This question is based on Literary Principles.

The commissioner, who was also the local magistrate, peered at the two men. He did not go near because fastidiously he too wished to avoid the odour of travel that clung to them. Except for the alpaca jacket which he wore in the office, he was a model of starched and expensive neatness from his lean skull to the gleaming toes of his formal shoes'.

Alex La Guma, 'Time of the Butcherbird'

From the italicized lines above, the writer cond

• A. convenient setting
• B. contemptuous tone
• C. stark metaphor
• D. graphic description

Choose the most appropriate optionnearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

It would need ahigh flyer to make a first class degree in the university?

• A. a smart performer
• B. an outright genius
• C. an outstanding scholar
• D. an unmitigated swot

What value of g will make the expression 4x² - 18xy + g a perfect square?

• A. 9
• B. \(\frac{9y^2}{4}\)
• C. 81y^2
• D. \(\frac{18y^2}{4}\)

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

Bukola has an infectious smile. This means that Bukola

• A. spreads infection when she smiles
• B. has sores in her teeth
• C. makes others smile when she smiles
• D. becomes infected when she smiles

A body timed 20 oscillations of a certain pendulum three times and obtained 44.3s, 45.5s and 45.7s respectively. Calculate the mean period of oscillation of the pendulum

• A. 0.13s
• B. 2.22s
• C. 2.26s
• D. 44.30s

RALPH ELLISON: Invisible Man

Examine the narrator's experiences at the eviction.

An industry can best be described as

• A. a place where goods are processed
• B. a place where different firms produced different goods
• C. an aggregation of indidvidual firms producing similar commodities
• D. the concentration of various firm in the same locality

If a winner emerges in an election as a result of his/her votes being more than the combined votes of the opposing contestants; what types of electoral system is being practised?

• A. Absolute majority
• B. plurality
• C. second ballot
• D. alternative vote

The largest game reserve in Nigeria is the

• A. Kainji Game Reserve in Niger State
• B. Zamfara Forest Reserve in Sokoto State
• C. Yankari Game Reserve in Bauchi State
• D. Borgu Game Reserve in Niger State

Commerce is defined as

• A. buying and selling of goods and services only
• B. all activities in the distribution and exchange of goods and services
• C. all activities involved in the production of goods and services
• D. transporting and warehousing of goods only