Past Questions And Answers
From the top of a building 10m high, the angle of depression of a stone lying on the horizontal ground is 69°. Calculate ,correct to one decimal place, the distance of the stone from the foot of the building
- A. 3.6m
- B. 3.8m
- C. 6.0m
- D. 9.3m
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?
B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;
therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone
(Act II Scene 1)
Speaker B requests Speaker A to
- A. be patient
- B. stay behind
- C. go back home
- D. pray for his friend
Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to
- A. ease local transportation problem of women
- B. encourage visits among distant relations
- C. support the movement of raw materials and the army
- D. provide employment for the people
A fixed mass of gas has a volume of 92cm3 at 3 oC. When will be its volume at 18 oC if the pressure remains constant
- A. 15.3cm3
- B. 87.3cm3
- C. 552.0cm3
- D. 97.0cm3
According to Romans, salvation is for those who
- A. call upon the name of the Lord
- B. are ture worshippers of God
- C. work in the Lord's vineyard
- D. are persecuted for righteousness' sake
A notable problem of air transportation in tropical Africa is
- A. slow speed
- B. low freight charges
- C. adequate space
- D. low patronage
Which of the following is true about the value of money?
- A. it varies inversely with the price level
- B. it varies directly with the price level
- C. it depreciates in the period of deflation
- D. it is not affected by the price level
The function of the scraper on a disc plough is to
- A. scrape the top soil
- B. remove adhering soil from the disc
- C. open the furrow
- D. balance the plough
In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______
- A. comedies
- B. tragedies
- C. historical plays
- D. romantic plays
The table below shows the distribution of the waiting times for some customers in a certain petrol station.
| Waiting time (in mins) | No of customers |
| 1.5 - 1.9 | 3 |
| 2.0 - 2.4 | 10 |
| 2.5 - 2.9 | 18 |
| 3.0 - 3.4 | 10 |
| 3.5 - 3.9 | 7 |
| 4.0 - 4.4 | 2 |
(a) Write down the class boundaries of the distribution.
(b) Construct a cumulative frequency curve for the data;
(c) Using your graph, estimate: (i) the interquartile range of the distribution ; (ii) the proportion of customers who could have waited for more than 3 minutes.
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