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English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
The working population engaged in agriculture cannot feed the teeming population sufficiently because
A
there are gaping mouths to be fed
B
they do not produce what they like to eat
C
there are not enough people engaged in tilling the soil
D
improved methods of agriculture have not brought about a significant increase in food production
medium Difficulty
English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Question Tags, Modals & Pronouns
Drastic birth control measures may not be effective checks to population explosion since many religious sects
A
are disinclined to oppose their use
B
object to the use of many of them
C
are disinclined to accept them for use
D
want the control measures applied
medium Difficulty
English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
A suitable tittle for this passage is
A
preparation for nuckear war on the third world countries
B
possible effects of nuclear war on third world countries
C
strategies for a nuclear confrontation
D
the merits and demerits of nuclear exchange
medium Difficulty
English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
'Aggressive' in the passage means
A
millitant
B
dissident
C
reactionary
D
revolutionary
medium Difficulty
English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
The central point being stressed in the passage is that
A
nuclear war is inevitable in the third world countries
B
nuclear war is imminenet in the third world countries
C
a country does not have to be industrialized before being concerned with nuclear matters
D
the aggressive forces of the world are ready to carry the nuclear battle into the developing nations
medium Difficulty
English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Reading Comprehension, Summary & Composition
According to the author, current world development points to
A
an exclusive destruction of the developing countries
B
a likely spread of nuclear calamity to the third world countries
C
nuclear excxhange taking place in africa, asia and latin america
D
a confrontation between the industrialized and the developing countries
medium Difficulty
English Language UTME / JAMB 1989 Lexis, Structure & Register (Cloze & Vocabulary)
From this passage, we learn that nuclear exchange in the northern hemisphere would be
A
inconceivable
B
inevitable
C
fatal to mankind
D
partially destructive
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Scalars, Vectors & Relative Motion
Which of the following is NOT a vector quantity?
A
momentum
B
force
C
velocity
D
temperature
E
displacement
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Circular Motion, Gravitation & Simple Harmonic Motion
Which of the following is not a consequence of a force field?
A
wieght
B
surface tension
C
gravitational pull
D
magnetic force
E
electric force
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Current Electricity & Electric Circuits
A boy pulls a nail from the wall with a string tied to the nail. The string is inclined at an angle of 60o to the wall. If the tension in the string is 4N, what is the effective force used in pulling the nail?
A
2√3 N
B
4 N
C
4√3 N
D
8 N
E
2 N
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Equilibrium of Forces, Moments & Flotation
Which of the following is used to determine the relative density of the acid in a car battery?
A
Hypsometer
B
Hygrometer
C
Manometer
D
Hydrometer
E
Spectrometer
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Units, Measurements & Dimensional Analysis
A block of material of volume 20cm-3 and density 2.5gcm-3 is suspended from a spring balance with half the volume immersed in water. What is the reading of the spring balance? (Density of water = 1.0gcm-3).
A
8g
B
25g
C
30g
D
40g
E
50g
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Equilibrium of Forces, Moments & Flotation
A piece of cork floating on water is acted upon by the forces of...
A
Weight and viscosity
B
weight and upthrust
C
upthrust and viscosity
D
weight only
E
upthrust only
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Current Electricity & Electric Circuits
A stone tied to a string is made to revolve in a horizontal circle of radius 4m with an angular speed of 2 rad per sec. With what tangential velocity will the stone move off the circle if the string is cut?
A
16.0 ms-1
B
8.0 ms-1
C
6.0 ms-1
D
2.0 ms-1
E
0.5 ms-1
medium Difficulty
Physics WAEC / WASSCE 1989 Current Electricity & Electric Circuits
The motion of the prongs of the sounding tuning fork is
A
random
B
translational
C
rotational
D
vibratory
E
vibratory and rotational
medium Difficulty
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