A valid explanation for real wage growth is

• A. an increase in the rate of productivity
• B. the rising cost of capital accumulation
• C. a contraction of emploment in service industries
• D. an increase in the quantity of labour

Which of the following is not used to correct adverse balance of payment?

• A. Increasing imports
• B. Increasing exports
• C. Decreasing import
• D. Devaluation

Which of the following is a major hindrance to HEP production in Africa?

• A. inadequate capital
• B. unavailibity of good sites
• C. absence of a domestic market
• D. sufficient volume of water

Which is the odd one out among the followings,

• A. African National Congress
• B. Social Democratic Party
• C. National Republican Convention
• D. All Peoples Party

What is the contour interval of the map?

• A. 50 m
• B. 100 m
• C. 150 m
• D. 400 m

In the sentence below, there is one underlined word and one gap. From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

The Magistrate convicted the hardened criminal but .....and discharged the first offender

• A. acquitted
• B. jailed
• C. released
• D. sentenced

The term al Mutawatir refers to Had?th narrated by

• A. Bukhari and Muslim
• B. the six sound collectors
• C. the Prophet
• D. large number of narrators

Always remember to............. the lights before leaving the room.

• A. put off
• B. blow out
• C. off
• D. switch off

The first young person to accept Islam was?

• A. Ali Bn Abi Talib
• B. Umar Bn Khattab
• C. Muawiyah
• D. Uthman

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage and answer the question

Here in the station, it is in no way different save that the city is busy in its snow. But the old men cling to their seats as though they were symbolic and could not be given up. Now and then they sleep, their grey old heads resting with painful awkwardnesson the backs of the benches. Also, they are not at rest. For an hour, they may sleep in thegasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and aged, who have to walk in the night. Then, a policeman comes by on his round and nudges them upright. ''You can't sleep here'', he growls. A strange ritual then begins. An old man is difficult to wake. One man after a slight lurch does not move at all, he sleeps on steadily. Once in a while, one of the sleepers will not wake; he will have had his wish to die in the greatdroning centre of thehive rather than in some loney room fulfilled.

''....on the backs of the benches'' illustrates

• A. synecdoche
• B. epithet
• C. assonance
• D. personification