These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

Both comedy and tragedy have

• A. climax
• B. tragic hero
• C. stanza
• D. happy ending

The powers allocated to the central government in a federation are contained in the

• A. central legislative list
• B. exclusive legislative list
• C. residual legislative list
• D. concurrent legislative list

The necessary attributes of a state are:

• A. Definite territory population, sovereignty, and government
• B. Police, army, sovereignty, and custom
• C. Resources, population, sovereignty, and government
• D. Sovereignty, police, army and immigration

The names of the sons of Jacob listed in the book of Exodus excluded Joseph because

• A. Joseph was represented by his two sons
• B. the Israelites thought Joseph had died
• C. the list covered only those who came to Egypt with Jacob
• D. it was an oversight on the part of the writers

The diagram below is an illustration of the growth of a plant in a water culture. After a few days, the solution turned green and the plant died. Use this to answer this question.

The death of the plant was likely caused by?

• A. excess supply of nutrients to the plant
• B. inadequate supply of water to the plant
• C. algal growth in the solution that used up the nutrients
• D. inability of the plant to make food due to lack of sunlight

Anti-colonial movements Nigeria before the World War II involved

• A. attempts to violently chase the British out of the country
• B. collaboration with the British authority
• C. peaceful protests through petitions and conferences
• D. the establishment of pressure groups by traditional rulers.

The speed of sound in air is is directly proportional to

• A. its temperature on the celsius scale
• B. ite temperature in the thermodynamic scale
• C. the cube root of its temperature on its celcius scale
• D. the square roor of its temperature on the absolute scale

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.

Laye learns early in life that his society respects

• A. spirits and ghosts
• B. human beings and spirits
• C. animals and witches
• D. gold and magicians

The branch of crop production which is normally concerned with crop improvement is

• A. plant breeding
• B. plant science
• C. horticulture
• D. plant protection

As soon as the Egyptians caught up with the Israelites at the Red sea, the pillar of clouds

• A. vanished from the sight of the Israelites
• B. stood on the left side of the Israelites
• C. stood between the Israelites and the Egyptians
• D. moved ahead of the Israelites