This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth what is thy soul of adoration.

The figure of speech in the lines above is

• A. antithesis
• B. apostrophe
• C. personification
• D. euphemism

(a) Explain the following: (i) turnover (ii) rate of turnover (iii) net profit

(b) The following information is taken from the balance sheet of XYZ Ltd:

N

opening stock 1,000

purchases 10,000

sales 15,000

wages 1,000

closing stock 5,000

You are required to calculate:

(i) the cost of goods sold

(ii) the rate of turnover

(iii) net profit

Which of the following can be deduced from the law of variable proportions when total output is rising?

• A. MP is greater than AP
• B. MP is less than AP
• C. MP is equal to AP
• D. MP is equal to zero

One of the objectives of accounting is that it can be used for

• A. business decision making
• B. due process in business
• C. motivating employees
• D. determining the work force

A risk whose probability of occurrence is impossible to estimate is

• A. uninsurable risk
• B. pure risk
• C. particular risk
• D. insurable risk

Industrialization in Nigeria can best be promoted through the development of?

• A. textile manufacturing
• B. vegetable oil processing
• C. iron and steel processing
• D. automobile manufacturing

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.

'...Tide and market come and go

And so shall your mother.'

The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Streamside Exchange' depict the

• A. variation of season
• B. changing periods of marketing
• C. constancy of nature
• D. importance of living

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

Their shop stocks _____ overwhelming variety of goods.

• A. any
• B. every
• C. an
• D. each

An Africa city located within the Mediterranean climatic zone is?

• A. Dakar
• B. Addis Ababa
• C. Cape Town
• D. Mombasa

Calculate the mass of chlorine gas which occupies a volume of 1.12 dm³ a volume of 1.12 dm³ at s.t.p [Cl = 35.5, 1 mole og gas occupies 22.4 dm³ at s. t. p ]

• A. 1.80g
• B. 3.55g
• C. 7.10g
• D. 15.50g