Scholarship Questions

I have a jar of sweets. 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green and 9 yellow. What percentage chance do I have of picking a yellow one with my eyes shut?

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the question below. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. 7% B. 5% C. 4% D. 2%…

5 years ago

Batubo sold 6 eggs at the price for which he bought 10 eggs. What is his profit percent?

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the question below. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. 20% B. 12% C. 47.9% D. 57.6%…

5 years ago

The present ages of Chukwuemeka and Ikechukwu are 6 : 4. Five years ago their ages were in the ratio 5 : 3. Find their present ages.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. 42, 48 B. 36, 24 C. 30,…

5 years ago

There are two dogs in each corner of a room shaped like an octagon. How many dogs are in the room?

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the questions below. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14…

5 years ago

Before his marriage, the Duke had led an austere existence and now regarded the affectionate, somewhat ________ behavior of his young wife as simply ________.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. restrained - despicable B. childish - elevating…

5 years ago

There have been great _______ since his time, but few others have felt so strongly the ________ of human existence.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. pessimists - futility B. skeptics - exaltation…

5 years ago

While war has never been absent from the of ________man, there have been periods in History which appear remarkably __________.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. archives - ambivalent B. posterity - serene…

5 years ago

His musical tastes are certainly ________; he has recordings ranging from classical piano performances to rock concerts, jazz and even Chinese opera.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: His musical tastes are certainly ________; he has…

5 years ago

A businessman must widen his horizons; a _______ you nowhere in this age of global communications.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. moderate B. petrified C. parochial D. diversified…

5 years ago

Wanted, in the famous novel by Alabi, was a ________; he hated the rest of mankind.

Instruction: Choose the most appropriate answer to the following questions. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTION: A. misanthrope B. hypochondriac C. philanthropist D. hedonist…

5 years ago
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