BECE 2016 Integrated Science Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2016 Integrated Science paper has 40 objective and 6 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. An example of a third class lever is
- A. wheelbarrow.
- B. sugar tongs.
- C. pair of scissors.
- D. crowbar.
Answer: B. sugar tongs.
Answer: B. In sugar tongs the effort is between the fulcrum and the load — a third class lever.
Answer: B. In sugar tongs the effort is between the fulcrum and the load — a third class lever.
2. The release of a mature egg from an ovary into the fallopian tube in humans is called
- A. copulation.
- B. ejaculation.
- C. menstruation.
- D. ovulation.
Answer: D. ovulation.
Answer: D. Release of an egg from the ovary is ovulation.
Answer: D. Release of an egg from the ovary is ovulation.
3. The blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart is unknown as
- A. pulmonary artery.
- B. pulmonary vein.
- C. vena cana.
- D. aorta.
Answer: B. pulmonary vein.
Answer: B. The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
Answer: B. The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
4. An example of a plant micro-nutrient is
- A. calcium.
- B. copper.
- C. magnesium.
- D. potassium.
Answer: B. copper.
Answer: B. Copper is a micro-nutrient; the others are macro-nutrients.
Answer: B. Copper is a micro-nutrient; the others are macro-nutrients.
5. What is the colour of the neutral wire in a three-pin plug?
- A. Blue
- B. Brown
- C. Green
- D. Yellow
Answer: A. Blue
Answer: A. The neutral wire is blue (brown = live, green/yellow = earth).
Answer: A. The neutral wire is blue (brown = live, green/yellow = earth).
6. In the pin-hole camera, the image formed is always
- A. erect and bright.
- B. erect and blurred.
- C. inverted and real.
- D. inverted and virtual.
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7. The part of the flower that develops into a fruit is the
- A. ovary.
- B. ovule.
- C. stamen.
- D. style.
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8. The number of elements in the compound Ca(OH)$_{2 is}$
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5
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9. The reason why alum is added to water during treatment is to
- A. kill germs.
- B. give taste to water.
- C. make water colourless.
- D. make suspended particles to settle.
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10. Which of the following animal parasites could be controlled by hand picking?
- A. Liver fluke
- B. Tapeworm
- C. Tick
- D. Roundworm
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