Which of the following statements is correct?

• A. Atomic size decreases down the group
• B. Atomic size increases across the period
• C. Anions are smaller than the parent atom
• D. Cations are smaller than the parent atom

Assuming that brown colour is dominant over black colour in cowpea, what percentage of the F1 will have brown colour , if a homozygous brown cowpea is crossed with a homozygous black cowpea?

• A. 100%
• B. 75%
• C. 50%
• D. 25%

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

Read the poem and answer the question

Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse throughsludge

Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,

And towards our distant rest began to trudge,

Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,

But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;

Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots

Of gas-shells dropping softy behind.

The dominant figure of speech in the first stanza is

• A. hyperbole
• B. simile
• C. euphemism
• D. pun

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster? (act 111, scene two lines 23-27)

The character addressed is

• A. Trinculo
• B. Stephano
• C. Sebastian
• D. Caliban

What happens when zinc rod is immersed in copper (II) tetraoxosulphate (VI) solution/

• A. The blue colour of the solution disappears
• B. Electrons flow from copper to zinc
• C. The zinc rod remain undissolved
• D. The copper generate more copper ions

Choose the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will correctly fill the gap in the sentence

The rockstar'sstellar performance contrasted sharply with the ......... showing of the amateur group.

• A. awkward
• B. mundane
• C. woeful
• D. routine

In the question below choose the optionnearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined: Statesmen arerevered for their objectivity

• A. referred
• B. respected
• C. remembered
• D. rejected

In the 1922 Clifford Constitution of Nigeria

• A. all the members of the Executive Council were British
• B. none of the members of the Executive Council were British
• C. all the members of the Executive Council were Nigerians
• D. all the members of the Executive Council were popularly elected

The resultant capacitance in the fig below is

• A. 15.0μF
• B. 9.8μF
• C. 1.3μF
• D. 0.8μF

(a)(i) Write down the binomial expansion of \((1 + x)^{4}\).

(ii) Use the result in (a)(i) to evaluate, correct to three decimal places \((\frac{5}{4})^{4}\).

(b) The first, second and fifth terms of a linear sequence (A.P) are three consecutive terms of an exponential sequence (G.P). If the first term of the linear sequence is 7, find the common difference.