The law of diminishing marginal utility states:

• A. The supply curve slopes downward
• B. Your utility grows at a slower and slower rate as you consume more and more unit of a good.
• C. The elasticity of demand is infinite
• D. None of the above

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). As we sat ....... the silence, my eyes ....... the room?

• A. under / looked
• B. over / surrounded
• C. in / roamed
• D. along / observed

The laying of hands on Barnabas and Paul for the First Missionary Journey signifies their being

• A. blessed
• B. commissioned
• C. appointed
• D. anointed

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. modified
• B. regulated
• C. standardized
• D. ordered

A body established and entrusted with power and authority to direct the affairs of the state is called?

• A. federal executive council
• B. state legislative council
• C. trusteeship
• D. government

The highest spot on the mapped area is approximately

• A. 1300 metres
• B. 1250 metres
• C. 1150 metres
• D. 1050 metres

The Nigeria Independence Constitution was modified by the

• A. 1989 constitution
• B. 1979 constitution
• C. 1963 constitution
• D. 1999 constitution

The possession of scales, laying of eggs with shells and bony structure of the head are characteristics shared by

• A. birds and reptiles
• B. fishes and birds
• C. reptiles and fishes
• D. birds and molluscs

A retail business that sells goods by post, using catalogues is a

• A. chain store
• B. department store
• C. mail order firm
• D. shopping mall

Which of the following roles does sodium chloride play in soap preparation? It

• A) reacts with glycerol
• B) purifies the soap
• C) accelerates the decomposition of the fat and oil
• D) separates the soap from the glycerol