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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 attitude of the survivors is best summed up by the word

• A. indifference
• B. persistence
• C. resignation
• D. victory

Differentiate (x² -¹/_x)² with respect to x

• A. 4x² - 4x -²/_x
• B. 4x² - 2 +²/_x³
• C. 4x² - 2 -²/_x³
• D. 4x² - 3x +²/_x

A platinum resistance thermometer records 3.0\(\Omega\) at 0^oC and 8.0\(\Omega\) at 100^oC. If it records 6.0\(\Omega\) in a certain environment, The temperature of the medium is

• A. 80^oC
• B. 60^oC
• C. 50^oC
• D. 30^oC

Quartz, feldspar and mica are three principal minerals that can easily be seen in?

• A. basalt
• B. coal
• C. granite
• D. limestone

Which of these is not a major characteristic of the rule of law?

• A. Judicial independence
• B. Separation of powers
• C. Equality before the law
• D. Supremacy of the law

A stone projected horizontally from the top of a tower with a speed of 4 ms\(^{-1}\) lands on the level ground at a horizontal distance 25 m from the foot of the tower. Calculate the height of the tower. g = 10 ms\(^{-2}\)]

A car, P, with a velocity of 30 m/s is traveling in the same direction as a car, Q, with a velocity of 20 m/s. The velocity of P relative to Q is

Because David sought God's will to pursue the Amalekites who had invaded Ziklag,he was rewarded with victory and

• A. many prisoners of war
• B. favour
• C. many new territories
• D. spoils

Certain chiefs in Eastern Nigeria were called warrant chiefs because they .

• A. had some royal connections
• B. were created by the British
• C. had warrants to arrest offenders
• D. were the first to receive Western education

Patents are examples of

• A. natural barriers to entry
• B. legal barriers to entry
• C. illegal barriers to entry
• D. unnatural barriers to entry