The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-09
NOT so VERY EASY
Questions Given at an Annapolis
i Academy Entrance Exam
InatIon

nation
The following are some of the questions l
that were given at the United States naval
academy to candidates for entrance In
the fall Of 1902:
GRAMMAR.
A. Define diminutive noun. How are these
nouns formedf Give the dlminutiye OF stream,
I To which class Of nouns dos the following.
words belong: piles .perfninery, furniture
Give the plaralof major-domo, Venus. gnu.
two cuckoo.
|; = When are Proper nouns said to, be complex
Give an example.
What i is "a proper adasctiyea Give an exam.
e. sentence containing a. verb in the active
voice may often be converted into an equivalent
one containing verb In the passive. illustrate
and explain tile three changes made by the fol-
lowing sentence: THE English invaded Amer
| Change tho verb In the sentence "He smiles,
progressive negative, interrogatiye and negative
| interrogattve form. IN
4 Define a hypothetical clause. How are hypo-
4 thetical clauses introduced? 80
Form four sentences with different moods OF
the verb pray" In which the action will be
affirmed: l. positively; 2, contlngently; 8, con-
dittonally 4, >imperatively.
compare rude. Wei, holy, witty.
| diagran1):. ;, EsT
That creditors should have. better memories
than debtors, wtttily observes a distinguished
| writer, is not to. be wondered at
r. 4. Parse the emphasized words in the follow
Ing ;r,.. III
imagine that debating and logic is the triumph
and true work of what intellect he has; alas!
this Is as II you should oyerturn the tree.
EGh. Write composition o. mot less than $50
words nor more than $50 words on one of the
following subjects:
(a) The natural resources Of the United States.
70 The railway system OF the United States.
tc) Inc present status Of the Philippines.
GEOGRAPHY. IS 4.
1. Locate Chemulpo Bremerton, WeiHai-Wei,
Eureka, Zurich, Batavia
2. Fix the position OF % Balabac straits:
% Channel Of Tartaryi E,f3) Gulf, Of Guayaquil
- Cantabrian mountains Describe a. the
Petchora river; ~ the Columbia river.
g. Fix the position Of &(1) Cayenne. (2) soko
ira island (3) Lake ,,Nipigon, ~ Cape Maisi
Describe QD an atoh, s.l(2J "a glacier, (3) q
strait. What is the climate Of Lower Califor
MIA, and why:
# 4. What are the limits Of the north temperate
zone? Noon at Greenwich; what is the. time al
San Francisco, longitude 120 degrees ". cap
ptox a, M at Greenwich what is tie timt
(approx.)? What is a promontory?
Il 5. Bound Colorado =: Name and locate tbs
4 capital To what countries do sumatra and New
4 Caledonia belong? What ds the form of govern
lnent of Brazil? Whatsafe the chief products o.
Portugal? 4 - ~.~.-
4 6. Name in succession the waters passed
Il on a voyage from Baltimore to Odessa
Name FIVE countries lying to- the northward O.
: the route and Ave seaports that could be- Wis
tied. ..fftE f. = q. r.|
ARITHMETIC.
., 1. Multiply s.: e15es6 by 40 s6s9s7, the result
to be correct to three decimal places
3 Given that the circumference Of circle i
l equal to its diameter multiplied by 3 .141592
and that its area is equal the square of it
radius multiplied by 3.1415927; find the area o
! a circle whose circumference Is 100. g dec1
a nal places in the result). -, -.. ~.
Find the length of an arc OF 80 degrees, {.
Y minutes 80 seconds in the same circle.
9 and 1454762. f:sftit' -
What decimal part of sss4e4 is 122. 411es
: exact resul. reGuircd>
@ What fraction is Els 5s Cd of G42 lbs Sd
(The result to be In it's lowest terms) =. T. T..
Find, the value Of a. rectangular piece Q
ground So rods long and $50 wide at 5000 an acre
Find the cube root Of 1916 81 to six deci1ns
= places: -. @.'.7@'
8 4. What is the value of a carload Of s,lve
dollars surprising that the car contains 80 ton:
. 2.24O HIS to the ton, given that the weight c
: the silver dollar is 412ab grains Troy?
long 2 It. 3 in. broad land 2 IT. o. in. thfel
given that the weight Of cubic foot ts 1e9 1t
c IL or. -.t...> 4 f....... .-,.
y Find the value of g lbs, o., is dwts. !
sis II tile sim p R{E Interest 81 81 25s for
I years (, mos anu 81 adss ~ s2o3!24 what IS II
rate per scentum per apauntatis:S alffTG5F1
T. If the interest ien G1Oe for one year is, e
"a q 3d. what s the interest on E2,e7O 1856 4d +,
3 years and y .days?. 49,, l.. - =.
% Find the cost Of papering the walls and ceilir
v, Of room 81 It. in. long, IS IT, 4 in. wie
>, and II It. high with plain paper 2 it. 4 i
- wide and 12c per yard. ,'-i.
, 6! Find. the, time between 6 and 7 o'clot
re when the hour and minute hands Of watch a.
together .''<, ""-- -. - -, 5
Find the value OF the repeating .decim
IF .252SS09 common fraction in its lowe
terms. -. III. ,->s H..
70 a cistern can be filled by three pipes A, al
III c.. in 3, 4 and minutes respectively and EN-
! tied by pipe d IN minutes After the pip
and have been opened for one minute al
le a half they closed and and D are opene
: find how long it will be before the cistern
{. empty. How long Will it take to fill the ciste
a when all the pipes are opened at once? -.