ROUND 1

1. Find he range of the following functions.

a. f(x)= Sinx ANS: y: -1 ≤ y ≤1
b. f(x)=Tanx ANS: All real numbers
c. f(x)= Cos(3x) ANS: y: -1 ≤ y ≤1

2. Find the co-ordinates of the vertex of the function…

a. f(x) = x 2 − 4𝑥 + 3 ANS: (2,-1)
b. 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 23 ANS: (3,5)
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c. 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 8𝑥 + 7 ANS: (-2,-1)

3. Find the angle between the arms of the clock at the time.
a. 8:24pm ANS: 108°
b. 10:30pm ANS: 135°
c. 7:20pm ANS: 110°

4. a. Nucleic acids were discovered in white blood cells. From what were these white blood cells
extracted? ANS: Pus
b. Which nucleic acid was found in the white blood cells? ANS: Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA)
c. What name is given to the region in the cytoplasm of a bacterium where its nuclear material is
found? ANS: Nucleoid

5. PREAMBLE: An open circulatory system is the mainstream circulatory system found in most
invertebrates. Give one feature of open circulatory systems each.
ANS: *Blood not enclosed completely in blood vessels.
*The internal organs are directly bathed in blood
*Blood is under low pressure and moves slowly
*Low rate of oxygen transport
*There are no capillaries between the arteries and the veins.

6. PREAMBLE: Define the following with respect to plants

a. Root pressure
ANS: It is the osmotic pressure within the cells of a root system that causes sap to rise through a
plant stem to leaves.
b. Guttation
ANS: It is the exudation of drops of xylem sap on the tips of leaves of plants.
c. Capillary action
ANS: is the upward movement of water as a column through a narrow tube like the Xylem.

7. PREAMBLE: A motor cyclist heading east through a small town accelerates at a constant
4.0m/s2 after he leaves the city limits. At the time t=0, he is 5m east of the city limits sign post
while he moves east at 15m/s.
a. Find his position at t= 2seconds ANS: 43m
b. Find hi velocity at t= 2seconds ANS: 23m/s
c. Where is he when his speed is 25m/s ANS: 55m
8. a. Find the gravitational potential on the earth surface assuming a spherical earth radius of 6.4 ∗
106 , mass of 6.0 ∗ 10−24 𝑘𝑔 and universal gravitational constant is 6.67 ∗ 10^ − 11𝑁𝑚2 𝑘𝑔−2
ANS: −6.25 ∗ 107 𝐽𝑘𝑔−1
b. The moon’s gravitational field at the surface is 1.70𝑁𝑘𝑔−1 and its mean radius is 2.0 ∗ 106.
Calculate the mass of the moon. ANS: 1.02 ∗ 1023 𝑘𝑔
c. What is the gravitational potential energy of a 60kg student on the surface of the earth
assuming the earth is spherical with radius of 6.4 ∗ 106 𝑚 and the mass of the earth is 6.0 ∗
1027 𝑘𝑔. ANS: −3.75 ∗ 109 𝐽

9. PREAMBLE: A particle in the x-y plane moves with a constant speed of 5𝑖 𝑚/𝑠 2 and initial
velocity of 20𝑗 𝑚/𝑠
a. Find the velocity at 𝑡 = 10𝑠 ANS: (50𝑖 + 20𝑗)𝑚/𝑠
b. Find the displacement at 𝑡 = 2𝑠 ANS: (10𝑖 + 40𝑗)𝑚
c. Find the speed at 𝑡 = 4𝑠 ANS: 28𝑚/𝑠

10. a. Trioxoiodate(IV) acid reacts with H2S in solution to give water, elemental sulphur and iodine.
Write a balanced equation for the reaction. ANS: 2HIO3 + 5H2S → I2 + 6H2O+ 5S
b. Hydriodic acid reduces tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid to give hydrogen sulphide, iodine and water.
Write a balanced equation for the reaction ANS: 8HI + H2SO4→ 4I2 + 4H2O + H2S
c. Write a balanced equation for the roasting of zinc sulphide in air to give zinc oxide and sulphur
(IV) oxide ANS: 2ZnS + 3O2 → 2ZnO + 2SO2

11. PREAMBLE: 24g of Argon gas, 22g of CO2 gas and 11.2g of nitrogen gas are put in a steel vessel
and sealed. C = 12.0; O = 16.0; Ar = 40.0; N = 14.0
a. What is the sum of the moles of all the gases? ANS: 1.5mol.
b. If the sum of the moles of all the gases is 1.5, what are the mole fractions of CO2 and Argon?
ANS: 0.4
c. If the total pressure in the vessel is 200kPa, calculate the partial pressure of argon. ANS: 80kPa

12. a. Elemental calcium is burnt in air to give calcium oxide. What mass of calcium oxide will be
formed from 5g of calcium if the method gives only 90% yield Ca = 40; O = 16.0 ANS: 6.3g
b. In another preparation of calcium oxide, the yield is only 75%. If 21g of calcium oxide is
obtained how much calcium is used? Ca = 40.0; O = 16.0 ANS: 20g of Ca
c. 25kg of Ca on heating with oxygen gave 30kg of the oxide. What was the percentage yield of
the preparation? Give your answer to one place of decimal. Ca = 40.0; O = 16.0 ANS: 85.7%

ROUND 2

1. Find the angle between the y-axis and the line 𝑦 = √3𝑥 ANS: 30°

2. Solve /2x − 3/ ≥ 5 ANS: X: X ≤ −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑋 ≥ 4

3. Find the turning point of the function 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 + 8 ANS: (1,6) and (-1,10)

4. The Swiss, Friedrich Miesher made an important contribution to the study of cells. What was
Miesher’s discovery. ANS: He discovered Nucleic acids
5. By what method do DNA molecules replicate? ANS: Semi-conservative method.

6. What name is given to electron carriers that line the inner membranes of Chlorophyll and
Mitochondria ANS: Cytochromes

7. Nuclear sizes are measured in what unit? ANS: Fermi

8. A stone is tied to a 1m long rope and rotated in a horizontal circle at 2.5rad/s. If the tension on the
rope is 80N, find the mass of the stone. ANS: 12.8kg

9. Calculate the time constant of an RC circuit that has resistance of 5Ω and capacitance of 4F

ANS: 20s

10. Deprotonation of a molecule may be measured by its pKa value. Match the compounds ethane,
ethane and ethyne with the pKa values 25, 44 and 50.

ANS: 𝐶𝐻3𝐶𝐻3-50, 𝐻2𝐶 = 𝐶𝐻2-44, 𝐻𝐶 ≡ 𝐶𝐻-25 𝑝𝐾𝑎

11. The molecule of NO reacts with chlorine gas to form NOCl. What type of reaction is this?

ANS: Redox reaction.

12. Iodine reacts with the S2O3 2- ion in the ratio 1:2. How many millimoles of S2O3 2- will be
required to reduce all the iodine contained in 25cm3 of 0.1moldm-3 iodine solution?

ANS:5.0 mmoles

ROUND 3

1. a. The binary number 11012 is an even number when expressed as a decimal number.
ANS: False
b. The binary number 1010102 is divisible by 4 when expressed as a decimal number.
ANS: False
c. The binary number 110002 is divisible by 8 when expressed as a decimal number.
ANS: True

2. a. All whole numbers are positive. ANS: False

b. Zero is not a rational number. ANS: False

c. Some whole numbers are not integers. ANS: False

3. PREAMBLE: State whether the following are True or False with respect to genes

a. Genes are sequences of Adenine only. ANS: False

b. A gene can have Adenine in its composition. ANS: True

c. Genes are short sequences of only Adenine and Guanine . ANS: False

4. a. Guttation occurs as a result of rapid evaporation rates. Ans: False

b. Capillary action occurs under the action of two forces; adhesion and cohesion. ANS: True

c. Root pressure can build up when transpiration is low during the day. ANS: True
5. a. The net electric force inside a conductor is usually zero but can be subject to changes.
ANS:False

b. Magnetic field does no work on a moving electric charge. ANS: True

c. When a magnetic field influences a particle, it changes the direction but not the magnitude.
ANS: True

6. PREAMBLE: Bohr’s model can be extended to

a. 𝐻𝑒 + ion ANS: True

b. 𝐿𝑖 + ion ANS: False

c. 𝐿𝑖 atom ANS: False

7. The most abundant element in the universe is helium

ANS: False
8. The most abundant element on earth is oxygen
ANS: True
9. The most abundant metalloid in the earth’s crust is silicon
ANS: True
10. Dilute ammonia added to lead ions in solution will give a gelatinous white preciitate.
ANS: False White precipitate but not gelatinous

11. Dilute ammonia added to iron (II) solution produces a pale green precipitate soluble in excess
ammonia solution.
ANS: False Pale green precipitate but does not dissolve in excess ammonia solution.
12. Dilute sodium hydroxide solution added to iron (III) solution gives a red-brown gelatinous
precipitate.
ANS: True

ROUND 4

MATHS

1. I am a concept in Mathematics
2. I was introduced in the year 1202 by an Italian Mathematician
3. I may be numbers, lines, or better still a sequence.
4. I became significant because of the Golden ratio.
5. In my numbers, there is no specific formula. Rather it is a number sequence
6. In my sequence, I can start with 0 and 1
7. You always have to add the precious two numbers before getting the subsequent numbers.
8. My sequence is of the form 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34….

Who am I? ANS: FIBONACCI SEQUENCE

BIOLOGY

1. I am an implortant biological enzyme

2. I am involved in replication of nucleic acids
3. I am necessary in many other cellular processes like transcription and translation
4. The first four letters of my word is the same as a very noise flight-capable vehicle
5. If I am an enzyme that can disrupt the helicase structure of DNA but not limited to only
DNAs,
Who am I?

ANS: Helicase

PHYSICS

1. I am a process.
2. Laser amplifiers and super-luminescent sources function on my basis
3. I occur when an electron drops to a lower energy state by interacting with a photon of a
specific frequency
4. I am in contrast to spontaneous emission.
Who am I? ANS: Stimulated emission

CHEMISTRY

1. I belong to a well-known class of organic compounds

2. This class contains mostly cabon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in their molecules
3. Quite often, I am also regarded as having been derived from an acid – hence my nickname
acid derivative
4. I and my siblings are regarded to have a peculiar fragrance
5. Bananas and apples owe their fragrance to me
6. When I am hydrolysed, I produce 1- pentanol and ethanoic acid

Who am I?

ANSWER: Phenyl ethanoate