The basin system of irrigation in the Nile Basin is not reliable because

• A. too much of the water percolates into the ground
• B. only a few crops can be grown
• C. it is not considered suitable by some farmers
• D. it depends on the flow of the Nile in a particular year

Which of the following is an example of direct tax?

• A. import duties
• B. income tax
• C. export duties
• D. purchase tax

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

One advantage of the English language in Nigeria is that it puts everyone ........ a common ........ ?

• A. at /equality
• B. on / footing
• C. in / standing
• D. in / advantage

Carbohydrates are stored in the animal cell in the form of

• A. starch
• B. glycogen
• C. plastid
• D. maltose

The name Ichabod means

• A. without glory
• B. unfolding glory
• C. perpetual glory
• D. departed glory

When air is successively passed through sodium hydroxide solution, alkaline pyrogallol and then concentrated tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid, its remaining components are

• A. oxygen and water vapour
• B. oxygen and nitrogen
• C. carbon (IV) acid and noble gases
• D. nitrogen and noble gases

The hormone responsible for milk let down in female farm animals is

• A. testosterone
• B. FSH
• C. Oxytosin
• D. androgen

The sex ratio of any population may be affected by?

• A. mortality
• B. morbidity
• C. migration
• D. fertility

Andropogon gayanus is commonly called

• A. guinea grass
• B. elephant grass
• C. gamba grass
• D. spear grass

The rate at which one country's products are exchanged for the products of another is?

• A. balance of trade
• B. balance on current account
• C. terms of trade
• D. balance of payments