

force between them is weak

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

Nigeria generate a lot of useful products from crude oil EXCEPT _________

plastic

petrol

bitumen

kerosene

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The slender structure, that carry blood to the heart is referred to as the ___________

plasma

vessel

tube

cell

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

Activity series of non-metals is from

most reactive to moderately reactive

least reactive to most reactive

moderately reactive to passive

least reactive to moderately reactive

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

These activities are responsible for our disappearing forest EXCEPT ___________

construction of building

cultivation of crops

use of firewood for cooking

cutting of timber for wood

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The parts of the body that are responsible for movement are _______, _______ and joint

cartilage, muscle

bone, muscle

bone, cartilage

skeleton, cartilage

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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

matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles

the particles are in constant motion

the particles of matter possess potential energy

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The theory that states that particles are always in motion is ________

kinetic

newton

joule

Dalton

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The nutrient gotten from protein food after digestion is

fatty acid

citric acid

glucose

acid

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

In the female reproductive system the part which houses the unborn baby is the ________

oviduct

uterus

ovary

cervix

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

One of the reasons why human beings are special animals is their ability to __________

sleep

communicate

walk

eat

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The body hormones which contribute to body growth are ____________ and _________

pituitary, thyroxin

parathyroid, testosterone

acdrenaline, oestrogen

insulin, progesterone

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The most reactive non-metal is ____________

fluorine

iodine

chlorin

bromine

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The function of lipase is to digest __________

fats

vitamins

proteins

starch

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

Work = force X?

acceleration

distance

length

power

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

One major difference between plant and animals is ___________

movement

excretion

respiration

reproduction

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

The breakdown of food substances to release energy is referred to as _________

excretion

irritability

respiration

nutrition

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Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION

HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through ________

hand shake

insect bite

sharing bed

unsafe sex

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