PREAMBLE: Fair coin is tossed three times.

Find the probability of obtaining

1 at least two heads
Ans. ½
2 at most two heads
Ans. 7/8
3 One head or two heads
Ans. ¾

2 State Le Charterlier’s Principle

Ans. It states that, when a system is in equilibrium and stress is put on it, the system
will adjust itself so as to nullify the stress

3 State the law of conservation of mass

Ans. It states that if a system undergo a chemical change the total mass of the system
remains constant.

4 State the law of definite proportions.

Ans. It states that the percentage by mass of each element present in a substance
remains the same no matter how the compound is prepared.

1. A 100kg mass at the end of a spring of spring constant 400N/m executes a simple
harmonic motion. What is the angular velocity of the mass?
Ans; 2rad/s
2. A 5kg mass at the end of spring undergoes a simple harmonic motion with an angular
velocity of 10rad/s. what is the spring constant of the spring
Ans; k = 500N/m.
3. A body at the end of a spring with spring with spring constant of 800N/m undergoes a
simple harmonic motion with an angular velocity of 20rad/s. what is the mass of the
body.
Ans; mass = 2kg.

6 PREAMBLE: Give the function of the following parts of the gastrointestinal tract.
1 Pharynx
Ans:
It pass food towards the oesophagus or prevents entry of food into the respiratory system.

2 Tongue
Ans:
Detecting different taste of food and also mixing it with saliva to form the bolus.

3 The oesophagus
Ans:
It pushes food towards the stomach and also allows for smooth passage of the food.
PREAMBLE: Evaluate the limit
lim √ x+2
x →7
Ans. 3

3 x+1
lim
x 2 +1
x →3
Ans. 1

lim ( x 2 −6 x+5 )
x →2
Ans. -1

1. Name the components of the mixture of solid substances put in the Blast Furnace before hot air is
blown into it.
ANSWER: Iron ore, coke and limestone
2. Give the two products formed in the Blast Furnace when the carbon II oxide formed first encounters the
ore, iron III oxide.
ANSWER: Fe and FeO or iron II oxide as shown in (1) and (2) below
Fe2O3 + 3CO → 2Fe + 3CO2 ………..(1)
Fe2O3 + CO → 2FeO + CO2 ………...(2)

3. What role does the limestone play in the smelting of iron using the Blast Furnace?
ANSWER: It decomposes to CaO which then reacts with sand/silica to form
CaSiO3.

11 The rms voltage across a 10Ω resistor is 5V. Find the peak current through the resistor.
Ans. 0.7 ampere

12 The peak current through a 100Ω resistor is 0.5A. Find the rms voltage across the
resistor.
Ans. 35v

13 The rms current through a 10Ω resistor is 5A. Find the peak voltage across the resistor.
Ans: 71V.

State one of the main characteristics of liverworts

Ans. 1 They lack vascular tissues
2 They lack leaves and roots
3 They have unicellular rhizoids
15 Find the length of a diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 8cm and 15cm
Ans. 17cm

16 Find the width of a rectangle plate whose length is 4m and a diagonal is 5m long.
Ans. 3m

17 Find the length of a diagonal of a square whose side is 10cm long

Ans. 10root2cm

18 How many carbons are present in Palmitic acid?

Ans. 16 carbons

19 How many carbons are present in stearic acids?

Ans. 18 carbons

20 What is the main different between oleic acid and stearic acid.
Ans. Oleic acid is unsaturated whiles stearic acid is saturated

PREAMBLE: The coulomb constant is approximately 9.0x109 m/F

1 Find the electric potential of a metal sphere of radius 0.5m which carries a net
charge of 5uc
Ans. 90 kV

2 Find the charge on a metal sphere of radius 0.05m which is at a potential of 900V
Ans. 5x10-9 coulomb

3 Find the radius of a metal sphere which carries a net charge of 5 n C at a potential
of 9V
Ans. 5m

PREAMBLE: The digestive tract has four main accessory organs. Name one each.
1 The pancreas
2 The liver
3 Gall bladder
5 Salivary glands

PREAMBLE: P, Q,and R are statements such that P is true, Q false and R true. Find the truth
value of the compound statement.
1 If P then (Q or R)
Ans. True
2 (P and Q) or R
Ans. True
3 (P or Q) and R
Ans. True

PREAMBLE: Give me a balanced nuclear equation for the following nuclear reaction,
representing any new nuclide by X.
 1 Potassium – 40, atomic number 19 undergoes electron capture
Ans. Superscript 40, subscript 19K + Superscript O, Subscript -1E going to superscript
40, subscript 18.

2 Decay of Radium – 226m, atomic number 88

Ans. Ra, Superscript 226, atomic number 88, subscript goes to a superscript 4, subscript
2 + X superscript 222, subscript 86.

3 Emission of carbon -14, atomic number 6

Ans. Superscript 14, subscript 6 Carbon C, moving onto Superscript O, subscript – IE or
B + Superscript 14, subscript

PREAMBLE: Give the names of the types of microscope that is best suited for the following
purposes.
1 Studying the behaviour of chromosomes during cell division
Ans. Face constrict microscope

2 Quantitative study of macromolecules

Ans. Interference microscope

3 Detecting of certain substances like Vitamin C or Calcium deposits.

Ans. Fluorescence microscope.

ROUND TWO SPEED RACE

1 Name the structure in plants that serves a similar function as spiracles in insects.
Ans. Lenticels

2 Solve the equations

X + 2y + z = 7
3x + y = -2
5x + 5y + 2z = 10
Ans. The equation has no solution

3 To a solution of sodium salt, lead ethanoate solution is added in excess and the mixture
is heated, the precipitate formed dissolves and re- appears when the mixture is cooled
which anion could be present.
Ans. Cl-1

4 an electric heater is rated 1000W, 240V. calculate the resistance of this heater
Ans. 10ohms

5 Explain the term flaccidity

Ans. It is the loss of firmness of a cell

6 Find the equations of the lines through (4, -2) and at a perpendicular distance of 2units
from the origin
Ans. y = -2, 4x +3y -10 = 0

7 What is the name given to the alloy of gold and sodium

Ans. Sodium amalgam

8 A simple harmonic oscillator has a period of 0.01s and an amplitude of 0.2m. What is
the velocity of the oscillator at the centre of oscillation. Give answer in π
Ans. 40 πm/s.

9 What name is given to any substance that causes the immune system to produce
antibodies against it?
Ans. Antigens

10 Find the centres of the circles of radius 3 that are tangent to both lines x = 4 and y =6
Ans. (7, 9) and (1,3)

11 When lead (II) oxide is heated in air to about 50°C, it turns red lead, formula Pb3 O4.
Calculate the increase in molar mass from PbO to Pb3O4. [ Pb = 207, O = 16]
Ans. 462 g/mol

12 In a particular hoist system, the load is lifted 10cm for each 50cm of the movement of
the rope that operates the device. What is the smallest input force that could possibly
lift a 5KN load.
Ans. 1000N
PROBLEM OF THE DAY

You are provided with a solid mixture of Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 for which you are required to
determine percentage composition by a volumetric method. State how you would perform the
exercise in a science laboratory to obtain the titre values. You are not require to go beyond
obtaining the titre values. Assume that all glassware, apparatus and chemicals needed are
available.
SOLUTION
1 In a weighting bottle (or on a small watch glass or small beaker balance)

2 Transfer the solid into a clean beaker and add about 50cm of deionized or distilled
water

3 Stir with a glass rod until all solid is dissolved.

4 Transfer the solution to a 250 or 100cm volumetric flask through the funnel and with
the aid of a glass rod.

5 Wash the beaker, the glass rod and funnel into the volumetric flask

6 Add deionized or distilled water to the volumetric flask until the meniscus gets to the
mark

7 Stopper or cork the flask and shake it for about 10 – 15seconds in other obtain a
uniform solution.

8 Fill the burette with standardized HCl (or HNO3 or H2SO4) solution.

9 Pipette 25 or 30or 10cm of the prepared solution into a flask

10 Add phenolphthalein and titre to a colourless endpoint. Note volume V1

11 Add methyl orange to the same solution and titre to an orange endpoint. Note V 2

12 Repeat consistent until V1 and V2 are obtained.

Alternative to 10, 11 and 12

(b) Add phenolphthaliein and titrate to a colourless endpoint.
Repeat until consistent titre are obtained , Average V1

Alternate to 10, 11 and 12

Pipette fresh aliquot of the solution and add methyl orange titre to an orange endpoint.

Alternative to 10, 11 and 12

Repeat until consistent titres are obtained Average V2

Round 4

Preamble As X increase from 00 to 900

i Sin x increase from 0 to 1
Ans. true
 ii tan x increases
Ans. true
iii Cos x decreases from 0 to -1
Ans. False

1. There are 8 convalent bonds in a neutral molecule of tetra oxosulphate (vi) acid
Ans. True

2. There are two pi bonds in a molecule of carbon(ii)oxide

Ans True

3. There are five covalent bonds in a neutral molecule of trioxonitrate (v) acid
Ans. False

5 The palisade mesophyll cells contain less chloroplast than the spongy messophyll cells.
Ans. False

6 All stems have lenticels

Ans. False

7 Intercalary meristem occur in the vicinity of nodes of grasses and dicotyledonous

stems.
Ans. False

8 The Fermi is a unit of length with 1 Fermi representing a length of the order of the size
of a nucleus.
Ans. True

9 The barn is a unit of area, one barn being equal to 100cm2,roughly the cross sectional
area of a typical nucleus.
Ans. True

10 The torr is a unit of mass, one torr being to 100kg.

Ans. False

11 A graph represent a function if any vertical line meets the graph in at most one point
Ans. True

12 A graph represents a one to one function is any vertical line meets it in least one point.
Ans. False

13 A graph represents an onto function if any vertical line meets it in at least one point.
Ans. True

14 Addition of NaOH or ammonia solution to lead (II) ions in solution produces a white
precipitate soluble in excess
 Ans. False

15 Bubbling H2S through a solution of Zn2+ ions produces a white precipitate

Ans. True

16 Adding NaOH solution. Al3+ ions in solution gives a gelatinous precipitate which is
soluble in excess NaOH. This precipitate with dissolve also in diluted ammonia
Ans. False

17 Essential amino acids are not found in vegetarian diets

Ans. False

18 Essential amino acids are stored by the body for the time that they are not needed.
Ans. False

19 Humans can acquire all their essential amino acids by eating milk, egg or meat
Ans. True

20 The image formed in a converging lens of a real object between the focus and pole of
the lens is upright and larger than the object
Ans. True

21 The image formed in a converging lens of a real object at one focus of the lens is
located at the other focus.
Ans. False

22 The image formed in a converging lens of a real object located at twice the focal length
from the pole of the lens has unit magnification
Ans. True

ROUND FIVE

1 I measure change of one variable with repeat to another variable

2 For motion, I may be speed or velocity and acceleration.

3 I am mathematics obtained by differentiation.

4 In a chemistry laboratory, I am associated with a chemical reaction.

5 Essentially, I am rate and change in my objective.

Who am I?
Ans. Rate of change

1 If you have my qualities it means you are strong and firm

2 Without me how could industrialization in the 20th and 21st centuries have been
possible?

3 But I am a mere solution

4 And I am a solution of a kind because both my solvent and solute are solids.

5 If I contain a certain percentage of carbon then I am suppose to be mild

6 Electroplating me with chromium produces a material that can be used for making
cutlery and utensils. Who am I?
Ans. Steel

1 I am a type of arthropod

2 I am a prey for a variety of organism, including terrestrial vertebrates

3 The evolutionary relationship between me and other animals remain unclear.

4 Other terrestrial arthropod such as centipedes, millipede scorpions and spiders are
sometimes confused with me.

5 Some of my members are pollinators and are essential to life – cycle of many flowering
plant species. Who am I?
Ans Insects

1 I am an organic compound made up of hexa-atomic molecules.

2 I am not a hydrocarbon since I have an oxygen atom in my molecule.

3 I am a colourless liquid, with a boiling point of then 700

4 Although I am an important raw material in industry and also a good solvent, I am
highly tonic to man.

5 I could also be obtained by the dry distillation of wood

6 I am the smallest member in my homologous series that is characterized by the OH

functional group. Who am I?
Ans. Methanol