Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

One advantage of the English language in Nigeria is that it puts everyone ........ a common ........ ?

• A. at /equality
• B. on / footing
• C. in / standing
• D. in / advantage

From the options, choose the word nearest in meaning to the underline word By working hard, Benjaminoutshone his elder brother instead of being ________

• A. overshadowed
• B. defeated
• C. demoted
• D. submerged

The authority to transfer fund from one head to another within the same organization is called

• A. fund
• B. warrant
• C. vote
• D. virement

(a)(i) What is meant by neutral point in a magnetic field?

(ii) Draw and label a diagram to show the pattern and direction of the magnetic field produced around a straight current-carrying wire.

(b) When is an ammeter said to be (i) Sensitive (ii) accurate?

(c)(i) Explain, using a labelled diagram, how a delicate magnetic material could be protected, from the Earth's magnetic field.

(ii) A charge of 1.6 x 10\(^{-19}\) C enters a magnetic field of flux density 2.0 T with a velocity of 2.5 x 10\(^7\) ms\(^{-1}\) at an angle of 30° with the field. Calculate the magnitude of the force exerted on the charge by the field.

(d) State the laws of electro-magnetic induction.

The relative humidity in an incubator is usually set at

• A. 10% - 30%
• B. 40% - 60%
• C. 70% - 80%
• D. 90% - 100%.

Read the poem and answer the question

Sleep, O sleep

With thy Rod of Incantation

Charm my Imagination,

Then, only then, I cease to weep

By thy power,

The virgin, by Time O' ertaken,

For Years forlorn, forsaken,

Enjoys the happy Hour.

What's to sleep?

'Tis a visionary Blessing;

A dream that's past expressing;

Our utmost Wish possessing;

So may I always keep.

The poem is

• A. an epic
• B. an ode
• C. a lyric
• D. a ballad

Suitable reagents for the laboratory preparation nitrogen are

• A) sodium dioxonitrate(III) and ammonium chloride
• B) sodium trioxonitrate(V) and ammonium chloride
• C) sodium chloride and ammonium trioxonitrate(V)
• D) sodium chloride and ammonium di-ozonitrate(III)

With two examples, explain the meaning of federal character in Nigeria.

(b) State three factors responsible for the introduction of the concept of federal character in Nigeria.

Which of the following statements correctly defines a simple machine? a device

• A. that can provide electric current
• B. which can only carry people from one place to another
• C. with which work can be done easily
• D. which changes the state of rest or of uniform motion of an object along a straight line

Which of the following, in clear solution, forms a white precipitate when carbon (IV) oxide is bubbled into it for a short time?

• A. KOH
• B. NaOH
• C. Ca(OH)₂
• D. AI(OH)₃