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Apr 14, 2012
Apr 10, 2012
WAEC BIOLOGY PRACTICAL 2012
Familiarize yourself with these specimens and practice how to sketch and label them correctly.
Note: This is for educational and information purpose only.
SPECIMENS:
A = GARDEN EGG [fruit]
B = TRIDAX [fruit]
C = GRAIN WEEVIL
D = TICK
E = RAT {WET PRESERVED]
F = ATLAS VERTEBRA of a small mammal
G = AXIS VERTEBRA of a small mammal
H = CERVICAL VERTEBRA of a small
mammal
J = TILAPIA FISH [wet preserved]
K = TOAD [WET PRESERVED]
L = LIZARD [WET PRESERVED]
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SPECIMENS F, G, H are peculiar to candidate in Ghana, Sieria-leone
and Gambia
only.
QUESTIONS:
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1. Classify specimens A and B
2. State the agent of dispersal for
specimens A and B
3. Draw a labelled diagram of
specimen B
4. Cut specimen A into longitudinal
section and label
5. State two economic importance of
specimens E, D, C
6. State 2 ways by which C, D, E can
be preserved.
7. Name the habitat of specimens J, K,
L.
8. State two adaptive features J, L
to live in their respective habitat
9. Mention two adaptive features of
specimen K to live on land and in water.
Mar 27, 2012
WAEC 2012 UPDATE FOR CANDIDATES
Here are some things you should familiarize yourself with before the exams.
Note: This is for informational purpose only and not solutions.
PRACTICAL PHYSICS
Retort stand with clamp;
spring balance;
two beakers, 500cm each
(A) containing water and labelled water;
(B) containing kerosene and labelled liquid L;
set of masses 50g, 100g, 150g, 200g and 250g;
thread about 1 m
Retort stand with clamp;
Flat bottom plastic petri-dish;
Syringe about(0-10cm). Remove the needle. Pull up the plunger. Use flame from a match stick to melt and seal the tip of the syringe to ensure that it is air tight;
use appropriate (plastic to plastic) adhesive to fix the bottom of the petri-dish symmetrically to the top of the plunger;
set of masses 500g, 1000g, 1500g, 2000g and 2500g.
NOTE : masses may be improvised with fine dry sand.
Potentiometer (0 - 100cm);
ammeter (0 - 3A);
voltmeter (0 - 5V);
jockey;
2 ohms standard resistor labelled R;
two dry cells each 1.5V or 2V freshly charged accumulator;
plug key;
eight connecting wires.
Other Subjects shall be added soon... keep an eye on this blog.
Mar 16, 2012
Short Summary of The Potter's Wheel & The Successors
Here's a post by one of our friend and I'm sharing it here for the benefit of everyone.
Jamb has decided to bring in
two novels in the forthcoming Jamb exams. According to the Jamb
syllabus, every candidate who is writing UTME this year should have a
mere knowledge of this two books: (1) The Potter’s wheel and (2) the
successors as they will pull-out questions on the passages.
The Potter’s Wheel is written by Chukwuemeka Ike and The Successors by Jerry Adaga.
Here is a short summary of the two books and some points you should note. In case you don’t have the book this might be useful for you.
The potter’s wheel summary
The book was first publish in 1973 by vincent chukwuemeka ike, the book is a work of fiction and the story is unreal, obu was given five names and was thrown up six times by his dad after he came first in d school, obu distiquishin features are big heads and big nose, obu refuse to go to skul when he was 4years old nt five, the name of obu’s town umuchukwu, the first person to own a bicycle is okeke okafor n he describe it as a blind blind horse, mazi gave obu red flute which was made in Japan, mazi(obu’s father) bicycle was 16years old, mama osondu is refer to as mama doctor becaus his son (osondu) was d first doctor in the village, David was born in the same week obu was given birth, 2 films was shot at d war front they are 1.shot of bridges 2. Giganti 3. Accident(those films were shot in the first film) while the second film signifies dat d palm kernel and rubber mere use to win wars, the main film was in form of any
kindom, THE FIRM postray d britian to be humane and courageous while the german were refers to as wicked and greedy, heartless and senseless,
NOTE: THE COBRA REPRESENT THE GERMANS(IT REPRESENT WICKEDNESS) WHILE THE MONGOSE (ITS REP THE POWER OF LIGHT) REPRESENT D BRITIAN.THE two terrorrist that was enlisted into the army are kingkong n uke and the villages intentions are to forget them i.e they should die in d war front, peace, The meanin of some important words as use in the potter’s wheel passage are as follows:, bahama means low grass, jioji:cotton, mgbedike: enyim:my friend masquerade with a large head, oji ugo: a variety of the kola nut, ije nwat: mama oti’s title meaning the footsteps of a child. Samba: a musical instrument.
Points to note in the potter’s wheel
1)mazi is the fada of obu and he gave birth to seven children, obu is the 6th and he is the only male in the family, his best friend is oti while the eldest of the three friends is samuel who is referred to as the bully n tricksters, 2)obu came first in the school exam while he was 5 year old while ogechukwu is older than obu with 3 years, but ogechukwu failed, 3)obu said he doesnt wan to go to school at the age of 5, obu’s father is a cloth dealer n he was a dancer when he was young, obu’s father also have a bicycle but the first person 2 ride bicycle in ummuana town is chief okeke okafor. Obu was given a red flute to congratulate him on his success, and obuechina was ask to name anything he wants and he said a goat, mazi his father said we have one 4 christmas already while obu said he wants to learn how to ride a bicycle and it was granted unto him, so obu’s mother over pampered him which led to bed wetting and obu was melt to die at his 9 year birthday, as a result of a mark n a stone called ogbanje stone which was buried and it represent the life of obu, then obu wan david to teach him how to ride a bicycle bt by that time he went to david’s house, david was sick while he went to polycarps whom has followed his brothers to the river 4 fishing, obu was over pampered and his father was not please with his mother so he father sent him to the village called Aka, in mr kanu zacheus’ place known as the teacher, the man is known to be wicked, himself and his wife, on getting there obu was maltreated by the wife of the teacher, later obu was a register in a school central school, Obuechina was sent to be a houseboy in aka(zacheus kanu’s place) he was registered in a school called the central school where he met an osu girl called margret, osu means outcast, so obu was classified as impure as a result of the interaction between him and margret, monday was the eldest of the houseboys, he is 19yr old, after a long while obu likes to play tricks on the teacher as a result of the way he was treated by the teacher’s wife, he wrote fake letters to the teacher his dad needs him at home but the teacher refuse it until his dad send madu to visit Aka town to check how his son obuechina is doing, on getting there, he slept over and came back the next day with obuechina who his mother always call onyigbo, his mother was so happy that he left what he was doin and welcomed obuchina, then obu has totally change as a result of the lesson he learnt in Aka town.
THE SUCCESSORS IS HERE…MORE CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE HAS DIFFERENT CHARACTERS…the story is a work of fiction and its unreal….terkura aste0and okoh are both workin in provincial hotel at makurdi’….mr eze is a rich man that usually comes to provincial hotel and he always give the two attendant of d hotel some money….one day terkura dreamed that he own an hotel y okoh laghed at him..later that day they heard that mr eze their helper has been killed in a riot in kano….mr eze is not educated but a businessman who influence the two boys and made them believ you can stil make it even if ure not educated…mr eze is a trader and dealer…mr eze has visited most of the countries in the world except usa and united kingdom.. And eze always speak various nigerian language which made him a multi liquistic..tekura told okoh there is goin to be war because ojukwu is bombing Otukpo daily…okoh said ojukwu is concern with the succession because of the discovery of oil in the eastern region, he wants the total control and Gowon wont allow that to happen…mathew asten is the dad of terkura and his a catechist while margaret is his mother and he gave birth to six survivin children while the first born who was d first born died and reduce the family to six natural they ought to be seven, margaret mother of turkura wants him to marry torkwase but terkura refused it because of his dream of goin to the university…provincial hotel is a govt hotel, the home of okoh is okporo…to be continued
The Potter’s Wheel is written by Chukwuemeka Ike and The Successors by Jerry Adaga.
Here is a short summary of the two books and some points you should note. In case you don’t have the book this might be useful for you.
The potter’s wheel summary
The book was first publish in 1973 by vincent chukwuemeka ike, the book is a work of fiction and the story is unreal, obu was given five names and was thrown up six times by his dad after he came first in d school, obu distiquishin features are big heads and big nose, obu refuse to go to skul when he was 4years old nt five, the name of obu’s town umuchukwu, the first person to own a bicycle is okeke okafor n he describe it as a blind blind horse, mazi gave obu red flute which was made in Japan, mazi(obu’s father) bicycle was 16years old, mama osondu is refer to as mama doctor becaus his son (osondu) was d first doctor in the village, David was born in the same week obu was given birth, 2 films was shot at d war front they are 1.shot of bridges 2. Giganti 3. Accident(those films were shot in the first film) while the second film signifies dat d palm kernel and rubber mere use to win wars, the main film was in form of any
kindom, THE FIRM postray d britian to be humane and courageous while the german were refers to as wicked and greedy, heartless and senseless,
NOTE: THE COBRA REPRESENT THE GERMANS(IT REPRESENT WICKEDNESS) WHILE THE MONGOSE (ITS REP THE POWER OF LIGHT) REPRESENT D BRITIAN.THE two terrorrist that was enlisted into the army are kingkong n uke and the villages intentions are to forget them i.e they should die in d war front, peace, The meanin of some important words as use in the potter’s wheel passage are as follows:, bahama means low grass, jioji:cotton, mgbedike: enyim:my friend masquerade with a large head, oji ugo: a variety of the kola nut, ije nwat: mama oti’s title meaning the footsteps of a child. Samba: a musical instrument.
Points to note in the potter’s wheel
1)mazi is the fada of obu and he gave birth to seven children, obu is the 6th and he is the only male in the family, his best friend is oti while the eldest of the three friends is samuel who is referred to as the bully n tricksters, 2)obu came first in the school exam while he was 5 year old while ogechukwu is older than obu with 3 years, but ogechukwu failed, 3)obu said he doesnt wan to go to school at the age of 5, obu’s father is a cloth dealer n he was a dancer when he was young, obu’s father also have a bicycle but the first person 2 ride bicycle in ummuana town is chief okeke okafor. Obu was given a red flute to congratulate him on his success, and obuechina was ask to name anything he wants and he said a goat, mazi his father said we have one 4 christmas already while obu said he wants to learn how to ride a bicycle and it was granted unto him, so obu’s mother over pampered him which led to bed wetting and obu was melt to die at his 9 year birthday, as a result of a mark n a stone called ogbanje stone which was buried and it represent the life of obu, then obu wan david to teach him how to ride a bicycle bt by that time he went to david’s house, david was sick while he went to polycarps whom has followed his brothers to the river 4 fishing, obu was over pampered and his father was not please with his mother so he father sent him to the village called Aka, in mr kanu zacheus’ place known as the teacher, the man is known to be wicked, himself and his wife, on getting there obu was maltreated by the wife of the teacher, later obu was a register in a school central school, Obuechina was sent to be a houseboy in aka(zacheus kanu’s place) he was registered in a school called the central school where he met an osu girl called margret, osu means outcast, so obu was classified as impure as a result of the interaction between him and margret, monday was the eldest of the houseboys, he is 19yr old, after a long while obu likes to play tricks on the teacher as a result of the way he was treated by the teacher’s wife, he wrote fake letters to the teacher his dad needs him at home but the teacher refuse it until his dad send madu to visit Aka town to check how his son obuechina is doing, on getting there, he slept over and came back the next day with obuechina who his mother always call onyigbo, his mother was so happy that he left what he was doin and welcomed obuchina, then obu has totally change as a result of the lesson he learnt in Aka town.
THE SUCCESSORS IS HERE…MORE CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE HAS DIFFERENT CHARACTERS…the story is a work of fiction and its unreal….terkura aste0and okoh are both workin in provincial hotel at makurdi’….mr eze is a rich man that usually comes to provincial hotel and he always give the two attendant of d hotel some money….one day terkura dreamed that he own an hotel y okoh laghed at him..later that day they heard that mr eze their helper has been killed in a riot in kano….mr eze is not educated but a businessman who influence the two boys and made them believ you can stil make it even if ure not educated…mr eze is a trader and dealer…mr eze has visited most of the countries in the world except usa and united kingdom.. And eze always speak various nigerian language which made him a multi liquistic..tekura told okoh there is goin to be war because ojukwu is bombing Otukpo daily…okoh said ojukwu is concern with the succession because of the discovery of oil in the eastern region, he wants the total control and Gowon wont allow that to happen…mathew asten is the dad of terkura and his a catechist while margaret is his mother and he gave birth to six survivin children while the first born who was d first born died and reduce the family to six natural they ought to be seven, margaret mother of turkura wants him to marry torkwase but terkura refused it because of his dream of goin to the university…provincial hotel is a govt hotel, the home of okoh is okporo…to be continued
This post is credited to Tega Dagreat
Mar 8, 2012
JAMB UPDATES
VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
For all those taking the 2012 JAMB, There are some little adjustment in the syllabus. I know a lot of you have not gone through the Syllabus and I have decided to share this very vital information with you.
You are to read two(2) novels for your JAMB Use of
English!!!
The books are:
"The Successors" by Jerry Agada; and
"The Potter's Wheel" by Chukwuemeka Ike.
These two(2) books will replace the summary section of Use of English.
The books are:
"The Successors" by Jerry Agada; and
"The Potter's Wheel" by Chukwuemeka Ike.
These two(2) books will replace the summary section of Use of English.
Check your Jamb syllabus for more info.
Wishing you great Success in your Exams!!!
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Mar 5, 2012
2012 WAEC EXAMINATION TIME TABLE
Here's the 2012 WAEC Examination Time Table. The time table
and waec syllabus for the examination could easily be printed or
downloaded if you log in to the waec website.
Below is the waec timetable 2012 I stumbled on at JustNaira blog:
You can download the current waec syllabus here. You can also check out the waec e-learning center for resources for all WAEC approved subjects that will help you understand the standards required for success in respective Examinations.
I hope this helps. Wishing you all the best in the exam.
Cheers!
Below is the waec timetable 2012 I stumbled on at JustNaira blog:
*Day 1Monday 2nd of April 2012
English Language 3 set 1 (oral). 9-9:45am
English Language 3 set 2 (oral). 10:15-11am
*Day 2Wednesday 4th of April 2012
Chemistry (practical) A 9-11am
Chemistry (practical) A 11:30-1:30am
*Day 4Tuesday 10th of April 2012
Government 2 (essay) 9-11:30am
Government 1 (objective) 11:30-12:30pm
*Day 5Wednesday 11th of April 2012
Financial accounting (theory and practice) 9-11:30am
Financial accounting1 (objective) 11:30-12:30pm
Biology (objective & theory) 2:30-5:00pm
*Day 6Thursday 12th of April 2012
Biology 1 (practical) 9-11am
Biology 1 (practical) 11:30-1:30pm
*Day 7Friday 13th of April 2012
Chemistry (practical) B 9-11am
Chemistry (practical) B 11:30-1:30pm
*Day 8Wednesday 18th of April 2012
Physics 1 (practical) A 9-11:45am
Physics 1 (practical) A 12:15-3:00pm
*Day 9Thursday 19th of April 2012
Chemistry 2 (obj & theory). 12-3:00pm
*Day 10Friday 20th of April 2012
Physics 1 (practical) B 9-11:45am
Physics 1 (practical) B 12:15-3:00pm
*Day 11Monday 23rd of April 2012
Chemistry 1 (practical) C 9-11am
Chemistry 1 (practical)C 11:30-1:30pm
*Day 12Tuesday 24th of April 2012
Agricultural Science 1 (practical) A 9-10:30am
Agricultural Science1 (practical) A 11-12:30pm
*Day 13Wednesday 25th of April 2012
Economics 2 (essay) 9-12pm
Economics (objective) 12-12:30pm
*Day 14Thursday 26th of April 2012
General Mathematics (essay)9-11:30am
General Mathematics (objective) 2-3:30pm
*Day 15Friday 27th of April 2012
Physics practical C 9-11:45am
Physics practical C 12:15-3:00pm
*Day 16Monday 30th of April 2012
English 1 (essay) 9-11:30am
English 1 (essay) alternative B. 9-11:30am
English 2 (objective) 2-3pm
English 2 (objectiv) alternative B. 2-3:15pm
English test of oral 3:30-4:15pm
*Day 17Thursday 3rd of May 2012
Lit-in-english (drama & poetry) 9-11:30am
Lit-in-english 3 & 1 (prose & obj) 2-4:15pm
*Day 18Friday 4th of May 2012
Geography (obj & essay) 9-11:40am
Geography essay. 3-5pm
*Day 19Monday 7th of May 2012
Commerce 2 (essay) 9-11:30am
Commerce 1 (objective) 11:30-12-30pm
Physics 2 (obj & essay) 1-3:45pm
*Day 20Tuesday 8th of May 2012
C.R.K 2 (essay) 9-11:30am
C.R.S 2 (essay) 9-11:30am
C.R.S 1 (objective). 11:30-12:30pm
C.R.K 1 (objective). 11:30-12:30pm
*Day 21Wednesday 9th of May 2012
Agricultural science (obj & Essay) 9-12pm
*Day 22
Friday 11th May
Yoruba 2 (essay). 9-11am
Yoruba 1 (objective). 3-4pm
*Day 23Tuesday 15th of May 2012
History 2 (essay) 9-11:30am
History 1 (objective) 11:30-12:30pm
*Day 24Wednesday 16th of May 2012
Further maths (essay) 9-11:30am
Further maths (objective) 3-4:30pm
*Day 25Tuesday 17th of May 2012
Principle of accounting (theory) 9-11:10am
Principle of accounting (objective) 2-2:50pm
You can download the current waec syllabus here. You can also check out the waec e-learning center for resources for all WAEC approved subjects that will help you understand the standards required for success in respective Examinations.
I hope this helps. Wishing you all the best in the exam.
Cheers!
Mar 1, 2012
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