Correct Answer: B. taungya

Correct Answer: D. 9

Explanation

Today the Niger Basin Authority is a regional economic institution formed by nine countries of West Africa and Central Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria.

Correct Answer: C. Subject.

Correct Answer: D. negative

Explanation

A negative income elasticity of demand is associated with inferior goods; an increase in income will lead to a fall in the demand and may lead to changes to more luxurious substitutes.

Explanation

(a) Meaning of forest reserve: This is an area of land. preserved by law primarily to protect economic and endangered tree species.

(b) Advantages of Taungya System of Farming:

(i) Farmers: Can make use of available fertile land for farming. Improves farmers standard of living. Provides some forest products for farmer's use (e.g. firewood/fuel). Provides adequate employment. Increases farmers knowledge on other areas of agriculture other than food crop production. Increases food production.

(ii) Foresters: Weeds are controlled by the farmers for the forester. Reduction in the cost of establishing a forest reserve. More farmland eventually come under forest cover. There is interdependence of forest trees and crops where legumes are planted.

(c) Description of the life cycle of yam beetle (Hete/roligus metes).

(i) The adult female lays eggs in moist soil under mulch during early planting of yam.

(ii) Eggs hatch into larvae which feed on decaying organic matter.

(iii) The larvae undergo three stages (moulting) before becoming pupae.

(iv) The pupae then moult into adults which attack the tubers.

(d) Advantages of organic fertilizers over inorganic fertilizers:

(i) Organic fertilizers are not easily leached in the soil.

(ii) Improve the soil structure.

(iii) Supply more nutrients.

iv) Are relatively cheaper than inorganic fertilizers.

(v) Nutrients in organic fertilizers are not volatile/have a longer effect on the soil.

(vi) Do not make the soil acidic/have buffering effects on the soil.

(vii) Promote the activities of soil micro-organisms.

(viii) Increase soil microbial population.

(ix) Help to regulate soil temperature.

(e) Varieties of oil palm: (i) Dura (ii) Tenera (iii) Pisifera

Correct Answer: D. deducting all expenses from gross profit and other income

Correct Answer: A. God remembered His convenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Explanation

Points expected of candidates are highlighted below:

1. As Jesus passed by, he saw Mathew sitting at the tax office in Capernaum.
2. Jesus called him saying “follow me”.
3. And he rose and followed him.
4. Mark called this tax collector Levi, the son of Alphaeus.
5. Later, Mathew organized a feast in his house for Jesus and His disciples.
6. Many tax collectors came to sit at the table with Jesus and His disciples.
7. As they dined, the Scribes and the Pharisees murmured: and criticised Jesus saying“why does he eat with tax-collectors and sinners”?
8. When Jesus heard it, he said to them: “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.”
9. “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
10. He asked them to go and learn the meaning of the following statement: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice”

In theB part, candidates are to list out points that can be leant from the encounter between Jesus and Matthew. Some of which include:

1. Religious/ Vocational calls are mandatory- they need to be obeyed.
2. God can use anyone to fulfil His purpose.
3. Discrimination/ distinctions should be avoided/Need to respect and treat people equally.
4. No profession is more important than the other/We should not look down on some professions.
5. God hates sin but loves the sinner.
6. One good turn deserves another/ need to reciprocate good gestures/ show gratitude.

Correct Answer: D. capitalize

Correct Answer: A) ML²T^-3I^-1