TEPA SECONDARY JHS A.

Iodine solution
B. Bandage
MOCK EXAMINATION- JHS 3 C. Gentian violet
SCIENCE D. Alcohol

SECTION A (40MARKS) 45MINUTES 8. Care must be taken to avoid bringing a naked flame
1. Which of the following soil is likely to be found in a near a substance that is …………….
water logged area? A. Combustible
A. Sand B. Corrosive
B. Clay C. Magnetic
C. Gravel D. Toxic
D. Loam
9. The density of methylated spirit is ……….
2. A situation or substances that has the likelihood of A. 8.9g/cm3
harming or cause injury to people is called …….. B. 7.9/cm3
A. Hazard C. 0.80g/cm3
B. Corrosive D. 0.92g/cm3
C. Irritant
D. Radioactive 10. Another name for loam soil is black soil.
A. True B. False
3. Which of the following protective devices is used to
hold test tubes during heating? 11. A seed is turgid when it lose water from its
A. Hand gloves cytoplasm.
B. Bare hands B. True B. False
C. Test tube holder
D. Test tube rack 12. The decayed inorganic matter of the soil is called
humus.
4. The male sex cell in the flower is found in the ……. 13. True B. False
A. Filament
B. Ovary 14. Yam is propagated by using it stem.
C. Ovule A. True B. False
D. Pollen grains
15. Clayey soil have high drainage ability.
5. In plants, when the male gametes fuses with the A. True B. False
egg, the first structure formed is the …………..
A. Embryo 16. Soil texture is the relative proportion of sand, silk
B. Testa and clay.
C. Seed A. True B. False
D. Zygote
17. The density of mercury is 13.6g/cm3.
6. Onion is planted by means of ………….. A. True B. False
A. Bulbs
B. Corms 18. Which of the following best describes soil living
C. Suckers organisms?
D. Rhizomes A. Organic matter and termites.
B. Earthworms and termites.
7. All the following are materials kept in the first aid C. Bothe living plants and animals found in the
box, except ……………. soil.
 D. Mineral materials and living materials. D. 6

19. Which of the following types of soil is usually most

leached? 25.The red blood cell is produced in the ……..
A. Clay A. Bone arrow
B. Loam B. Bone marrow
C. Sand C. Lymphocytes
D. Silt D. Phagocytes.

20. Which of the following organisms improves soil

fertility? 26. Which of the following is NOT a blood cell?
A. Ant lion A. Blood platelets
B. Red ant B. Blood plasma
C. Millipedes C. White blood cell
D. Earthworms D. Red blood cell.

21. The process whereby blood is transported from the 27.Which of the following is a type of circulation?
heart to other parts of the body through blood vessel
A. Systemic circulation
is known as;
B. Joint circulation
A. Circulation
C. Open ended circulation
B. Body fluid
D. Dilate circulation
C. Lymph
D. Dilation
28. Which of the following is a component of the
22. Which of the following organs pumps blood in the blood?
circulatory system?
A. Lungs A. Salt
B. Auricle B. Sugar
C. Heart C. Hormones
D. Blood vessels D. Water.

23. Which of the following is NOT an example of 29.Which of the following gives the red colour of the
blood vessel? blood?

A. Arteries A. Oxygen
B. Sulphur (III) Oxide
B. Veins C. Hemoglobin
D. Bone marrow
C. Capillaries
D. Ductless land. 30. The combination of oxygen hemoglobin in the
blood is called?
A. Oxybiography
24. How many chambers has the heart? B. Oxyhaemoglobin
C. Phagocytisis
A. 5 D. Circulation
B. 8
C. 3
 31.Which of the following help to improve blood D. Siamis chromosomes
clotting?
A. Red blood cells. 38. How many chromosomes are found in the human
B. Platelets body?
C. The blood plasma
D. White blood cell A. 48
B. 50
31. Which of the following is NOT a cause of high C. 45
blood pressure? D. 56
A. Smoking
B. Stress and anxiety 39. The female sex chromosomes is ………..
C. Suffocation
D. Lack of exercise A. XY
B. XX
32. Which of the following diseases can be inherited C. YZ
from our parents? D. MP
A. Elephantiasis
B. Sickle cell anaemia 40. The basic and the functional unit of life is called?
C. Malaria
D. Dracunculus A. Sell
B. Cell
33. Regular exercise of the body can prevent heart C. Genes
diseases. D. Chromosomes
A. False
B. True
C. None of these

34. Chromosomes which look alike in the body system

are called?
A. Identical chromosomes
B. Siamis chromosomes
C. Homologous chromosomes
D. Same chromosomes

36.What is the meaning of the acronym DNA?

A. Department of national authorities
B. Deoxyribolnucleic acid
C. Direct nuclear aspirant
D. District negotiating agency

37. The 23rd pair of chromosomes in the human body are

also known as;
A. Sex chromosomes
B. Homologous chromosomes
C. Identical chromosomes