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CONTEST 18

ROUND 1

CHEMISTRY 1

PREAMBLE: Give the oxidation states of the central atoms in the compounds given (10
sec)

a. Na2SO3 +4

b. CaCO3 +4

c. LiIO3 +5

CHEMISTRY 2

a. A solution has a volume of 250 ml and contains 0.70 mol of NaCl. What is the
molarity of the solution? 2.8 M

b. A solution has a volume of 2.0 L and contains 36.0 g of glucose. If the molar mass of
glucose is 180 g/mol, what is the molarity of the solution? 0.10 M.

c. How many moles of ammonium nitrate are in 335 ml of 0.425M NH 4NO3? 0.142
mol

PHYSICS 1

Question: An electron enters the region of a uniform electric field with velocity v i=
3.00m/s and E=200NC-1. The horizontal length of the plate is 0.100m. Charge of an
electron is 1.6x10-19C and mass is 9.11 x 10-31kg

a. Find the acceleration of the electron whiles it is in the field

Ans: 8.99 x 103NC-1 or 9.00 x 103NC-1

b. Find the time it takes the electron to travel through the field
Ans: 1.13 x 105 Nm2C-1

c. What is the vertical displacement of the electron while it is in the field

Ans: 3.60 x 104 NC-1

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PHYSICS 2

Question: Consider three charges located at the corners of a right triangle where q 1 =
q3 = 5.0µC, q2= -2.0 µC and the separation for each is 0.10m.

a. Find the resultant force exerted on q3 by F2

Ans: 9.0 N

b. If in the right triangle the charges q1 and q3 form the resultant, find the resultant
force exerted by q1 on q3
Ans: 11 N

c. Express the resultant force acting on F3 in the unit vector form.

Ans: F3 = (-1.1i + 7.9j)N

BIOLOGY 1

JOHANN GREGOR MENDEL CHOSE THE GARDEN PEA PLANT FOR HIS EXPERIMENT.

GIVE ONE REASON WHY HE CHOSE THE GARDEN PEA PLANT FOR HIS GENETIC
EXPERIMENT

ANSWERS =

A. The garden pea plant is an annual or it completes its life cycle in one growing
season
B. It has different characteristics that are true – breeding or pure breeding
C. It can undergo self – pollination and can also be cross pollinated
D. It is easy to cultivate
E. It produces many offsprings

BIOLOGY 2

PREAMBLE = Give one major food source of the following vitamins

A. TOCOPHEROL
ANS = LIVER, GREEN VEGETABLES

B. PYRIDOXINE
ANS = LIVER, KIDNEY , FISH

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C. PHYLLOQUINONE
ANS = GREEN VEGETABLES

MATHS 1

PREAMBLE: Find the number of arrangements of n different books on a shelf given

that:

1. n=5
ANSWER: 120 [ 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120]

2. n=4
ANSWER: 24 [ 4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24]

3. n=6
ANSWER: 720 [ 6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 6(120) = 720]

MATHS 2

PREAMBLE: Evaluate k given that

1. (x + 2) is a factor of f(x) = 3x3 + kx2 + 2x + 28

ANSWER: k=0 [f (- 2) = - 24 + 4k – 4+ 28 = 0, 4k = 0, k = 0]

2. (x + 1) is a factor of f(x) = 2x3 – x2 + kx - 2

ANSWER: k = -5 [f (-1) = -2 – 1 – k - 2 = 0, k = -5]

3. (x – 2) is a factor of f(x) = x3 – 5x2 + 7x + k

ANSWER: k = -2

ROUND 2 – SPEED RACE

BIOLOGY 1

Lack of which vitamin causes prolonged bleeding from ruptured blood vessels and why?

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ANSWER = Lack of vitamin K causes prolonged bleeding from ruptured vessels because
it is needed for the synthesis of prothrombin which helps in blood clotting.

BIOLOGY 2

The amino acid TRYPTOPHAN has just one genetic code. What is this code ?

ANS = UGG

MATHS 1

Evaluate

1. 972 - 872
ANSWER: 1,840

MATHS 2

1. Two events A and B are mutually exclusive. If P(A) = ½ and P(B)= ¼ , find P (A
B).

ANSWER: ¾ or 0.75

PHYSICS 1

Question: A particle undergoes three consecutive displacements: d 1=

(15i+30j+12k)cm, d2=(23i-14j-5.0k)cm and d3=(13i+15j)cm. Find the components of
the resultant displacement and its magnitude

Ans: (25i+31j+7.0k)cm , √1635 cm approximately 40cm

PHYSICS 2

Question: After a long lecture, the daring physics professor stretches out for a nap on a
bed of nails. How is this possible

Ans: The pressure exerted on his skin is considerably reduced because the surface area
that supports his weight is now the surface area of all the nail points

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CHEMISTRY 1

b. State the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. It states that, it is not

possible to know exactly both the position and velocity of a particle at the
same time.

CHEMISTRY 2

a. A saline solution contains 0.90 g NaCl in exactly 100 ml of solution. What is the
molarity of the solution if the molar mass of NaCl is 58.5 g/mol?
0.15M.

ROUND 3 – TRUE OR FALSE

MATHS 1

1. The graph of an even function is symmetric about the y-axis.

ANSWER: True
2. The graph of an odd function is symmetric about the origin.
ANSWER: True
3. The function y = -f(x) is a reflection of the function y = f(x) about the y-axis.
ANSWER: False

MATHS 2

1. Between any two integers, there is an integer.

ANSWER: False

2. Between any two rational numbers, there is a rational number.

ANSWER: True

3. Between any two irrational numbers, there is an irrational number.

ANSWER: True

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CHEMISTRY 1

a. Because volume is affected by temperature, the concentration of a unit volume of

a hot solution is slightly greater than the concentration of a unit volume of its
respective cold solution True

b. Molality of a solution is the number of milli moles of solute dissolved in 1Kg of

solvent False

c. Because one litre of pure water has a mass of 1Kg, molality and molarity are
nearly the same for dilute aqueous solutions. True

CHEMISTRY 2

a. Addition of either dilute NaOH or dilute ammonia to copper (II) solution will produce a
pale green precipitate. False

b. Whereas iron (II) salts are pale green, salts of copper (II) are either pale green or
blue. True

c. Addition of dilute ammonia drop-wise to iron (III) solution will yield a green
precipitate soluble in excess ammonia. False

PHYSICS 1

Question: For a convex mirror, the closer the object is from the mirror, the bigger the
image?

Ans: True

Question: Real image is always inverted but virtual is always erect

Ans: True

Question: For a concave mirror, the closer the object is from the mirror, the bigger the
image?

Ans: False

PHYSICS 2

Question: The velocity of a wave through a stretched string depends on the square root
of the tension in it.

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Ans: True

Question: The velocity of a wave through a stretched string depends inversely on the
square root of the linear density

Ans: True

Question: The velocity of a wave through a rod depends inversely on the square root of
its density

Ans: True

BIOLOGY 1

1. No one factor absolutely controls the rate of photosynthesis

ANS = TRUE
2. CO2 is the main factor that affects the rate of photosynthesis
ANS = TRUE
3. Increasing the temperature without a corresponding increase in CO2
concentration does not increase the rate of photosynthesis appreciably
ANS = TRUE

BIOLOGY 2

1. Brown fat generates more ATP than white fat

ANS = FALSE
2. An extremely low fat diet can cause vitamin deficiency disease
ANS = TRUE
3. Carbohydrates gives more energy than fat
ANS = FALSE

ROUND 4 – RIDDLES

PHYSICS

I was first made around 1770 by Richard Salter of Bilston near wolverhampton

I am common in science education as a basic accelerator

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I work on the principle that force needed to extend a spring is proportional to the
distance that the spring extended from its first position

I measure weight

I consist of a spring with a hook

Who am i?

Spring balance or Spring Scale

CHEMISTRY

1. In the packaging industry, I am the most commonly used.

2. I was first synthesized accidentally by Hans Von Pechmann in 1898 while
investigating dioxomethane.
3. I am consist of nonpolar, saturated, high molecular weight hydrocarbons.
4. Because of my symmetric molecular structure, I tend to crystalize into a white waxy
material.
5. My name suggests that, I am made from many of same kinds through
polymerization.
6. If I am the most common plastic made from ethylene, WHO AM I?
ANS: POLYETHENE/POLYETHYLENE

BIOLOGY

1. I am a specialized type of cell associated with a conducting tissue of higher plants

2. I am elongated with thickened walls
3. I have tapered ends
4. I am concerned with water conduction and provision of mechanical support.
5. Water flow through me through the unthickened regions in my cell wall
6. I form part of the vertical system of the xylem

ANSWER = TRACHEID

MATHS

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