This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The frequent intervention of the Director makes the stage experience of Morountodun very

• A. prolonged
• B. boring
• C. informal
• D. uncoordinated

If \(16^{3x} = \frac{1}{4}(32^{x - 1})\), find the value of x.

• A. \(-1\)
• B. \(\frac{-1}{3}\)
• C. \(\frac{-3}{7}\)
• D. \(\frac{-5}{19}\)

The rise or fall of a liquid in a narrow tube is because of the

• A. viscosity of the liquid
• B. surface tension of the liquid
• C. friction between the walls of the tube and the liquid
• D. osmotic pressure of the liquid

The study of economics IS Important to every society because it______

• A. Enables individuals to satisfy all their wants
• B. Helps in the utilization of scarce resources.
• C. Helps producers to know what to produce.
• D. Restores equilibrium between producers and consumers

Which of the following affects the period of a simple pendulum? i. mass of the pendulum bob. ii. length of the pendulum. iii. acceleration due to gravity.

• A. i, ii, and iii
• B. ii and iii only
• C. i and iii only
• D. i and ii only

From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

Mr. Smith had worked here before leaving for the U.K....?

• A. wasn't it
• B. isn't it
• C. didn't it
• D. hadn't it

Which type of mountain is also called the mountain of denudation?

• A. Block mountain
• B. Volcanic mountain
• C. Residual mountain
• D. Fold mountain

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the following questions:

Along marched the crowd, determined not to be distracted from its cause and the course it had charted. If anyone could intimidate the chief, it was Sasu, who led the crowd. The chief nurtured unruffled restraint. He knew Sasu, knew that Sasu would not waste the trust between them on renegades.

One way to divert a mob from its goal is to join in with it, lead it on, but, finally, veer it from the course of its cause. Onward, towards the chief's palace marched the crowd, singing war songs.

The sun frowned as the palace guards, rattling like leaves in a storm - fear branded on their faces, came out to survey the threatening crowd and prepare for a siege. Just then, Sasu turned about, heading away from the palace - with the crowd, and the war songs.

• A. personification and simile
• B. personification and metaphor
• C. simile and metaphor
• D. assonance and simile

Synonym: CELIBATE

• A. Married
• B. Widowed
• C. Divorced
• D. Single

Elaeis guineensis and Arachis hypogaea are examples of

• A. latex crops
• B. oil crops
• C. fibre crops
• D. fruit crops