Past Questions And Answers
Prophet Isaiah received his vision and call when
- A) King Uzziah was deposed
- B) King Uzziah died
- C) King Uzziah began to reign
- D) Israel was in Babylonian captivity
In politics, power is all of the following EXCEPT
- A) Ability to make people do things they otherwise will not do
- B) Capacity to affect the actions of others
- C) An object
- D) It is part of a relationship
Peter teaches that servants should be submissive to their masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the
- A. impatient
- B. inconsiderate
- C. overbearing
- D. wicked
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
Kofi Billy's right leg was cut off by a machine in the novel because
- A. the young Englishman loaded too much tension into the steel ropes
- B. he had been playing at work with the steel ropes
- C. the steel ropes were old, slack and gave way
- D. he had always wanted a wooden leg
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for each sentence.
One of the athletes was disqualified because she jumped the gun. This means that she started
- A. on time
- B. hurriedly
- C. without permission
- D. too soon
In metallic colids, the forces of attraction are between the mobile valence electrons and
- A. atoms
- B. neutrons
- C. the negative ions
- D. positively charged nuclei
In humid climates, the process by which dissolved minerals in a horizon of the soil are transported downwards is known as
- A. Teaching
- B. calcification
- C. oxidation
- D. transpiration
A radioactive substance has a half-life of 20 hours. What fraction of the original radioactive nuclei will remain after 80 hours?
- A. 1/32
- B. 1/16
- C. 1/8
- D. 1/4
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The athlete has unexpectedly becomeindomitable?
- A. weak
- B. disoriented
- C. unruly
- D. unconquerable
The equation of a circle is \(3x^{2} + 3y^{2} + 24x - 12y = 15\). Find its radius.
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5

