BECE 1994 Integrated Science Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 1994 Integrated Science paper has 35 objective and 4 theory questions. Here are sample objective questions with the correct answers and explanations. Sit the full paper with the real time limit on ePrep.
Sample questions with answers
1. Which of the following substances can exist in all the three states of matter at 0°C?
- A. Petrol
- B. Palm oil
- C. Milk
- D. Alcohol
- E. Water
Answer: E. Water
Answer: E. Only water is solid (ice), liquid and gas (vapour) at around 0 °C; the oils and alcohol are not.
Answer: E. Only water is solid (ice), liquid and gas (vapour) at around 0 °C; the oils and alcohol are not.
2. Pluto is the darkest planet because it
- A. is larger than the sun
- B. is the largest planet
- C. is beyond the reach of the sun’s rays
- D. is smaller than the sun
Answer: C. is beyond the reach of the sun’s rays
Answer: C. Pluto is so far from the sun that little sunlight reaches it.
Answer: C. Pluto is so far from the sun that little sunlight reaches it.
3. In reproduction, the embryo can be referred to as
- A. an ovary
- B. a fertile egg
- C. a fertilized egg
- D. a placenta
Answer: C. a fertilized egg
Answer: C. An embryo develops from the fertilised egg.
Answer: C. An embryo develops from the fertilised egg.
5. Which of the following is not a communicable disease?
- A. smallpox
- B. chicken pox
- C. influenza
- D. pneumonia
Answer: D. pneumonia
Answer: D. Pneumonia is usually grouped as non-communicable in the syllabus; smallpox, chicken pox and influenza spread from person to person.
Answer: D. Pneumonia is usually grouped as non-communicable in the syllabus; smallpox, chicken pox and influenza spread from person to person.
6. When bread is chewed for a long time, it tastes sweeter because it
- A. is made from sugar and flour
- B. is digested into simple sugar
- C. mixes with saliva which is alkaline
- D. is broken into smaller pieces
Answer: B. is digested into simple sugar
Answer: B. Saliva's amylase digests starch in bread into sugar.
Answer: B. Saliva's amylase digests starch in bread into sugar.
7. Which of the following gases is not an air pollutant?
- A. cigarette fumes
- B. carbon dioxide
- C. sulphur dioxide
- D. exhaust fumes
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8. Dissolved mineral salts from the soil enter the plant by the process of
- A. phototropism
- B. transpiration
- C. diffusion
- D. osmosis
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9. Which of the following organs is the center of the Central Nervous System?
- A. Kidney
- B. Liver
- C. Heart
- D. Brain
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10. Soil fertility can be conserved by all the following methods except
- A. mulching
- B. afforestation
- C. deforestation
- D. crop rotation
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11. Which of the following insects is an agent of pollination?
- A. Mosquito
- B. Housefly
- C. Bee
- D. Ant
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