Read the passage below and answer the question:

The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The device used in the last sentence is

• A. climax
• B. sarcasm
• C. euphemism
• D. hyperbole

This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.

The author's thematic concern is

• A. the boy's assistance to the man
• B. life in a fishing community
• C. the achievements of the old man
• D. the ability to rise above defeat

The linear expansivity of brass is 2 x 10^-5C^-1. If the volume of a piece of brass is 15.00cm³ at 0⁰C, What is the volume at 100^oC?

• A. 16.03cm³
• B. 16.00cm³
• C. 15.09cm³
• D. 15cm³

The two areas of the world where cool ocean currents have contributed to the development of deserts along the coastal fringes are?

• A. Namibia and Bangladesh
• B. Somalia and Western Australia
• C. California and Ghana
• D. Morocco and Peru

Unitary system of government is best applicable to a/an

• A. multi-party state
• B. homogeneous state
• C. heterogenous state
• D. unicameral state

Define (a) tensile Stress; (b) tensile strain; (c) yield point.

When a light-weight body and a massive body are acted upon by the same force for the same period of time, the .

• A. massive body has a higher momentum.
• B. massive body builds up a higher velocity.
• C. lighter body has a higher momentum.
• D. momenta of both bodies remain the same

Why then have you not kept watch over your Lord the king? The question above by David was addressed to

• A. Abishai
• B. Abner
• C. Amasa
• D. Joab

In colonial Nigeria, mining industry was promoted in order to

• A. diversify the economy
• B. engage the railway system
• C. make Nigeria self-reliant
• D. maximize exploitation.

which of the following is a characteristics of monopoly

• A. many sellers
• B. Homogenous commodity
• C. a single seller
• D. Perfect knowledge