(a) Explain the term balance of payments deficit

(b) What four measures can be taken to reduce the balance of payments deficit of a country?

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.

The comic in the play is found in the

• A. Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot
• B. Miss Hardcastle Marlow main plot two sub-plots
• C. Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot and Hasting-Neville sub-plot
• D. Miss Hardcastle-Marlow and Hasting-Neville series of sub-plots

Spectacles with convex lenses correct long-sightedness by

• A. converging the light rays before they enter the eye.
• B. diverging the light rays before they enter the eye.
• C. reducing light intensity before it enters the eye
• D. increasing light intensity before it enters the eye

The causative organism of Avian influenza is a

• A. bacterium
• B. virus
• C. fungus
• D. protozoan.

The form given by the Customs Authority to enable an importer examine goods before the arrival of the bill of lading is known as

• A. entry for warehousing
• B. certificate of origin
• C. bill of sight
• D. bill of exchange

Nigerian crude oil is described as light crude because of its

• A. low sulphur content
• B. high natural gas content
• C. high octane number
• D. low aliphatic-hydrocarbon content

Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

Hedenied that he ever.....committing the offence in his earlier statement

• A. admitted
• B. argued
• C. emphasized
• D. negated

Land is considered to be an essential factor in agricultural production because

• A. it is most abundant
• B. it is important for development
• C. crop, fisheries and livestock production are practised on land
• D. it cannot be increased in quatity

From the words lettered A. to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentences.

The president of the student union said it wasstrategic to boycott classes to press home their demands.

• A. acceptable
• B. ethical
• C. practical
• D. tactical

The control of spear grass on the farm is difficult because

• A. it produces a large quantity of seeds
• B. it is easily propagated by suckers
• C. it has a very persistent rhizome
• D. seeds presist in the soil for a long time