Within the last quarter of the twentieth century, medical experts have been laying emphasis on ___71___ rather than ___72___ measures. Through primary health care programmes, people have been taught about these. When an individual ___73___ a disease, he has to see a doctor for ___74___. At times, the doctor finds it difficult to ___75___ the disease during the initial examination of the patient because many diseases have similar ___76___. When this happens, the patient is either asked to go to the ___77___ for one test or the other or he would have ___78___ taken to help the doctor find out what is happening internally. it is after all these, and sometimes more, that the doctor can ___79___ some drugs for the individual and perhaps give him some ___80___. To save yourself and everyone else from this headache, it is advisable to pay heed to public health programmes.

In the following passage, the numbered gap 76 indicates a missing word.Four options are given in columns lettered A, to D. Choose the word that is themost suitableto fill the gap in the passage.

• A. signs
• B. indications
• C. symptom
• D. dues

Suratud-Duha (Q.93) in the Quran has a total of 11 verses. Therefore, without the last verse, the remaining verses are 10.

• A. 10
• B. 9
• C. 11
• D. 8

The most common characteristic of the fungal hyphae is the possession of

• A. cell-like compartment with one nucleus each
• B. cell walls that are both rigid and chitinous
• C. a multicellular mycelium in the substrate
• D. cell-like partitions formed by cross-walls

A catayst which increases the rate of a chemical reaction does so by

• A. increasing the reaction pathway
• B. increasing the surface area of the reactants
• C. increasing the pressure on the system
• D. decreasing the activation energy of the reaction

The Prophet lost his wife Khadijah in the year

• A. 619 C.E.
• B. 616 C.E.
• C. 610 C.E.
• D. 617 C.E

a. Define each of the following terms used with simple machines:

i. Pivot ii.Load iii. Efficiency.

b. A truck of mass 1.2 × \(10^3\) kg is pulled from rest by a constant horizontal force of 25.2N on a leveled road. If the maximum speed attainable in the process is 60 km/h.

Calculate the: i. work done by the force; ii. distance traveled by the truck in reaching the maximum speed.

c. Statetwo differences between absolute zero temperature and ice point.

d. An uncalibrated liquid-in-glass thermometer was used in determining a Celsius temperature. The readings are tabulated below

The major difference between the tropical rain-forest and savanna vegetation

• A. and the rain-forest never occur on the same continent
• B. is natural while the rain-forest is derived
• C. grows in layers while the rain-forest does not
• D. has less spcies of plants while the rain-forest has diverse species of plants

Cement is made from…………………

• (a)columbite
• (b)iron-ore
• (c)limestone
• (d)marble

Choose a word opposite in meaning to the first word Above:

• A. Over
• B. Below
• C. High
• D. Low

The process of converting starch to ethanol is

• A) cracking
• B) distillation
• C) fermentation
• D) oxidation