1.

The mode of heat transfer from one place to another in solids is known
(a) convection (b) conduction (c) radiation (d) radiation
2. When a biro rubbed on a dry silk cloth is moved close to a piece of paper on dry
table, the pen is found to pick up the paper. This is because
(a) Both the pen and the paper are magnetized (b) the pen is magnetized but
the paper is not (c) the pen is charged while the Paper is magnetized
(d) both the pen and the paper are charged
3. the S.I unit of heat energy is
(a) watt (b) metre (c) Joule (d) kilogram
4. The reason why the inner surface of a vacuum flask is to minimize heat lost to the
environment by
(a) conduction (b) convection (c) radiation (d) evaporation
5. One of these is not a type of simple machines
(a) screw (b) pulley (c) lever (d) none of the above
6. The source of an electric charge is.......
(a) neutron (b) proton (c) electron (d) atom
7. Heat from the sun reach the earth through the mode of heat transfer known as
(a) conduction (b) radiation (c) convection (d) none of the
above
8. Which of the following about heat and internal energy is NOT correct
(a) A large mass of a substance holds a larger amount of heat than a smaller mass
(b) when a substance is heated, the thermal energy supplied increases the
internal kinetic energy of the substance (c) a tea spoon of boiling water contains
more heat energy than a bucket of water at 50OC (d) when a substance is heated,
its particles move faster
9. Which of these is an example of an inclined plane
(a) the school basketball court (b) the top of your school locker (c) the
school football pitch (d) none of the above
10. When a piece of polythene is rubbed with a dry woollen cloth, electrons move from
the cloth to the polythene. Which material becomes positively charged?
(a) polythene (b) woollen cloth (c) polythene and woollen cloth (d)
neither polythene nor woollen cloth

JSS3 BASIC SCIENCE(

Section A
 A

use the figure above to answer question 1 to 5

1. the first line is called……………

2. the second line is called………

3. the third line represent……….

4. the fourth line represent…….

5.The fifth line represent……….

6. the setup above is for…………………….a) soil analysis b) soil preparation c) salt preparation d)
nuetralisation

7. ……………….. is anything that changes the body’s functionality. A) food b) drug c) water d) non of
the above

8. which of the following activities reduces micro organism activities in the soil. A) bush burning
b)manuring c) planting d) crop rotation

9.what process in preparation of salt has the setup above? A) filtration b) evaporation c) decantation
d) sublimation
10. another name for marble chip is…….a) calcium carbonate b) calcium chloride c)zinc carbonate d)
zinc chloride

11.The mode of heat transfer from one place to another in solids is known
(a) convection (b) conduction (c) radiation (d) radiation

12.When a biro rubbed on a dry silk cloth is moved close to a piece of paper on dry table, the pen is
found to pick up the paper. This is because
(a) Both the pen and the paper are magnetized (b) the pen is magnetized but the paper is not (c)
the pen is charged while the Paper is magnetized (d) both the pen and the paper are charged

13.the S.I unit of heat energy is

(a) watt (b) metre (c) Joule (d) kilogram

14.The reason why the inner surface of a vacuum flask is to minimize heat lost to the environment
by
(a) conduction (b) convection (c) radiation (d) evaporation

15.One of these is not a type of simple machines

(a) screw (b) pulley (c) lever (d) none of the above

16.The source of an electric charge is.......

(a) neutron (b) proton (c) electron (d) atom

17.Heat from the sun reach the earth through the mode of heat transfer known as
(a) conduction (b) radiation (c) convection (d) none of the above

18.Which of the following about heat and internal energy is NOT correct
(a) A large mass of a substance holds a larger amount of heat than a smaller mass (b) when a
substance is heated, the thermal energy supplied increases the internal kinetic energy of the
substance (c) a tea spoon of boiling water contains more heat energy than a bucket of water at
50OC (d) when a substance is heated, its particles move faster

19.Which of these is an example of an inclined plane

(a) the school basketball court (b) the top of your school locker (c) the school football pitch (d)
none of the above

20.When a piece of polythene is rubbed with a dry woollen cloth, electrons move from the cloth to
the polythene. Which material becomes positively charged?
(a) polythene (b) woollen cloth (c) polythene and woollen cloth (d) neither
polythene nor woollen cloth

21.Which of these are regarded as hereditary units responsible for the characteristics inherited by
offspring? (a) genes (b) chromosomes (c) alleles (d) centrosomes

22.A red cock is mated with a white hen and all the first generation appeared red. Which one of
these colours is recessive? (a)grey (b)white (c)red (d)brown
23.In a family of dark complexioned parents, one of the children is an albino. This indicate that the
(a)albino child is a bastard (b)parent might have had albino parent but the gene is recessive (c)albino
child belong to a friend grandparents (d)mothers grandparents are albinos
24.The process of selecting organisms with desired features and breeding them together is term
(a)natural breeding (b)artificial breeding (c)selective breeding (d)cloning

25.Which of these animal products are used for leather goods? (a) Milk (b) horn (c) feathers (d) hides
and skin.

26……………………… are the characteristics that can be transmitted from the parent to the offspring
(a) Traits (b) cells (c) chromosome (d) genes

27.One of the following is not an animal product. (a) fibre (b) milk (c) cheese (d) skin
Cereals are food crops rich in……………….. (a) vitamins (b) starch (c) fat (d) oil

28.The following are right implications of science except (a) farming (b) transportation (c) drug abuse
(d) communication

29.Which of the following is the result of wrong implication of science? (a) providing comfort to
humans (b) making people healthy (c) promoting development (d) mercy killing

BASIC TECHNOLOGY

1. The types of foundation used for the construction of bridges is known as

(a) piled foundation (b) Raft foundation (c) strip foundation (d) pad foundation
2. Which of these is a mechanical fastener
(a) nut and bold (b) spanner (c) screw driver (d) none of the above
3. Which of these is not a type of joint
(a) tongue and groove joint (b) dove joint (c) butt joint (d) monkey tail
joint
4. The process of liberating electron from metal surface with the use of heat is known as
(a) photo electric emission (b)thermionic emission (c) secondary emission (d)
cathode emission
5. The act and skill of assembling pieces of wood together my making joint is known as
(a) joining (b) riveting (c) joinery (d) welding
6. Soldering bit is made up of
(a) bronze (b)mild-steel (c) brass (d) copper
7. Which of these is not a tool or material needed for soldering
(a) flux (b) solder (c) source of heat (d) none of the above
8. One of these is not a types of soldering
(a) bracing (b) riveting (c) silver soldering (d) soft soldering
9. The simplest of all the joint but the weakest is
(a) Dovetail joint (b) tongue and groove joint (c) But joint (d) Briddle joint
10. The type of door used in controlling crowd entering place like stadium is known as
(a) panel door (b) casement door (c) lower door (d) revolvoing door
11. One of these is not a types of window
 (a) dormer window (b) casement window (c) cant bay window (d)
stepped window
12. _______refers to motion along a straight line
(a) linear (b) circular (c) Random (d) oscillatory
13. A closed path which current flows is known as
(a) electric field (b) electric circuit (c) north and south pole (d) magnetic field
14. All the following are methods of joining metals expect
(a) fastening (b) gluing (c) riveting (c) soldering
15. What is the main function the damp proof course (d.p.c) layers in the walls of a
building (a) To keep the building damp (b) To provide good base for the flooring slab
(c) To mark an important stage he construction (d) To prevent water from rising
up the walls
16. Which of these is not a building component
(a) foundation (b) wall (c) door (d) none of the above
17. The two category of motion in engineering system is
(a) circular and oscillatory (b) linear and oscillatory (c) Random and Linear (d)
Linear and Rotary
18. One of these is not a wiring tool
(a) Pliers and clutters (b) hammer and plug (c) screw driver (c) screw
driver (d) lamp holders
19. All are examples of machines whose rotation parts turns only in one direction only
expect
(a) electric fan (b) grinding machine (c) shaft of running car (d) none of
the above
20. _______________motion refers to rotary motion that can be made to go in both
clockwise and anti-clockwise direction
(a) one- way (b) clockwise (c) reversible rotary (d) anti-clockwise
21. All except one are example of machine that covert rotary motion to linear motion
(a) screw thread (b) wind mill (c) Rack and pinion (d) crank and sliders
22. One of these is not an electric accessories
(a) joint boxes (b) fuse boxes (c) ceiling rose (d) clip and nails
23. The type of maintenance carried out by a man who often send his car for servicing is
known as
(a) preventing (b) corrective (c) predictive (d) detective
24. In engineering system, gears, belt and chains drives are used for
(a) energy conversion (b) energy transmission (c) power conversion (d)
power transmission
25. The blender is an appliance that covert (a) mechanical energy to electrical energy(b)
electrical to light (c) chemical to electrical (d) electrical to sound

Computer science
1. _____ software is used to create line graphs, histograms, pie chart, bar chart (a) Ms
word (b) Ms excel (c) word perfect (d) Ms world
2. In creating a line graph, you must load a work sheet and then click _______ (a) sheet1
(b) sheet 2 (c) sheet 3 (d)sheet 4
3. _____ is a box that identifies the pattern or colour that are assigned to the data series
(a) histogram (b) legend (c) pie chart (d) bar chart
4. When you input a text into a cell in a work sheet, the text is align to _____ of the cell (a)
right (b) left (c) up (d) down
5. _____ are people that had acquire formal skills on the use of computer (a) computer
managers (b) computer professionals (c) system analyst (d) computer programmer
6. The people that over sees the overall responsibility of the computer department are
called _____ (a) computer engineer (b) computer educator (c) computer policy
maker (d) computer technician
7. The following are computer professional bodies in Nigeria except ______ (a) NCS (b)
ICAN (c) IMIS (d) CPRN
8. The internet is an example of _____ (a) local Area Network (b) Wide Area Network
(c) Medium Area Network (d) Big Area Network
9. Which of the following provides internet services? (a) internet service provider (b)
computer training centres (c) business centres (d) computer manufacturer
10. The internet came into being in the ____ (a) 1980’s (b) 1990’s (c) 1970’s (d) 1960’s
11. www means ______ (a) wide world web (b) web wild world (c) world wide web
(d) word wide web
12. The qualities of a good computer professional includes the following except ______
(a) ability to multi-task (b) ability to solve problems (c) ability to collaborate (d)
ability to adapt
13. The repairs of faulty parts of computer is carried out by a/an (a) computer engineer
(b) computer programmer (c) operational manager (d) system designer
14. Which of these is not a computer professional? (a) computer manager (b) system
analyst (c) bank manager (d) programmer
15. To prevent computer virus attack, _____ is required (a) internet software (b)
antivirus software (c) Ms word program (d) Ms Access program
16. Which of the following is not basic logic gate (a) and (b) OR (c) NOT (d) AND
17. If A is true and B is false then, A AND B are ______ (a) true (b) false (c) neutral (d)
NOT
18. If A is true and B is false then, A OR B is ______ (a) true (b) false (c) neutral (d) NOT
19. If A is true and B is false then, NOT A AND B is ______ (a) true (b) false (c) neutral
(d) NOT
20. Which of the following is not a programming language? (a) machine language (b) low
level language (c) high level language (d) middle level language
21. _____ translates low level language into machine language (a) compiler (b) assembler
(c) adapter (d) interpreter
22. _____ is not an example of high level language (a) COBOL (b) FORTRAN (c) COMPILER
(d) BASIC
23. Which of the following is not a programming language (a) ADA (b) BASIC (c) LASER
(d) PASCAL
24. Which of the following is not a storage device? (a) monitor (b) hard disk (c) floppy
disk (d) flash drive
25. Which of the following storage media is5 Non-volatile (a) CD (b) Diskette (c) DVD
(d) ROM