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