ENYANMAIM ISLAMIC

JHS
INTER HOUSES QUIZ COMPETITION
(JSMQ) – NOV. 2024
The quiz comprises five (5) Rounds,
namely;
Round 1: Fundamentals
Round 2: Fastest Finger (Speed Race)
Round 3: Science And Technology Challenge
Round 4: True or False
Round 5: Decoding The Clues (Riddles)

ROUND 1
RULES
1. Each section has the same number of questions to
answer in turns.
2. If a section answers a major question correctly, 3
points is awarded. If it is incorrectly answered it
becomes available as a bonus to the other sections to
compete for. The score for the bonus question is 1
point.
3. Only two attempts are allowed for major questions
and one attempt for bonus questions in Round 1.
4. Sections will have 10 seconds to answer questions
that do not require calculations and 30 seconds for
questions that require calculation.
 5. Bonus questions require only 5 seconds

PHYSICS
PREAMBLE: State the unit for the following quantities.
1. Electric charge
ANS: coulomb
2. Electric current
Ans: Ampere
3. Electrical resistance
Ans: ohms
4. Potential difference
Ans: volts

1. A potential difference of 20 volts is applied across the

ends of a resistance of 5 ohms. What current will flow in
the resistor?
Ans: 4A
2. A car headlight bulb working on a 12v car battery draws a
current of 0.5A. Find the resistance of the bulb.
Ans. 24 ohms
3. The potential difference across a 3 ohms resistor is 6v. The
current flowing through the resistor will be………….
Ans: 2A
4. Keeping the potential difference constant, the resistance
of of a circuit is halved. By how much does the current
change?
Ans: The current is doubled

PREAMBLE: Name the phenomenon responsible for the

following effects;
1. The property of light which makes a pencil cast a
shadow when it is held in front of a light source.
Ans: Rectilinear propagation of light
 2. When we sit in front of a plane mirror and write with our
right hand, it appears in the mirror that we are writing
with our left hand.
Ans: Lateral inversion
3. The rays of light bounce off an object or surface that
doesn’t absorb the light energy.
Ans: Reflection of light
4. The splitting of white light into its constituent colors
due to the refractive index of the surface and the
wavelength of the light.
Ans: Dispersion of light

1. When a road appears to have a pool on a sunny day

as a results of refraction
Ans: Mirage
2. Green plants and certain other organisms transform
light energy into chemical energy.
Ans: Photosynthesis
3. An astronomical event which occurs when an
astronomical object is temporarily obscured by
passing into the shadow of another body or by
having another body pass between It and the viewer.
Ans: Eclipse
4. When the moon passes between the Earth and the
sun, thereby obscuring the view of the sun from a
small part of earth, totally or partially.
Ans: solar eclipse or eclipse of the sun.

CHEMISTRY
1. On what basis is a chemical equation balanced?
Ans: Conservation of mass; or the total mass of reactants
must equal the total mass of the product.
2. What happens chemically when quicklime is added to water
filled in a bucket?
 Ans: Calcium hydroxide is formed with a lot of heat.
3. Why should magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in
air?
Ans: magnesium ribbon readily reacts with oxygen in the
presence of moisture to form a layer of magnesium oxide
(MgO) on its surface. This layer hinders the burning process.
4. What does the symbol (aq) represent in a chemical equation?
Explain the term.
Ans: Aqueous; Relating to water or containing water or
made from water.

PREAMBLE: Translate the following statements into chemical

equations and balance the equations.
1. Hydrogen sulphide gas burns in air to give sulphur dioxide
and water.
Ans: 2H2S(g) + 3O2(g)→ 2H2O(l) + 2SO2(g)
2. The combination of Sodium Hydroxide and Hydrochloric acid
to form salt and water.
Ans: 2NaOH + H2SO4→ Na2SO4 + 2H2O
3. Carbon sulphide burns in air to give Carbon dioxide and
Sulphur dioxide.
Ans: CS2(S) + 3O2(g) → 2SO2(g) + CO2(g)
4. Aluminum metal replaces iron from ferric oxide (Fe 2O3),
giving aluminum oxide and iron.
Ans: Fe2O3(s) + 2Al(s) → Al2O3(g) + 2Fe(s)

PREAMBLE: State the atomic number for the element.

1. Argon
Ans: 18
2. Phosphorus
Ans: 15
3. Chromium
Ans: 24
4. Iron
Ans: 26
 PREAMBLE: Give the number of shell(s) of;
+
1. Na
Ans: 2 shells
2. Chlorine
Ans: 3 shells
3. Carbon
Ans: 2 shells
4. Calcium ion
Ans: 3 shells

BIOLOGY & AGRIC

PREAMBLE: Name the phenomenon responsible
for the following processes;
1. Sperm and egg unite to form a zygote, which develops into a
new organism.
Ans: Fertilization
2. Genetic information is passed from parents to their offspring.
Ans: Heredity or Biological inheritance
3. The absorption of digested food or nutrients by the body or
any biological system.
Ans: Assimilation
4. The removal of undigested food substances from the body
through the anus.
Ans: Ejection

1. A horticultural technique that joins the tissues of two or more

plants, so that they grow together as a single plant.
Ans: Grafting
2. Mixing or circulating, or dissolving air into a medium.
Ans: Aeration
3. An extensive farming practice in which a plot of land is
temporarily cleared and cultivated for a short period of time,
then abandoned and left in fallow for more extended periods
of time than that during which it was cultivated.
Ans: Shifting cultivation
 4. Converting waste materials into new products so as to avoid
excessive use of energy and the use of fresh raw materials.
Ans: Recycling.
PREAMBLE: Name one organ system in the human
body.
Ans: 1. Digestive system
2. Respiratory system
3. Skeletal system
4. Nervous system
5. Endocrine system
6. Urinary system
7. Reproductive system
8. Lymphatic system
9. Muscular system
10. Cardiovascular system
11. Integumentary system

MATHEMATICS
PREAMBLE: Find the product of these numbers leaving
your answer in standard form.
1. 400 and 0.8
Ans: 3.2×10 2
2. 1500 and 0.03
Ans: 4.5×10 1
3. 0.001 and 19
Ans: 1.9×10−2
4. 0.25 and 50
Ans: 1.25×10 1

PREAMBLE: Simplify the following surds.

9
1. √ 3
Ans: 3√ 3
2. √ 0.16
 2 4
Ans: 5 or 0.4 (2 marks for 10 ¿
3. (2√ 5 ¿2
Ans: 20
4. √ 50
Ans: 5√ 2

ROUND 2- SPEED RACE

RULES
#. Contestants will compete to be the first to answer.
#. Each question carries a score of 3 points.
#. When a contestant is ready to answer, he/she is supposed to
signal before answering.
#. Answering without a signal will disqualify the section from the
question.
#. After signaling, you must answer in 3 seconds.
#. If a section gets the question wrong, the three remaining
sections get the chance to compete to answer.
#. Each section will have a maximum of two attempts to answer
the question.
#. A wrong answer in this round attracts a penalty of 1 point.

y−2
1. Make y the subject of relation m¿ n
Ans: y¿ mn+2
2. The process of conversion of sugar into alcohol in the
absence of oxygen is called………..
Ans: Fermentation
3. List the set of prime even numbers between 22 and 30
Ans: Null or Empty set
4. Mr. Kontoh spent one-fifth of his income on a shirt and
serviced his loan with one-fourth of the remainder. If his
income is GH¢ 30,000.00 . How much is left?
Ans: GH¢18,000.00
5. Water wets glass but mercury does not. Explain why.
Ans: Water has high adhesive forces and low cohesive forces
which causes it to cling to the walls of the glass but mercury
has high cohesive forces and low adhesive forces and hence
does not cling to the walls of the glass.
6. Explain why balloon floats in air.
Ans: Balloon floats in the air because the gas in the balloon
is less dense than the surrounding air.
7. The volume of a cylinder with a cross-sectional area of 88 cm2
is 792cm3. Find the height of the cylinder.
Ans: 9cm
8. What is the name of the frictional force experienced in
fluids?
Ans: Viscosity
9. What name is given to the protective structure that
surrounds the mammalian heart?
Ans: Pericardium
10. What is the largest component of the plant cell?
Ans: Vacuole
11. A 0.02kg mass is held at a height of 0.8m above the
ground. Calculate the speed of the mass just before it hits
the ground. [Take g = 10m/s2]
Ans: 4.0m/s
12. What metal is an alloy of copper and zinc?
Ans: Brass
13. Which planet is sometimes called “the red planet”?
Ans: Mars
14. List all the common factors of 64 and 96
Ans: {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32}
15. A and B share some marbles in the ratio4:5. If B gets 10
marbles more than A, then what is A’s share?
Ans: 40 marbles
 16. The number of digits in the Hindu-Arabic system
is…………………….
Ans: 10
17. Table sugar from sugarcane or beets is which type of
sugar?
Ans: Disaccharide or sucrose
18. The bearing of P from Q is 0450. What is the bearing of
Q from P?
Ans: 2250
19. Nose, windpipe and lungs make up which system?
Ans: Respiratory system.
20. Simplify 12÷ 4−3 ×6 +7
Ans: -8

ROUND 3
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

ROUND 4
TRUE OR FALSE
RULES
#. There are no bonus questions in this round.
#. Sections are to compete in turns
#. Only one attempt is allowed
#. A correct answer attracts a score of 2 points, while a
wrong answer attracts a penalty of 1 point.

1. Capillarity is a physical property of soil.

Ans: True
2. Acidity is physical property of soil.
Ans: False
3. Soil texture is a physical property of soil.
Ans: True
4. Loamy soil has the best drainage system.
Ans: False
5. Fluorine, Chlorine and oxygen are all halogens.
Ans: False
6. Neon, Argon and Helium are all examples of Rare gaeses.
Ans: True
7. Beryllium, Carbon and Neon are elements found in the 2 nd
period of the periodic table.
Ans: True
8. If x 7 ÷ x 5= 64, x=8
Ans: True
9. If a 2 × a3=32, a=3
Ans: False
10. If y 7 ÷ y 4=64, y=4
Ans: True
5
c
11. If 4 =10, c=10
c
Ans: True
12. The hardest tissue in the human body is the skull.
Ans: False
13. Unicellular organisms have only one tissue.
Ans: False
14. The epidermal tissue is found in unicellular organisms.
Ans: False
15. In the periodic table, the period of an element
represents the number of shells occupied by the electrons of
the element.
 Ans: True
16. All the factors of 19 are prime numbers.
Ans: False
17. The prime factors of 30 are {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 15 and 30}
Ans: False
18. The set of even prime numbers is a unit set.
Ans: True
19. If set A={0}, then Set A is an empty set.
Ans: False
20. Given that Q={0}, Q is said to be a unit set.
Ans: True
21. Blood, water and carbon dioxide are all examples of
compounds.
Ans: False
22. Palm wine, ink and smoke are all examples of mixtures.
Ans: True
23. Steel, brine and sugar solution are all mixtures.
Ans. True
24. Brass is a mixture of copper an tin.
Ans: False
25. Ama is (x+2) years old now. 3 years ago Ama was (x+5) years
old.
Ans: False. (x-1) years
26. Ama is (x+3) years now. 2 years ago, Ama was (x+1) years.
Ans: True
27. Ama is (x-4) years old now. In 5years time Ama will be (x+1)
years old.
Ans. True
28. Ama is (x-1) years old now. A year ago, she was (x-2) years
old
Ans: True
29. To delete a file permanently from your computer, all that you
need to do is to right-click on the file and click delete from the
menu.
Ans: False
30. Microsoft Excel is word creating word documents.
Ans: False
31. Downloading is the transmission of a file or data from one
computer or device to another over a network.
Ans: True
32. The mouse, keyboard, microphone and monitor are all output
devices.
Ans: False

ROUND 5
DECODING THE CLUES (RIDDLES)
® In this round, questions will be read out as a series of clues.
® 5 to 6 set of clues will be read out to all sections to compete for
with the use of the buzzer.
® If the question is answered on the first clue, 5 points. If
answered correctly on the second clue, 4 points. On the third or
any other clue it’s 3 points.
® Contestants are to signal before attempting to answer the
question. Failure to signal before answering disqualifies you from
that question and nullifies your answer even if it is correct.
1. i. I am a chemical process.
ii. I am completely irreversible.
iii. Yes, one can think of me as a mere chemical reaction.
iv. My reaction leads to the transformation of one set of chemical
substances into another.
v. Chemical bonds are broken, and atoms are arranged when I
occur.
vi. My reaction is accompanied by an energy change as new
products are generated. I cause a change in mass.
Who am I?
ANS: Chemical change

2. i. My in latin is fractus, meaning broken.

ii. You can think of me as a storey buildng.
iii. For I have an upper compartment and a lower compartment.
iv. Think of a quarter, a half and you will know me.
v. I can be proper, mixed or improper.
Who am I?
ANS: Fraction

3. i. I am known not to satisfy the criteria for living.

ii. This is because I possess only a portion of the properties of
organisms.
iii. I cannot reproduce on my own and for this reason I am not
considered alive by biologists.
iv. Don’t dare to host me in your cells, because I will produce
many of my type with disastrous results to you the host.
v. Some of my members are responsible for HIV/AIDS.
Who am I?
ANS: Virus

4 i. I am associated with a polygon even though I am only

found outside it.
ii. I am formed when two lines intersect at any given point.
iii. For some shapes like a triangle, I am equal to the two
opposite interior angles.
iv. I am the exact opposite of an interior angle.
v. Still thinking about me, my angels add up to 360 0 in a
regular polygon.
Who am I?
ANS: Exterior angle

5. i. I am an odd three-digit number.

ii. I am the square of a two-digit number which is a prime
number.
iii. The sum of my digits is 16.
iv. My last two digits are multiples of 3.
v. My first two digits form a number which is an exact square.
vi. My last digit is also a square.
vii. My first digit is the identity for multiplication.
Who am I?
ANS: 169

6. i. I am an element.
ii. I belong to the main group elements.
 iii. Specifically, I belong to Group 1.
iv. In my pure state I am a solid with silvery shiny looks.
v. Whether in dry or moist air my shiny looks disappear.
vi. I react with Chlorine to give a white solid, one of the best
seasonings for food.
Who am I?
ANS: Sodium

7. i. I am a positive integer in the Hindu- Arabic numerals.

ii. I am the only even prime number and the number of
Ronnies in the famous duo.
iii. I may also have familiar nicknames as a dual, a duel, a
duo, a twin with homophones: ‘to’ and another one ‘too’.
iv. I am the wheels on a bicycle, the ends of diameter or a
diagonal, and a duplicitous timer.
v. If you subtract 13 from 15, I am the resultant.
Who am I?
ANS: Two (2)

8. i. I control and maintain electrolyte balance.

ii. You may refer to me as a twin organ since I occur in a pair.
iii. We are located on either side of the vertebral column, just
below the diaphragm where we enjoy partial protection by
the lower rib cage.
iv. My brother and I are shaped like beans and appear
reddish brown in humans.
v. We are responsible for the production of urine in
mammals.
Who am I?
ANS: Kidney

9. i. I am myself a product
ii. I am also a special type of rectangle.
iii. My area is somewhat myself.
iv. I am a plane figure of regular shape having four sides.
 v. If my area is x2 then the total distance around me would be
4x.
Who am I?
ANS: Square

10. i. I am a scaler physical quantity.

ii. I am mathematically a ratio.
iii. My value for a given substance depends on the state of
the substance.
iv. For gases, I decrease as temperature increases at
constant pressure.
v. I am the mass per unit volume of a substance.
Who am I?
ANS: Density

END OF CONTEST

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