Which of the following ways did Nehemiah demonstrate concern for his nation? He

• A. revived the worship of Yahweh
• B. rebuilt the temple of Jericho
• C. reconstructed the walls of Jerusalem
• D. led the exiles back home.

Time policy in insurance is associated with

• A. motor vehicles
• B. ships at sea
• C. life endowment
• D. goods in transit

May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dust green trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute blue bottles hum vacuously in the fruity air. Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, fatly baffled in the sun. The nights are clear but suffused with sloth and sullen expectations.

But by early June the southwest monsoon breaks and there are three months of wind and water with short spells of sharp, glittering sunshine that thrilled children snatch to play with. The countryside turns an immodest green. Boundaries blur as tapioca fences take root and bloom. Brick walls turn mossgreen. Pepper vines snake up electric poles. Wild creepers burst through laterite banks and spilt across the flooded roads. Boats ply in the bazaars. And small fish appear in the puddles that fill the PWD potholes on the highways. It was raining when Rahel came back to Ayemenem.

Slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth, ploughing it up like gunfire. The old house on the hill wore its steep, gabled roof pulled over its ears like a low hat. The walls, streaked with moss, had grown soft and bulged a little with dampness that seeped up from the ground. The wild, overgrown garden was full of the whisper and scurry of small lives.In the undergrowth, a rat snake rubbed itself against a glistening stone. Hopeful yellow bullfrogs cruised the scummy pond for mates. A drenched mongoose flashed across the leaf-strewn driveway. The house itself looked empty. The doors and windows were locked. The front verandah bare. Unfurnished.

But the sky blue Plymouth with chrome tail fins was still parked outside, and inside, Baby Kochamma was still alive. She was Rahel's baby grand aunt, her grandfather's younger sister. Her name was really Navomi, Navomi Ipe, but everybody called her Baby. She became Baby Kochamma when she was old enough to be an aunt. Rahel hadn't come to see her, though. Neither niece nor baby grandaunt laboured under any illusions on that account. Rahel had come to see her brother, Estha. They were two-egg twins. Dizygotic' doctors called them. Born from separate but simultaneously fertilized eggs. Estha Esthappen-was the older by 18 minutes.

What was Baby's real name?

• A. Navomi Ipe
• B. Estha
• C. Rachel
• D. Kochamma

(a) What is public relations?

(b) State and explain five media of public relations.

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A primary ballad is associated with

• A. educated people
• B. urban folk
• C. the nomads
• D. rural folk

The land use Decree of 1978 vested lands in each state of the country on the

• A. individual
• B. state governors
• C. president of the country
• D. commissioner for agriculture

Money is generally acceptable for transaction due to

• A. The rule of the law
• B. Its acceptability in the global market
• C. The legal banking
• D. The central bank’s Governor’s signature

(a)(i) Give the two reasons why soda lime is used instead of caustic soda in the preparation of methane.

(ii) List two physical properties of methane.

(iii) A hydrocarbon with a vapour density of 29 contains 82.76% carbon and 17.24% hydrogen. Determine the: I. empirical formula; II. molecular formula of the hydrocarbon. [ H = 1.00 C = 12.00 ]

(b)(i) What is meant by the term isomerism?

(ii) Draw the structures of the two isomers of the compound with the molecular formula C\(_2\)H\(_6\)O.

(iii) Give the name of each of the isomers in (b)(ii).

(iv) State the major difference between the isomers.

(c) Give three deductions that could be made from the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a given organic compound.

(d) Give one chemical test to distinguish between propene and propane.

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined. The new ruler is big-hearted in his dealing with the people

• A. proud
• B. cruel
• C. soft
• D. generous

Cotton can thrive well in the mangrove areas if

• A. appropriate fertilizer is applied to the soil
• B. sunshine is lower in intensity
• C. land is sufficiently drained
• D. white flies are controlled