2022 NECO Literature in English Past Questions

Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that rhymes with the word given course

1. A.coarse✓ Correct
2. B.corps
3. C.corpse
4. D.cause
5. E.force

Mammals are said to be homoiothermic because their body temperature is

1. A.always higher than that of their environment
2. B.always lower than that of their environment
3. C.always the same as that of their environment
4. D.relatively constant irrespective of that of their environment✓ Correct
5. E.remains at 37 o c all the time

Choose from the options labelled A to E, the most appropriate question to the given sentence containing; a emphatic stress word. The emphatic stress word is written in CAPITAL letters. .......... School children visit PARKS during the Easter holidays.

1. A.Do prisoners visit parks during the Easter holidays?
2. B.Do school children visit parks during the Christmas holidays?
3. C.Do school children visit stadia during Easter holiday
4. D.Do schoolchildren visit parks during weekends?✓ Correct
5. E.Do school teachers visit parks during the Easter holidays?

pH is define as

1. A.[H+]✓ Correct
2. B.–log [H]
3. C.–log [H+]
4. D.log [H]
5. E.log [H+]

Which disease is caused by a virus?

1. A.Cholera
2. B.Measles✓ Correct
3. C.Tetanus
4. D.Typhoid
5. E.Tuberculosis

Which of the following is true about average cost?

1. A.A. Fixed cost/quantity
2. B.B. Marginal + Fixed cost
3. C.C. Quantity × Fixed cost
4. D.D. Total cost/quantity✓ Correct
5. E.E. Total cost - fixed cost Quantity

A typical lumbar vertebra does NOT have

1. A.centrum
2. B.neural arch
3. C.neural spine✓ Correct
4. D.neural canal
5. E.vertebrartenal canal

A body executing a simple harmonic motion has an angular velocity of 22 radians per second. If it has a maximum displacement of 10cm, what is its linear velocity?

1. A.1100$ms^{-1}$
2. B.440 $ms^{-1}$
3. C.220 $ms^{-1}$
4. D.22 $ms^{-1}$✓ Correct
5. E.2.2$ms^{-1}$

A transformer is required to give 120V from a 240V mains supply. If the primary has 5500 turns, how many turns has the secondary?

1. A.232
2. B.450✓ Correct
3. C.550
4. D.2750
5. E.11000

Amoeba engulfs food particles by means of its

1. A.contractile vacuole
2. B.cytoplasmic membrane
3. C.food vacuoles
4. D.nucleus✓ Correct
5. E.pseudopodia.