NATIONAL JUNIORS CHALLENGE

ROUND 1 - GENERAL ROUND

Brought to you by- BEL BEVERAGE
RULES
This round comprises questions from Integrated Science and
Mathematics. Each question for this round must be answered
within 15 seconds and 30 seconds for questions containing
calculations. A correctly answered question attracts three (3)
points and bonuses attract one (1) point. There are only two
attempts to major questions and one attempt to a bonus in this
round. Please note that the bell must be pressed in order to
have the opportunity to answer Bonus questions after a
substantive school fails to get the right answer.

1. Which class of crops is recommended to be included in a four year crop

rotation system and why?

Answer: Leguminous crops because they add nitrogen to the soil.

2. Which tribe of people is specialized in nomadic or pastorial farming?

Answer: The Fulanis of West Africa or the Massai of East Africa.

3. The principle which states that light travels only and only in straight line is

termed as?

Answer: Rectilinear propagation of light

4. Light sources that leave from the same platform but move towards

different directions are collectively called?

Answer: Divergent beams

5. 2/5 of employees in a company drive to work, 1/3 travel by bus and the
rest walk. Find the fraction who walk.
Answer: total number of employees = 1
 2
Number of employees who drive = 5

1
Number of employees who travel by bus = 3

Number of employees who walk = x

2 1
+ +x = 1
5 3
6+5
+ x =1
15
11
+ x =1
15
11
x= 1 − 15

4
x= 15

4
Therefore, 15 employees walk

1
(1 1
6. Evaluate 2 3 + 4 2 ÷ 8 5)
1
( 1 1
Answer: 2 3 + 4 2 ÷ 8 5 )
( )
7 9 41
= 3+2 ÷ 5

= ( 6 )÷ 5
14+27 41

= ( 6 )÷ 5
41 41

41 5
= 6 × 41

5
= 6

7. A test began at 2:15 pm and ended at 3:00 pm. Through how many
degrees had the minute hand turned?
Answer: Duration of test = 3:00pm – 2:15pm = 45 minutes
I hour / 60 minutes = 360°
1
1 minute = 60 ×360 ° = 6°

45 minutes = 45 × 6° = 270°
Therefore, the minute had turned 270°.

8. A ladder is 8m long. The foot of the ladder is 3m away from the base of the
wall. How far up the wall is the top of the ladder?
Answer: c 2=a2+ b2
2 2 2
c =8 +3
2
c =73
c= √ 73
c=8.5

Therefore, the top of the ladder is 8.5m up.

9. If two triangles have three pairs of matching equal angles and three pairs
of matching sides, they are said to be...
Answer: Congruent
10. What will be the image point if the point (2,3) is reflected in the line y
= 0?
Answer: (2, -3)
11. What will be the point image if the point (4,5) is rotated 180°
anticlockwise about the origin?
Answer: (-4, -5)

12. (1 1)
Find the image of the point (4,7) under translation by a vector 2 , 3

Answer: In translation, we add the vector to the coordinate to be transformed

( 1
)1
Image = 4+ 2 , 7+ 3

Image = ( 2 , 3 )
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 ROUND 2 -QUICK RACE
Brought to you by- DANO MILK
In this round, questions are thrown to the contestants.
The first school to press the horn and answers correctly gets full three (3)
points.
Should the answer be wrong, the question is then passed on to the second
fastest for three (3) points.
If the second school fails to get the answer it is then passed on to the remaining
schools to answer within 5 seconds for two (2) points.
Note that if all schools fail to press the horn within 10 seconds after the
question has been read that question will be canceled.
Also, any school that fails to answer the question correctly after pressing the
horn shall have one (1) point deducted from their accumulated Scores.
There shall be only one attempt to questions in this round.

1. 50% of me results in a proper fraction. (1st Clue)

I am a natural number. (2nd Clue)
I am a factor of all natural numbers. (3rd
Clue)
Answer : One ( 1 )

2. I am a bearing. Whose digits sum up to an angle that is never wrong (1st

Clue)
I am an acute angle. (2nd Clue)
When sketched, my position is found exactly on one of the four main
cardinal points. (3rd Clue)
I found on the east direction.
Answer : 0900

3. I am a back bearing whose digits may not sum up to match but needed in
all bearing measurements. (1st
Clue)
 My direction points upwards in a bearing diagram. (2nd
Clue)
I am the reference point to all other bearings. (3rd Clue)
I am the back bearing of 1800.
Answer : 0000

4. I am an angle and a member of triplet on a straight line. (1st

Clue)
I am an acute angle. (2nd Clue)
I am the interior angle of an equilateral triangle. (3rd
Clue)
I am complementary to 300.
Answer : 600

5. State the buttons shown in the control box when a window is enlarged.
Minimize button, Restore or Restore Down Button, and Close (Exit)
button
6. What is the file extension for a file created with Microsoft Excel 2016?
.xlsx (The dot (.) must be mentioned
7. Which button in the control box hides a window from the screen?
Minimize Button
8. Pick the odd one out, with a reason:MS Word Kingsoft Writer Google
Docs
MS PowerPoint
Because it is not a word processing application or a word
processor
9. When many software are put together and sold as a single package, it is
known as a
Suite
10. When ICT tools are used in a way that conserve energy and is not
harmful to the environment, it is called
Green computing

PREAMBLE
 What colour indicates deficiency of the following nutrients

11. Nitrogen – Yellowing of the leaves

12. Phosphorus- Purplish/ Blue-green/Reddish violet/Violet

ROUND 3 -JUSTIFICATION ROUND

Brought to you by- COMPU GHANA
RULES
In this round a complex question from either Mathematics or Integrated Science
will be given to all schools at the same time and requires the use of multiple
concepts or formulae. Schools have three (3) minutes to solve the problem as a
team and hand in their written solution to the Quiz Master to grade. One
student from each school would then put the school’s solution on the board for
adjudication. The Quiz Master explains the “Ideal Solution” to the problem as
proposed by the team of Consultants, before awarding marks to the schools.
“The Round of Justification” is worth 15 points.

A class of 60 students has 35 studying mathematics and 42 studying Integrated

Science. 10 students study neither subject

i. Represent the above information on a Venn Diagram

ii. The number of students that studies both subjects

iii. The number of Students that study

a. Only Mathematics

b. Only Integrated Science

 ROUND 4 -TRUE OR FALSE
Brought to you by- FLORA TISUES
RULES
In this round a statement is made to each school and the team is to answer if
the statement is true or false. In the case where a school is not sure of
answering the question correctly, it is advisable for the school not to attempt it.
If the question is not answered correctly, two (2) points will be deducted from
the schools accumulated scores. Bonuses are not allowed in this round.
Questions must be answered within fifteen (15) seconds. There shall be only
one attempt to each
question.

1. To express a given fraction as a percentage, the fraction is divided by 100.

FALSE
2. Pythagoras’ theorem is about all triangles.
FALSE
3. Any number to the power 0 is equal to 1.
TRUE
4. In a rhombus, the diagonals bisect each other.
TRUE

5. When one – sixth of x is added to half of x, the result is 12. x = 24

Ans : False ( x = 18 )

9 1+ x
6. If 21 is equivalent to 7 , then x = 3.
Ans : False ( x = 2)

8 1+ x
7. If 28 is equivalent to 7 , then x = 2.
Ans : False ( x = 1)

8 1+ x
8. If 22 is equivalent to 11 , then x = 4.
Ans : False ( x = 3)
 9. When the compass is at rest, the needle point points to the magnetic
south.

FALSE

10. The colour used to represent water bodies is colourless.

FALSE

11. The type of map that gives information on the nature of rocks in an
area is known as geological map.
TRUE

12. The third president of the fourth republic was H.E John Evans Atta
Mills.
TRUE

ROUND 5 THE SPARK ROUND

Brought to you by- OPEN LABS GHANA
RULE
In this round every school will be given 1 minute 30 seconds to answer as many
questions as possible. The quiz master tells the school to “SPARK”. The school is
expected to press their HORN before the questions are read. When the quiz
master reads a question and a school does not know or is not too sure about the
answer, they can tell the quiz master to PASS that question. Once it is answered
wrongly that question will not be attempted again. Every school has the chance
to answer all unanswered questions within the stipulated time. There shall be
only one attempt to a question. There shall be a maximum of ten (10) questions
to each school in this round. Each correctly answered question attracts two (2)
points.
 SCHOOL 1
Identify the farm tool use in each of the following operations

1. Castration of farm animals ………………..Burdizzor

2. Trimming of flowers…………………………Shears

3. Harvesting cocoa……………………………...Go to Hell

4. Castrating Animals ………………………Burdizzor

5. What is the full meaning of IUPAC?

Answer: international union of pure and applied chemist

6. We are grasses established in an opened area. What are we called?

Answer: lawns

7. Which country was the first to ratify the convention on the right of the child?

ANS: Ghana

8. The first republic ended on what date/

ANS: 24th February 1966

9. Of the sources of laws in Ghana, which one is made by our traditional rulers/

ANS: Customary laws

10. What name is given to the process of writing a bill into a legal language?

ANS: drafting
 SCHOOL 2

1. Mechanisms that are used to prevent pregnancy are usually termed as?

Answer: contraceptives

2. The inability of a viable seed to germinate in the presence of favorable environmental conditions is called?

Answer: seed dormancy.

3. The process of giving birth in farm animals is called?

Answer: patrution

4. If parturition is an act of giving birth in farm animals, what is the special term given to parturition in pigs?

Answer: furrowing

5. Convert 25 degrees Celsius into Kelvin.

Answer: 298 Kelvin ( Add 273)

6. I am a liquid that changes in proportion to varying or changing temperature. I rise and fall with temperature.

Who am I?

Answer: thermometric liquid , example include ethanol and alcohol

7. Laws made by military governments are referred to as

ANS: Decrees

8. The practice in which the British ruled countries in West Africa through their chiefs is termed as

ANS: Indirect Rule

9. The special powers that permanent members of the Security Council of the U.N have that can be used to

overturn decisions made by other members of the Security Council is called

ANS: Veto power

10. In which year did Ghana join the Commonwealth of nations?

ANS: 1957
 SCHOOL 3

1. What is the main use of the kink or the constriction to the mercury –in-glass thermometer?

Answer: to prevent the mercury from receding or flowing back into the bulb.

2. The basic units through which character traits are passed on from parents to offspring are called?

Answer. genes

3. The physical appearance of an organism as seen with the naked eye is called?

Answer: phenotype

4. How many times must the heart beat in one minute or sixty seconds at its normal rate?

72 times

5. An image of the sky seen ahead of the observer because of temperature difference is termed as?

Mirage

6. The total work done in moving a charged body round a close circuit is termed as?

Answer: electromotive force (emf)

7. Which personality introduced the indirect in west Africa

ANS: Lord Lugard

8. In which country in West Africa was the indirect rule introduced?

ANS: Nigeria

9. The famous Mosque in northern Ghana which is a tourist site is the

ANS: Larabanga Mosque

10. The people of Dagomba trace their blood relation to which ethnic group in Ghana

ANS: Mamprusi
 SCHOOL 4
1. The effect of both living and non-living factors on the ecosystem is usually termed as?

Answer: ecological factors.

2. What is the chromosome pairings for human males?

Answer: XY

3. A type of farming system in which the vegetation of the land is protected or conserved is usually termed as?

Answer: ecological farming

4. The process of cutting off the tails of farm animals is termed as?

Answer: Docking

5. The effects of soil living organisms on the ecosystem are called?

Answer: Edaphic factors

6. The scientific name for pawpaw is carica papaya, what is the scientific name for rice?

Answer: oryza sativa

7. The Gonjas migrated from Senegal, in which town did they migrate from?

ANS: mande

8. The volta river enters the Sea at which estuary?

ANS: ada

9. From Ketu, the Ewes migrated to which town?

ANS: tado

10. A 75th anniversary is known as

ANS: Diamond Jubilee