JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1720

8,596.

Permanent hardness of water can be removed by?

A.

filtration

B.

adding slaked lime

C.

adding caustic soda

D.

boiling

Correct answer is C

-  this hardness cannot be removed by boiling. We can remove this hardness by treating the water with washing soda, caustic soda and permutit

8,597.

Abacha regime saw to the termination of ________

A.

Ibrahim Babangida

B.

Ernest Shonekan

C.

Onukah Abigail

D.

Murtala Muhammed

Correct answer is A

The General Sani Abacha who was the minister of Defense in the Babangida Administration. His coup of 1994 toppled the administration of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. Chief Ernest Shonekan was just an interim president (Head of State).

8,598.

A noble gas with a high power of fog penetration used in aerodrome beacons is?

A.

krpton

B.

argon

C.

helium

D.

neon

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

8,599.

12D + 13T → 24He + 01n + energy
The reaction above illustrates?

A.

alpha decay

B.

artificial transmutation

C.

nuclear fussion

D.

nuclear fission

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

8,600.

ECOWAS was found under whose leadership?

A.

Olusegun Obasanjo

B.

Yakubu Gowon

C.

Aguyi Ironsi

D.

Ibrahim Babangida

Correct answer is B

In Nigeria, Ecowas was founded under the leadership of Gen. Yakubu Gowon. It was officially formed by Yakubu Gowon and Gnasingbe Enyadema, the then President of Togo in 1975.