The demand for agricultural produce is generally

• A. elastic
• B. inelastic
• C. unitary
• D. static

When the balance of trade is unfavourable which of the following conditions prevails?

• A. Exports exceed imports
• B. Imports exceed exports
• C. Customs duty is high
• D. lnvisible exports exceed visible imports

The practice of multi - party system in West Africa tends to promote

• A. sectionalism and factionalism
• B. national integration
• C. social discrimination
• D. economic integration

(a) A bag contains 5 blue, 4 green and 3 yellow balls. All the balls are identical except for colour. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement. Find the probability that : (i) all three balls have the same colour ; (ii) two balls have the same colour.

(b) The table shows the ranks of the marks scored by 7 candidates in Physics and Chemistry tests.

Calculate the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,

In the novel, 'animalism' is a system of thought that emphasizes

• A. conformity
• B. equality
• C. animality
• D. disparity

Simplify \(\left(1\frac{2}{3}\right)^2 - \left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^2\)

• A. \(2\frac{1}{3}\)
• B. \(1\frac{1}{3}\)
• C. 1
• D. \(\frac{3}{7}\)

Paul was very confident that Philemon would grant his request because

• A. Philemon was his former slave
• B. His imprisonment will arouse Philemon
• C. Philemon had proved himself a true Christian partner
• D. Paul promised to pay back all debts owed by Onesimus

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the extract below and answer the question

His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.

''....a tender rose'' is an example of a/an

• A. personification
• B. imagery
• C. symbolism
• D. metaphor

The outlet of a bicycle pump is used to inflate a football as illustrated in the diagram below. Why does the pressure of the air inside the pump increases as the pump handle is slowly pushed downward at constant temperature?

• A. momentum of the air molecules are increased
• B. volume occupied by the molecules are increased
• C. frequency of collision of the air molecules with the walls of the pump is increased
• D. more air molecules are collidin with one another in the system

Each side of a regular convex polygon subtends an angle of 30° at its center. Calculate each interior angle

• A. 75°
• B. 150°
• C. 160°
• D. 68°