Past Questions And Answers
A scene in fiction enacting past events is __________
- A. allusion
- B. foreshadow
- C. flashback
- D. interlude
Government can be defined as the study of
- A. constitutions
- B. cabinet system of government only
- C. how people rule themselves
- D. presidential system of government only
After his arrest, Jesus was taken to
- A. Caiaphas
- B. Pilate
- C. Pontiphas
- D. Agrippa
Read the extract and answer the question
You arethree men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
In the first line, 'Destiny' is
- A. metaphor
- B. personification
- C. allusion
- D. euphemism
In the Periodic Table, the elements that loss electrons most readily belong to
- A. Group 1 A
- B. Group 11 A
- C. Group 111 A
- D. Group V11 A
The insurance policy which covers damages to the body of a ship is
- A. marine insurance
- B. cargo insurance
- C. ship liability insurance
- D. hull insurance
Within the last quarter of the twentieth century, medical experts have been laying emphasis on ___71___ rather than ___72___ measures. Through primary health care programmes, people have been taught about these. When an individual ___73___ a disease, he has to see a doctor for ___74___. At times, the doctor finds it difficult to ___75___ the disease during the initial examination of the patient because many diseases have similar ___76___. When this happens, the patient is either asked to go to the ___77___ for one test or the other or he would have ___78___ taken to help the doctor find out what is happening internally. it is after all these, and sometimes more, that the doctor can ___79___ some drugs for the individual and perhaps give him some ___80___. To save yourself and everyone else from this headache, it is advisable to pay heed to public health programmes.
In the following passage, the numbered gap 74 indicates a missing word.Four options are given in columns lettered A, to D. Choose the word that is themost suitableto fill the gap in the passage.
- A. consultation
- B. interaction
- C. discussion
- D. instruction
A feature that distinguishes the 1979 constitution from that of 1963 was the introduction of?
- A. unitary system of government
- B. republicanism
- C. presidential system of government
- D. west minister system
Read the extract below and answer question
But, masters, here are our parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the place wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight. There will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and Our devices known.
(Act I, Scene two Lines 79-84)
The speaker is A. Bottom B. PeaseblossomC.
- A. Bottom
- B. Peaseblossom
- C. Quince
- D. Puck
(a) Distinguish between temperature and heat. State the units in which they are measured
(ii) State two physical properties used for measuring temperature.
(b) (i) Describe, with the aid of a diagram, how the upper fixed point is determined for a mecury-in-glass thermometer. State one precaution to ensure accurate results
(ii) State one advantage which a constant-volume gas thermometer has over other thermometers and one reason why it is seldom used as an everyday laboratory instrument.
(c) Using the kinetic theory of matter explain why evaporation causes cooling.
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