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In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
Five years ago the economy of our country was buoyant but nowadays it has become...........
- A. profitable
- B. distressed
- C. unbearable
- D. low
if p = {-3 < x < 1} and Q = {-1 < x < 3}, where x is a real number, find P n Q.
- A. 0
- B. -3, -2, -1, 0 and 1
- C. -2, -1 and 0
- D. -1, 0 and 1
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In the poem 'Night' Neto suggests that the oppressed
- A. do not believe in victory
- B. are never willing to fight for their rights
- C. are no longer willing to fight for their right
- D. are determined to give meaning to their life
Competition among individuals of a population increases the
- A. Number of organisms
- B. Availability of nutrient supplied
- C. Survival of the fittest
- D. Enlargement of the territory
In a school, 220 students offer Biology or Mathematics or both. 125 offer Biology and 110 mathematics. How many offer Biology but not Mathematics?
- A. 95
- B. 80
- C. 125
- D. 110
Money as a unit of account implies that it can be
- A. counted in units
- B. use to facilitate exchange
- C. used to measure the value of goods and services
- D. used to store goods and services
Most of the problems of economics arises as a result of
- A. competing demand for scarce resources
- B. increase in the demand for more goods and services
- C. the desire of producers to supply more goods and services
- D. the need to reduce the level of poverty
The office responsible for ascertaining whether all public expenditures and appropriations are in line with approved guidelines is the________
- A. Accountant general
- B. Finance minister
- C. Auditor general
- D. Permanent secretory.
(a) Using ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct : (i) quadrilateral PQRS such that /PQ/ = 10 cm, /QR/ = 8 cm, /PS/ = 6 cm, < PQR = 60° and < QPS = 75° ;
(ii) the locus \(l_{1}\) of points equidistant from QR and RS ; (iii) locus \(l_{2}\) of points equidistant from R and S ;
(b) Measure /RS/.
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Which of these types of skeleton is most appropriate to the cockroach?
- A) hydrostatic skeleton
- B) exoskeleton
- C) endoskeleton
- D) cartilaginous skeleton