Marginal cost of production is defined as

• A. increase in fixed cost that results from increasing production by one unit
• B. product of average variable cost and the number of units produced
• C. average physical product multiplied by the variable cost
• D. increase in total cost as output is increased by one unit

In 1985 Anambra State with a land area of about 17.700km² had a population of about 6,175,000 what was the approximate population density per km²?

• A. 65
• B. 32
• C. 320
• D. 349

From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

In the interest of peace, it is better todialogue than to be_________

• A. controversial
• B. rational
• C. confrontational
• D. forceful

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the question

The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the

atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other

nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they

walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight

would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window

upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.

The passage illustrates the use of .....prose.

• A. descriptive
• B. narrative
• C. expository
• D. imaginative

One of the foremost theorists of federalism was

• A. Baron de Montesquieu
• B. Karl Marx
• C. K.C. Wheare
• D. A.V. Dicey

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word. Breeze

• A. stress
• B. chess
• C. free
• D. trees

The table shows the marks scored by a group of students in a class test.

(a)(i) Calculate the mean mark ; (ii) Find the median.

(b) If the information were to be represented in a pie chart, what would be the sectorial angle for the mark 2?

In the question below choose the option opposite in meaningto the word underlined: The doctor was very gentle with his patients in the examining room

• A. harsh
• B. rude
• C. rough
• D. unkind

In the question below choose the optionnearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined: My nephew came instealthily through the back gate

• A. briskly
• B. boldly
• C. wearily
• D. quietly

A short and witty poem is known as

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