In the question below choose the most appropriate optionopposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined: The economic situation is responsible for the recentdiscord in many families

• A. division
• B. resourcefulness
• C. harmony
• D. suffering

Light industries predominate in West Africa because of

• A. inadequate capital
• B. sparse population
• C. adequate technology
• D. adequate power supply

The process of energy production in the sun is

• A. nuclear fission
• B. nuclear fussion
• C. electron collision
• D. radioactive decay

One of the functions of local government is to

• A. collect company tax
• B. make bye-laws
• C. defend the nation
• D. mint currency

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

PASSAGE IV

With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ...1... body to pass a motion to ...2... the executive action of the President. The Senate is ...3... of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion, which would be created if the ...4... were to take a view diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ...5... as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ...6... laws. But the Senate has no authority or ...7... to control the President in the exercise of his ...8... powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers nor can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ...9... is by ...10... of the National Assembly.

Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p. 8.

• A. an anchor
• B. a portion
• C. a wing
• D. an arm

Which of the following people was ready to strike king Saul at the wilderness of Zuph?

• A. Abishai
• B. Abner
• C. Ahimelech
• D. Joab

The first stable product of photosynthesis is

• A. starch
• B. fructose
• C. glucose
• D. sucrose

The botanical name of groundnut is

• A. vigna unguiculata
• B. arachis hypogaea
• C. phaseolus vulgaris
• D. glycine max.

(a) Relate the experience of Jonah as he fled from the presence of God to Tarshish. [11 marks]

(b) Give two moral lessons that could be learnt from his flight. [4 marks]

Trafficked children are likely to experience all the following except

• A. empowerment
• B. prostitution
• C. forced labour
• D. unwanted pregnancy