From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase as it is used in the sentence. He was kept in solitary confinement

• A. quite
• B. inimical
• C. harsh
• D. lonely

a. In a football match, tickets for children and adults were sold at D3.00 and D5.00 respectively. if 400 people attended a football match and D1700.00 was collected in ticket sales. How many tickets were sold to adults?

b. Mr Johnson sold 250 tickets. If 175 of the tickets were for adults, how much sales did he make altogether?

Which of the following is not a direct tax?

• A. capital gains tax
• B. purchase tax
• C. personal income tax
• D. capital tax

Tayammum is performed by muslims when

• A. He wants to join a congregational prayer
• B. he is in a hurry to perform prayer
• C. access to water is very difficult
• D. Time of the prayer has elapsed

Atypical form of delegated legislation is

• A. acts of parliament
• B. decree
• C. bye - law
• D. gazette

A faster colour change of a dry cobalt chloride paper affixed to the lower surface of a leaf than the upper one, indicates that

• A. sunlight slows down water loss from the upper surface
• B. the lower surface of the leaf has more stomata
• C. Sunlight causes the stomata on the upper surface to close
• D. stomata are not present on the upper surface of a leaf

The Stock Exchange is a market where?

• A. long-term securities are sold
• B. all types of securities are sold
• C. short-term securities are sold
• D. medium-term securities are sold

The main cause of the Battle of Uhud was that

• A. the Quraysh wanted to revenge what befell them at the Battle of Badr
• B. the Quraysh wanted to regain their lost territory
• C. Muslims wanted to revenge what happened to them at the Battle of Badr
• D. Ab

If as a result of fall in price of the commodity X, the quantity demanded of commodity Y falls, then commodities X and Y are

• A. complementary
• B. in joint demand
• C. luxuries
• D. substitutes

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

Abbas the beggar is a symbol of

• A. the end justifying the means
• B. the rich also crying
• C. pride before perdition
• D. courage amidst adversity