Hour is to time as kilometre is to:

• A. Metre
• B. Day
• C. Speed
• D. Distance

Which of the following best explains the growth of Lagos? i. Infrastructural facilities. ii. Early contact with the outside world. iii. Being the former seat of the government. iv. Extensive land for development.

• A. i and ii
• B. i and iv
• C. i, ii and iii
• D. ii, iii and iv

Nervous control differs from hormonal control in that the former

• A. involves only chemical transmision
• B. is a lower process
• C. produces short-term changes
• D. has no specific pathway

A coalition government is a common feature of a

• A. two party systems
• B. multi-party system
• C. one party system
• D. non-party system

Which of the following is a root of the equation x² +6x = 0?

• A. 0
• B. 1
• C. 2
• D. It does not have any root.

The variance of the scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is

• A. 1, 2
• B. 1, 4
• C. 2.0
• D. 3.0

(a) In the simultaneous equations : \(px + qy = 5 ; qx + py = -10\); p and q are constants. If x = 1 and y = -2 is a solution of the equations, find p and q.

(b) Solve : \(\frac{4r - 3}{6r + 1} = \frac{2r - 1}{3r + 4}\).

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in Capital letters. Choose the option to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.

The woman bought a CARTON of milk.

• A. Did the woman buy a tin of milk?
• B. Did the woman sell a carton of milk?
• C. Did the man buy a carton of milk?
• D. Did the woman buy a carton of fish?

A bitter remark intended to wound the feelings is

• A. a satire
• B. an allusion
• C. a sarcasm
• D. an ambiguity

From the words lettered A to D below each of the. following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence

Awadeceived Ahmed into handing over all his savings.

• A. cooked
• B. fooled
• C. cheated
• D. betrayed