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This question is based on General literacy principles
In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a
- A. device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
- B. situation in which a character speaks or acts against the trends of events
- C. difficult situation which defies a logical or national resolution
- D. device in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says
Five 80-W and three 100W are run for 8 hours. If the cost of energy is N5.00 per unit, calculate the cost of running the lamp. [1 unit = 1 kWh]
- A. N280.00
- B. N28.00
- C. N7.20
- D. N1.44
Companies that purchase goods for further processing is an example of
- A. a consumer market
- B. an industrial market
- C. a reseller market
- D. a government market
On evaporation to dryness, 250cm3 of saturated solution of salt X with relative molar mass 101 gave 50.5g of the. What is the soluility of the salt?
- A. 1.0 mol/dm3
- B. 20 mol/dm3
- C. 4.0 mol/dm3
- D. 5.0 mol/dm3
Which of the following is used to describe soil reaction?
- A. pH
- B. cation exchange
- C. clay content
- D. texture
If \(\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{x + 1} = \sqrt{2x + 1}\), find the possible values of x.
- A. 1 and -1
- B. -1 and 2
- C. 1 and 2
- D. 0 and -1
X represents
- A. bank charges
- B. an unpresented cheque
- C. dividends
- D. an uncredited cheque
Given that \(\tan x = \frac{5}{12}\), and \(\tan y = \frac{3}{4}\), Find \(\tan (x + y)\).
- A. \(\frac{16}{33}\)
- B. \(\frac{33}{56}\)
- C. \(\frac{33}{16}\)
- D. \(\frac{56}{33}\)
The demand curve for goods of ostentation is usually
- A. negatively sloped
- B. positively sloped
- C. vertical
- D. horizontal
The leader of the northern people's congress
- A) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- B) Yakubu Maitama Sule
- C) Ahmadu Bello
- D) Aminu Kano

