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In an experiment determine the percentage of organic matter in a soil sample, the following data was collected; weight of over-dried soil before burning = 50g weight of over-dried soil after burning = 28g. Use the information to answer this question. Determine the percentage of organic matter in the soil
- A. 22%
- B. 44%
- C. 56%
- D. 60%
Which of the following central bank functions inspires confidence in the banking system in case of emergency?
- A. issuing of currency
- B. lender of last resort
- C. baker's bank
- D. banker to the government
If the mean of 2, 5, (x+1), (x+2), 7 and 9 is 6. Find the median
- A. 5.5
- B. 5
- C. 6.5
- D. 6
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.
Good teachingstimulates the interest of students, whereas bad teaching.............it
- A. dampens
- B. encourage
- C. supersedes
- D. retracts
A particle of charge q and mass m moving with a velocity v enters a uniform magnetic field of strength B in the direction of the field. The force on the particle is
- A. qvB
- B. mqvB
- C. qvB/m
- D. mvB/q
Read the poem and answer the question
Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.
The mood of the poem is
- A. hopeful
- B. joyful
- C. nostalgic
- D. exciting
On which of the following grounds may a company be compulsorily wound up?
- A. the company is making abnormal profits
- B. it did not declare dividends every year
- C. its products compete with that of a government company
- D. it fails to commence business within a year of its incorporation
The sons of Eli were regarded as worthless men for all the following reasons except
- A. sleeping with the women at the tent of the meeting
- B. failing to attend the places of worship regularly
- C. taking the meat for sacrifice before boiling
- D. showing no respect to God
Find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3 and 4
- A. 1.0
- B. 1.5
- C. 2.0
- D. 2.5
You are a chief speaker in a debate on the topic: The Television has done more harm than good. Write your speech for or against the topic.
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