Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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ENGLISH
Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word,
from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. He was very polite _______ me.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

to
with
on
for
of

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite

in meaning to the word in capital letters.
2. PHYSICAL:
A.
B.
C.
D.

bodily
mental
material
corporeal

Identify the word or phrase that needs to be changed for the

sentence to be correct:
3. Yesterday one of the teacher was called by the principal. No error.
A
B
C
D
E

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized

ones.
4. SADNESS:
A.
B.
C.
D.

unhappiness
confidence
belief
hope

Read the passage to answer the question 5-6

Doctors are people who examine other people in their clinics. When patients
visit them, the doctors follow a certain procedure. They take the pulse,
thump the chest and listen to the heart beats through the stethoscope, and
perhaps a miniature rubber tyre is put around the patient's arm and is
blown up to check what is called blood-pressure
5. Who are the other people whom doctors examine?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Men
Women
Patients
Children

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6. Patients visit doctors means
A.
B.
C.
D.

They
They
They
They

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address them
visit their homes
go to them as patients
make courtesy calls on them

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CHEMISTRY
7. What volume of oxygen is required for the complete combustion of a
mixture of 5 cm

of CH

and 5 cm

of C

A.

5 cm

B.

10 cm

C.

15 cm

D.

20 cm

E.

25 cm

3
3
3
3

8. A gaseous organic compound, X, was burnt in an excess of oxygen. A

3

0.112 dm sample of X, measured at s.t.p., produced 0.88 g of carbon

dioxide.
How many carbon atoms are there in one molecule of X?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1
2
3
4
8

9. In neutralization:
A.
B.
C.
D.

the base is neutralized

the acid is neutralized
a salt is formed
all of the above

10. -rays (Alpha) are:

A.
B.
C.
D.

fast moving electrons

protons
neutron
positively charged helium nuclei

11.Which orbital has lowest energy?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

3d
3p
4s
4f
5f

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PHYSICS
12.A ball is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 98 m/s, how high
does the ball rise? (g = 9.8 m/s
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

360
380
490
510
320

meters
meters
meters
meters
meters

13.Light passes through two parallel slits and falls on a screen. The pattern
produced is due to interference and:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Reflection
Refraction
Polarization
Diffraction
Absorption

14.A racing car accelerates uniformly through three gears, changes with the
following average speed:

ms 1 for 2.0 s
1
40 ms
for 2.0 s
1
60 ms
for 6.0 s
20

What is the overall average speed of the car?

ms1

A.

12

B.

13.3

C.

40

ms1

D.

48

ms1

E.

37

ms1

ms1

15.Radiation is the chief method of energy transfer:

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

from
from
from
from
from

the Sun to an Earth satellite

a gas flame to water in a teakettle
a soldering iron to metals being soldered
water to an ice cube floating in it
a mammal to the surrounding air

16.Which pair includes a scalar quantity and a vector quantity?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Kinetic energy and momentum

Potential energy and work
Velocity and acceleration
Weight and force

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BIOLOGY
17.The common disease caused by lack of vitamin C is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Diabetes Mellitus
Typhoid
Scurvy
Malaria
None of the above

18.The cell transmits impulses from the

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

effector organ to the spinal cord

receptor cells to the effector organ
receptor cells to the spinal cord
spinal cord to the effector organ
spinal cord to the receptor cells

19.Which one of the following is the correct out line of the main events in
photosynthesis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Oxygen reacts with a carbohydrate to produce water and

carbon dioxide in the presence of light
Light joins carbon dioxide to an acceptor compound which is
then reduced by hydrogen obtained from water
Light splits water and the resulting hydroxyl group combines
with a compound which has incorporated carbon dioxide
Light splits carbon dioxide and the resulting carbon then
combines with oxygen and hydrogen obtained from water
Carbon dioxide combines with an acceptor compound and this
is reduced by hydrogen split from water by light

20.How many bones are present in the wrist?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Four bones
Six bones
Eight bones
Ten bones
Many bones

21.Molds and yeast are classified as

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Rhodophytes
Bryophytes
Fungi
Ciliates
Flagellates

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