The body responsible for exercising the functions of local governments in the 1976 reforms was the

• A. local government commission
• B. local government council
• C. local government committee
• D. committee of chairmen and supervisory councillors

Which of the following is the most suitable channel of distribution for technical goods?

• A. manufacturer-retailer-consumer
• B. manufacturer-wholesaler-retailer-consumer
• C. manufacturer-wholesaler-consumer
• D. manufacturer-consumer

The delete permission allows one to ____________

• A. share music
• B. delete or remove files and directories
• C. read files and directories
• D. modify files and directories

(a) The sides of an isosceles triangle triangle are in the ratio \(7 : 5 : 7\). Calculate, correct to the nearest degree, the angle included between the equal sides.

(b) The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1440°. Calculate : (i) the number of sides ; (ii) the size of one exterior angle of the polygon.

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

I have received your letter. By way of a reply, I am beginning this diary, my prop is my distress. Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain.

Mariama Ba, 'So Long a Letter'

By employing the first person narrator, the author of the passage above achieves

• A. sympathy
• B. confidentiality
• C. authenticity
• D. irony

Countries adopt unitary system of government because it __________

• A. detests dictatorship
• B. promote national integration
• C. concentrates power only at the centre
• D. allows the component units to secede at will

If the relative molecular mass of an element is not a whole number, it can be deduced that the element is

• A. naturally radioactive
• B. abundant in nature
• C. a transition metal
• D. an isotopic mixture

Travelogue is a work of art written

• A. by a famous playwright
• B. before the death of the author
• C. by an unpopular novelist
• D. on a journey

(a) List: (i) three application areas of a word processing program;

(ii) three types of data item.

(b) identify program; the four data types available in Table 2.

Table 2

If the mean of five consecutive integers is 30, find the largest of the numbers

• A. 28
• B. 30
• C. 32
• D. 34