WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract below and answer the question

If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,

Speak to me;

If there be any good thing to be done,

That may to thee do ease and grace to me,

Speak to me:

If thou art privy to the country's fate,

Which, happily foreknowing may avoid,

O, speak!

Or if thou has uphoarded in thy life,

Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,

For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death,

Speak of it;

(Act One, Scene I, lines 128 - 139)

The speech was made after

• A. the killing of Polonius
• B. Hamlet's arrival at the palace
• C. the arrival of the players
• D. the appearance of the ghost

In a compound microscope, the objective and the eye piece focal lengths are

• A. At infinity
• B. Long
• C. Short
• D. The same

Which of the following processes in plants are directly affected by high temperature? I. Water absorption II. Photosynthesis III. Respiration IV. Photoperiodism

• A. I and II only
• B. I,II and III only
• C. I and IV only
• D. II,III and IV only

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice involving?

• A. intensive cultivation in a highly populated region
• B. cultivation food crops on a subsistence basis
• C. production of cash crops principally for export
• D. cultivating alternative plots to allow for natural regeneration

An example of fungal disease of stored grain is

• A. mould
• B. streak
• C. mosaic
• D. damping off

The approximate length of R. Ofon is

• A. 18.3 km
• B. 16.5 km
• C. 6.6 km
• D. 3.0 km

Chemical reactions occurs when the colliding reactants have energy that is

• A. less than the activation energy
• B. greater than the activation energy
• C. greater than the energy of the product
• D. less than the energy of effective collision

(a) The roots of the equation \(x^{2} + mx + 11 = 0\) are \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\), where m is a constant. If \(\alpha^{2} + \beta^{2} = 27\), find the values of m.

(b) The line \(2x + 3y = 1\) intersects the circle \(2x^{2} + 2y^{2} + 4x + 9y - 9 = 0\) at points P and Q where Q lies in the fourth quadrant. Find the coordinates of P and Q.

when the price of a given product is reduced from N100 to N90, the quantity demanded increases from 50 to 60 units. From this we can conclude that the product's

• A. demand is elastic
• B. demand is inelastic
• C. demand is perfectly inelastic
• D. supply is not elastic

Synonym: THWARTING

• A. Frustration
• B. Experience
• C. Deviant
• D. Prosperity