An argument for the use of commercial policy rest on the need to

• A. make imported goods affordable
• B. reduce domestic unemployment
• C. encourage the importation of non-essential goods
• D. make a country enjoy absolute advantage in production of all goods

The prismatic compass indicates the positions of objects in relation to the?

• A. North Star
• B. Grid North
• C. True North
• D. Magnetic North

Collection of rates is a source of revenue to

• A. civil servants
• B. public corporation
• C. local authorities
• D. central government

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

You can be sure that Sule will hold his dispute. This means that Sule will

• A. claim victory in the case
• B. insist that he owns the property
• C. maintain that his opinion is right
• D. rove that he won the argument

What does RAM and ROM have in common?

• A. They both deal with memory
• B. They were both invented by Bill Gates
• C. They do not have anything in common
• D. Their initials are similar

A particle starts from rest and moves through a distance \(S = 12t^{2} - 2t^{3}\) metres in time t seconds. Find its acceleration in 1 second.

• A. 24\(ms^{-2}\)
• B. 18\(ms^{-2}\)
• C. 12\(ms^{-2}\)
• D. 10\(ms^{-2}\)

The destructive effects of variegated grasshoppers are conspicuously observed on

• A. cassava and yam crops
• B. cocoa and citrus crops
• C. cowpea and maize crops
• D. maize and cassava crops

Which of the following characteristics of a wave is used in the measurement of the depth of the sea?

• A. diffraction
• B. interference
• C. refraction
• D. reflection

Which of the following values on the absolute scale of temperature is the ice point?

• A. 0K
• B. 32K
• C. 100K
• D. 273k

Which of the substance lettered P to V in the equation below would be left on the filter paper if the reaction mixture were filtered? P (aq) + Q(aq) → V(s) + R(aq) + T(g)

• A. P
• B. Q
• C. V
• D. T