An agreed set of rules prescribing the governance of a country can be the

• A. constitution
• B. charter
• C. manifesto
• D. hansard

CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle.

CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.

BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers. Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next. Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy

when you've abandoned it for some time.

Wole Soyinka,The Beautification of Area Boy.

The literary devices in the dialogue above are

• A. hyperbole and allusion
• B. irony and parody
• C. allusion and paradox
• D. humour and irony

Which of the following instruments is not used by a civil society group

• A. propaganda
• B. boycott
• C. protest
• D. violence

Which of the following is a polysaccharide?

• A. Glucose
• B. Sucrose
• C. Maltose
• D. Cellulose

A provision of a constitution is said to be entrenched when

• A. it is changed when need arises
• B. courts are not allowed to change its
• C. it can be changed in the same way as ordinary law
• D. a referendum is required for its amendment

Which of the following concept is not an evidence of the particle nature of matter?

• A. diffusion
• B. brownian motion
• C. diffraction
• D. crystallization

Companies and Allied Matters Act. 1990 requires every company to keep certain statutory books. Which of the following is not part of the statutory books to be kept by the company?

• A) register of directors and secretaries
• B) a register of charges (fixed and floating)
• C) minutes books of meetings of the company and meetings of its directors
• D) a register of companies in the same line of business

'Everything in this room outrages my sense of beauty, undermine my will to create pictures of lasting appeal...'

The speaker in the quotation above is

• A. Happy
• B. Excited
• C. Tired
• D. Frustrated

Which of the following vitiates Salah?

• A. Intoxication
• B. Adornment
• C. Falsehood
• D. yawning

SECTION F: NON-AFRICAN PROSE

HORACE WALPOLE: The Castle of Otranto

Examine the importance of Frair Jerome in the development of the plot.