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