ROUND 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

Preamble: Evaluate

1. 1752 – 1252 Answer: 15,000

2. 2502 – 1502 Answer: 40,000
3. 2252 – 1752 Answer: 20,000
4. 2752 – 1252 Answer: 60,000

Preamble: Determine the least and greatest value of the trigonometric function

1. cos2 x + 6 cos x + 12 Answer: least = 7, greatest = 19

2. sin2 x – 4 sin x + 8 Answer: least = 5, greatest = 13
3. cos 2 x + 8 cos x + 10 Answer: least = 3, greatest = 19
4. sin2x – 6 sin x + 8 Answer: least = 3, greatest = 15

Preamble: Give the name of the chromosomal description given

1. It is a condition in which an organism has two similar alleles of a given gene.

Answer: Homozygous

2. It is a condition in which an organism has two different alleles of a given gene.

Answer: Heterozygous
3. It is a condition in which an organism has only one copy of a gene or DNA sequence present in
diploid cells.
Answer: Hemizygous

4. All chromosomes apart from the sex chromosomes

Answer: Autosome

Preamble: Name the organ system the given organ belongs

1. Trachea Answer: Respiratory
2. Esophagus Answer: Digestive
3. Viens Answer: Circulatory
4. Tendons Answer: Skeletal

Preamble: Name the metal present in the given ore

1. Malachite Answer: Copper

2. Kaolinite Answer: Aluminium
3. Siderite Answer: Iron
4. Calamite Answer: Zinc
Preamble: Determine the mass of the solute in solution. If

1. The solubility product of FeCO3 at 30 oC is 3.60 x 10-11. [Fe= 56 ]

Answer: 6.96 x 10-4 g

2. The solubility product of a metal iodide (MI2) at 30 oC is 3.20 x 10-8. [M= 40 I = 127]
Answer: 0.588 g or 5.88 x 10-2 g
3. The solubility product of a sparingly soluble salt QY2 at 30 oC is 1.08 x 10-13. [ Q = 207, Y =
35.5]
Answer: 8.34 x 10-3 g
4. The solubility product of M(OH)2 at 30 0C is 3.20 x 10-14. [M = 64]
Answer: 1.96 x 10-3

Preamble: A 1 m long spring affixed at both ends has mass, m and the tension in the spring is T.
determine the speed of its particles if it is set into vibration by an external vibrator of frequency
100 Hz.

1. m=5g T = 8.0 N Answer: 40 m/s

2. m=5g T = 18 N Answer: 60 m/s
3. m=4g T = 6.4 N Answer: 40 m/s
4. m=8g T = 20 N Answer: 50 m/s

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Preamble: A particle of charge 𝟐. 𝟎𝟎 𝑪 moves in a uniform magnetic field of flux density 𝟎. 𝟓𝟎𝒌

1. Find the magnetic force on the charge when its velocity is (30.0𝑖̂ + 50.0𝑗̂) m s−1
Answer: (𝟑𝟎𝒊̂ − 𝟓𝟎𝒋̂) N
2. Find the magnetic force on the charge when its velocity is (40.0𝑖̂ + 60.0𝑗̂) m s−1
Answer: (𝟔𝟎𝒊̂ − 𝟒𝟎𝒋̂) N
3. Find the magnetic force on the charge when its velocity is (−30.0𝑖̂ + 40.0𝑗̂) m s −1
Answer: (𝟒𝟎𝒊̂ + 𝟑𝟎𝒋̂) N
4. Find the magnetic force on the charge when its velocity is (50.0𝑖̂ + 20.0𝑗̂) m s−1
Answer: (𝟐𝟎𝒊̂ − 𝟓𝟎𝒋̂) N
ROUND 2: SPEEDRACE

1. What is DNA polymorphism?

Answer: DNA’s polymorphism is the variation in the DNA sequence arising due to mutation at
non-coding sequences

2. State one condition upon which the direction and rate of Osmosis depends on
Answer: It depends upon both the concentration gradient and the pressure gradient.
3. What name is given to the type of muscles that make up the human heart?
Answer: Cardiac muscle
4. Find the power dissipation of a 40 Ω resistor when the voltage across it is 60 V.
𝑽𝟐
Answer: 𝟗𝟎 W 𝑷 = 𝑰𝟐 𝑹 = 𝑹

5. Find the linear expansivity of a material whose volume expansion is 5.1 x 10−7 𝐾 −1
Answer: 1.7 x 𝟏𝟎−𝟕 𝑲−𝟏
6. Find the L-C product for a tuned circuit whose resonance frequency is 500 Hz
Answer: 𝟏. 𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟕HF (𝟏. 𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟕 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚 − 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅)
7. Solve the exponential equation 52x – 10(5x) + 9 = 0
(you may leave answer as a single logarithm)
Answer: x = 0, x = 2 log5 3
8. Find the equation a curve having a gradient – 3x2 + 2x and passing through the origin.
Answer: y = - x3 + x2
9. Two numbers, 140 and x has highest common factor 20 and least common multiplier 420. Find
the value of x.
Answer: 60
10. Which metal is used/applied in the coating of surfaces in the process of galvanisation?
Answer: Zinc
11. A compound contains 85.7% carbon and 14.3% hydrogen and has a molar mass of 70.0 g/mol.
What is its molecular formula?
Answer: C5H10
12. How many electrons are involved if chromium reduces from Cr2O7 2− to CrO2?
Answer: 4 from 6+ to +4 = 2 electrons 2x2
Round 3: True or False

Preamble: the given organisms is bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic

1. Round worms Answer: True

2. Ctenophora Answer: False
3. Sponges Answer: False
4. Cnidarians Answer: False

5. The gastrointestinal tract produces hormones Answer: True

6. The heart produces hormones Answer: True
7. The kidney produces hormones Answer: True
8. Pars distalis produces six trophic hormones Answer: True

Preamble: the given pair of quantities have identical dimensions

9. Impulse and torque Answer: False

10. Work and torque Answer: True
11. Momentum of inertia and moment of force Answer: False
12. Stress and young modulus Answer: True

Preamble: for a string instrument

13. The shorter length strings create a lower speed of sound Answer: False
14. The shorter length strings produce lower frequencies Answer: False
15. The shorter length strings produce higher frequencies Answer: False
16. The shorter length stings create a higher speed of sound Answer: True

Preamble: In the x-y plane, the solution of the given compound inequalities is the null set.

17. x > 1 and x < 2 Answer: False

18. x < 1 and x > 2 Answer: True
19. y > 2 and y < -1 Answer: True
20. y > -2 and y < 5 Answer: False

21. Any two (2) matrices can be added.

Answer: False
22. Any two (2) matrices can be multiplied.
Answer: False
23. Any two (2) matrices can be added if they have the same number of rows and columns
Answer: True
24. Any two (2) matrices can be multiplied if they have the same number of rows and columns
Answer: False
Preamble: the given specie can act as bronsted acid and base
25. 𝐻2 𝑃𝑂2− Answer: False
26. 𝐻𝑃𝑂32− Answer: False
27. 𝐻𝑃𝑂42− Answer: True
28. 𝐻3 𝑃𝑂4 Answer: False

Preamble: Consider the order of arrangement and the property indicated against

29. Li < Na < K < Rb; increasing metallic radius Answer: True
30. I < Br < F < Cl; increasing electron gain energy Answer: True
31. B < C < N < O; increasing first ionization enthalpy Answer: False
32. Al3+ < Mg2+ < Na+ < F-; increasing ionic size Answer: True
Round 4: Riddles

I am an organ of the lymphatic system

I am often called the ‘graveyard’ of the RBCs
I am located in the left side of the abdominal cavity under the diaphragm, that’s, the muscular partition
between the abdomen and the chest
I am that organ that stores blood, including platelets and white blood cells and releases them into the
blood stream when needed.
One can live without me but may be more susceptible to infections as I help the body defend itself
against pathogens by producing white blood cells and antibodies
Who am I?
Answer: Spleen

I am a number.
My concept has evolved from different civilizations, with my earliest evidence as a placeholder in
Mesopotamia
I was invented in India as a shape and later introduced into mathematic as a number, referring to
nothing
As a numerical digit, I play an important role in decimal notation and arithmetic.
As a multiplier, I result to nothing and consequently as a divisor, has no meaning in arithmetic.
I am the additive identity of integer, rational numbers, real numbers as well as other algebraic
structures.
Who am I?
Answer: Zero

I am a colorless, odorless, non-toxic element

I am believed to be one of the oldest and one of the most abundant elements
I am a gas and does not have a melting point at standard pressures
My boiling point is the lowest among all the elements on the periodic table
I am noble and the first of my family in the periodic table
If I am the second-lightest and second most abundant element in the observable universe
Who am I?
Answer: Helium

I am one of the six simple machines

I am mostly employed in the construction and transportation industry
My earliest evidence dates back to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia but I was identified by Hero of
Alexandria in Roman Egypt as an aid to lifting weights
There are three types of me; Fixed, Moving and Compound
I am a wheel on an axle or shaft enabling a taut cable or belt to pass over the wheel to move and
change direction or transfer power and exert a force
If the block and tackle are example of me, then,
Who am?
Answer: Pulley