BASIC SCIENCE
INSTRUCTIONS; UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER LETTERED A-D
1. The degree to which the environment is good or bad is called
___________________
(a) Environmental sanitation (b) environmental quality (c) pollution
(d) erosion
2. One benefit of a good quality envrinment is _____________
(a) Freedom of odour (b) there is high rate of ersosion and
flood(c)the soil lacks nutrients (d) it is unsafe.
3. One disadvantage of poor quality environment is
______________________ (a) bad odour (b) attack of dangerous
animals (c) high rate of flood (d) all of the above
4. One factor that can degrade the environment is
___________________ (a)good roads (b)over population (c) pipe borne
water (D) good drainage system
5. Plants that grow where they are not wnted are called _____________
(a) crops (b) weeds (c) cash crops (d) fruits
6. The removal of the top soil by the action of water or wind is called
_____________ (a) erosion (b)flooding (c) pollution (d) deforestation
7. Which of these is a possible cause of erosion? (a) good drainage (b)
deforestation (c) good roads (d) none of the above
8. The removal of forest by cutting down trees and clearing bushed is
called ___________ (a) pollution (b) deforestation (c) bush burning (d)
flooding
9. Air in motion is called _____________(a) breeze (b)wind (c) weather
(d) wave
10. The feeding of animals on a particular area for too long is
called_____________ (a)land clearing (b) bush burning (c) over
grazing (d) deforestation
11. One of these is an effect of soil erosion___________________ (a) poor
growth of crops (b) good roads (c) helthy environment (d) good
pipe borne water
[Link]-off is related to _______________ erosion (a) wind (b) solar (c)
water (d) none of the above
[Link] occurs more on ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬____________________
land. (a) smooth (b) rough (c) sloppy (d) seashore
[Link] of these is a way of controlling erosion. (a) planting of cover
crops (b) planting of wind breaks (c) good drainage channels (d) all
of the above
[Link] of these is a cover crop? (a) beans (b) rice (c) maize (d)
orange
[Link] washing down of plant nutrient beyond the reach of plants is
called__________________ (a)bleaching (b) leaching (c) mulching (d)
explosion
[Link] release of harmful and toxic materials into the environment is
called _______________ (a) pollutant (B) pollination (c) pollution
(d)erosion
18. ________________ are materials that are no longer needed. (a)
pollutants (b) refuse (c) waste (d) dirts.
19.____________________ are materials or substances that degrade the
environment. (a) pollution (b) pollutants (c) erosion (d)
contamination
20. Which of these is a pollutant? (a) paper (b) left over food (c)
oil from pipes (d) all of he above
SECTION B( THEORY)
1. Give two examples of water
erosion___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2. Name two effects of
erosion___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. Mention two ways of controlling
erosion._______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
MATHEMATICS
UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER ONLY FROM THE OPTIONS
LETTERED A-D
1. Write in figures Thirty three million, five hundrd and fifty
thousand, one hundred and ninety five. (a) 3,550,195 (b)
3,505,195 (c) 33,550,195 (d) 303,550,195
2. Write in words ; 9,500,404. (a) nine million, five hundred and
four thousand (b)nine million,five hundred and four
thousnd,four hundred and four (c) nine thousnd five hundred (d)
nine million,five hundred thousand,four hundred and four.
3. What is the place value of 9 in the number below; 4,950,248. (a)
millions (b)thousands (c) unit (d) hundred of thousands
4. The total value of 4 in the number 34950121 is ________________
(a) 40 000 000 (b) 4 000 (c) 4 000 000 (d) 4.
5. What is the place value of 5 in the number below 39.450 (a)
tens (b) tenth (c) hundredth (d) hundreds
6. Which of the following is a prime number? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 11 (d) 8
7. Express 20 as a product of its prime numbers. (a) 2*2*5 (b)5*4
(c)s 10*2 (d)20*1
8. What is the L.C.M of 4 ,5 and 10? (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 60
9. Finfd the H.C.F of 6 ,9, and 12. (a) 6 (b)9 (c) 3 (d) 2.
10. Finf the sum of the l.c.m h.c.f of 5 and 15. (20) (b) 5 (c) 10 (d )
15
11. Which of the following is not a factor of 20? (a)4 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d)
3
[Link] 5/15 to the lowest term (a) 1/3 (b)1/2 (c)1/5 (d) 2/5
[Link] 4/5 as a decimal. (a) 0.4 (b) 0.8 (c) 0.5 (c) 0.2
[Link] 9/2 as a mixed number. (a) 4 ½ (b) 4 2/3 (c) 2 ½ (d) 3
2/3 .
[Link] is the sum of 4450 and 2789? (a) 7239 (b) 7329 (c) 7923
(d) 8239.
16. Express 10cm/50cm in the lowest term. (a) 1/5 (b) 5/1 (c) ½ (d)
1/50.
[Link] buses contain 4500 and 750 cartons of biscuits
respectively. What is the total number of cartons carried by
both buses? (a) 5250 (b) 3750 (c) 42500 (d) 3250
18. Subtract 1287 from 7315. (a) 6028 (b)6208 (c) 60028 (d)
8028.
[Link] 472 346 by 181 237. (a) 291 109 (b) 219 109 (c) 299 109
(d) 290 019.
20. What is the h.c.f of 2 and 3?(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 6.
SECTION B( THEORY)
SHOW ALL WORKINGS CLEARLY.
1. Express 18 as a product of its prime numbers
2. Write in words 12 ,489 ,456
___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
(b)Reduce 20/60 to the lowest terms
3. What is the sum of 29500 and 47500
Subtract 3.5 from 6.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTIONS LETTERED A
-D
1. The physical part of the computer that can be seen and touch is
called___________________ (a) hardware (b) software (c) people ware
(d) applications
2. Which of the following is a hardware component? (a) printer (b)
keyboard (c) monitor (d) all of the above.
3. Which of the following is an input device? (a) printer (b) monitor (c)
keyboard (d) speaker
4. ____________ is an example of an output device. (a) keyboard (b)
mouse (c) monitor (d) joystick
5. The set of instructions that makes the computer functional is
referred to as _________________________ (a) software (b) hardware
(c) people ware (d) components.
6. Computer users are referred to as ___________________ (a) software
(b) hardware (c) people ware (d) computer ware
7. Another name for computer professionals is ___________ (a)
computer personnel (b)computer scientist (c) computer analysts
(d) computer manager.
8. The I.T department in big companies is headed by the ____________
(a) computer analyst (b) computer manager (c)computer enginner
(d)computer operator.