Below is the federal University of Technology 2006/2007 academic session post-UTME past questions and answers.
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follows:
POPULATION GROWTH
The human population has grown dramatically this century. In 1900, there were 1.6 billion people on Earth by 1,950, this figure billion. Demography is the study of the change in size, distribution and character of the human population; and the two most basic factors in demography are the birth rate.” and the death rate.
The former expresses the number of children born per 100 per year. If we consider the Earth as a whole, we see that population growth decline is caused by the difference between the number of births and deaths over a given period. There are normally more births than deaths, and this is known as a natural increase in
population.
For thousands of years, man lived in a primitive way. Before the recent developments in agriculture, medicine and industry, life was difficult. It was hard to make a living from the soil without modern farming methods, and a few years of hard crops could mean famine and therefore death as it still does today in parts of the world. Illness as mild and as common as influenza could kill a Stone Age man weakened by hunger; appendicitis (almost without risk today) was always fatal before the days of modern surgery. Even childbirth was an hazardous process.
Under these condition the human race needed to reproduce at a high rate just to keep in existence. But the size of the population did not change very rapidly, for without modern medicine, many babies and young children died. So for a long time, the population grew very slowly. And this is still the case today in some
parts of the world where the people live without the aid of modern technology.
It was only about two centuries ago which is less than one thousand of man’s existence that the population growth pattern changed. New discoveries in medical science had a dramatic effect on the death rate. Fewer children died in infancy and adults lived longer. At the same time, the birth rate stayed much the same people were still having large families, even though they could expect most of their children to survive. Consequently, the population began to expand rapidly.
And in the 20th century this acceleration. In population growth has begun to several social and economic problems in many developing countries.
1. A population pattern is:
(a) A population that grows according to a pattern (b) A pattern that shows the growth of population (c) A growth of the population patter (d) A population growing in pattern.
2. In this context, what does dramatically means? (a) unexpectedly (b) moderately (c) averagely (d) poorly.
3.If the death rate is 10 per 1000, calculate the Earth natural increase in population for that year (a) 65,000 (b) 6,500 (c) 6.5 million (d) 65 million
4.Developments in agriculture, medicine and industry take place in: (a) the stone Age (b) the jet Age (c) the computer Age (d) the Industrial Revolution.
5.Mention two of the advances in medical science’ that have had a dramatic effect on death rate in recent times (a) cure of influenza and appendicitis (b) Advances in infant mortality and modern surgery (c) Family planning method and surgery (d) Family planning and the cure of influenz and appendicitis.
In each of the question 6 to 9 choice the option that complete the gap(s)
6. If Tom performs poorly in this examination, then either his mother or I…….to blame (a) am (b) has (c) will be (d) are
7. I am a member of the ………… (a) parents Teacher Association (b) Parent Teachers Association (c) Parent’s Teachers Association (d) Parent Teachers’.
8. After so many trails, the experiment (a) paid up (b) paid off (c) paid out
(d) paid for
9. A wide range of options….. made available to young people (a) are (b) is (c) was (d) were.
From the list options given below, choose the option that best fits into the gaps numbered 10 to 15
When Mrs Dada took her sick baby to the hospital; the doctor told her the baby did not have much __ 10 ___ to the parasite which the laboratory ___ 11 ___ identified in the blood ___ 12 ____. He told her to give the baby the prescribed drug and keep out the mosquitoes that ___13 ___ the disease. The disease was in its early ___ 14 ___ but the most evident symptom was the 15 of the eye membranes.
10. A. Resistance B. Energy C. Reaction D.Armament
11. A. Doctor B. Nurse C. Aide D. Technician
12. A. Type B. Sample C. Group D. exhibit
13. A. Maintain B. give C.transport D.carry
14. A.Stages B. positive C.levels D.circumstances
15. A.Pneumonia B. Inflammation C.nervousness D.eyesore
ANSWER KEY
1.B 2.A 3.C 4. B 5. B 6.D 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.A 11.D 12. B 13. D 14. A 15 B.
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