Those who are engaged in the distribution of goods belong to

• A. commercial occupation
• B. extractive industry
• C. manufacturing industry
• D. construction industry

Man became a living being when God _______

• A. formed him from dust
• B. gave him breath
• C. spoke to him
• D. gave him a helpmate

Which of the following is not performed by the shipping and forwarding agents?

• A. Reservation ofshipping space
• B. Collection of payment from the importer
• C. Collection of goods from the factory
• D. Preparation of the bill of lading

Read the passage carefully and answer this question.

May your road be rough. I am not cursing you: I am wishing you what I wish myself every year, I therefore repeat, may you have a hard time this year. May there be troubles for you this year. If you are not sure of what to say back, why not just say "same to you" – I ask for no more.

Our successes are conditioned by the amount of risk we are about to take. Earlier today, I visited a local farmer about five kilometers from where I live. He could not have been 55, but he said he was already too old to farm vigorously. He still suffered, he said, from the energy he displayed as a farmer in his younger days. Around his hut were two pepperbushes. There were cocoyam growing around him. There were snail shells which had given him meat. There must have been more snails around the banana trees than I saw. He hardly ever went to town to buy things. He was self-sufficient. The car, the television or radio and the newspaper were things he could live without. He had no ambition whatsoever, he told me.

I am not sure if you are already envious of him, but were we all to revert to such a life, we would be driven back like aimless sheep to cave dwelling. On the other hand, try to put yourself in the shoes of the Russian or American astronauts. Any moment you are shot into space, you have to be mentally alert, else, if you forget what to do, one of the things that might happen to you is that you could forever become a satellite going round until you die of starvation, and even then, your dead body would continue the gyration.

Naturally, they may have some slight foreboding on the contingency of their non-return. However, it is their courage for going in spite of these apprehensions that makes the world hail them so loudly today.

(Akinyemi, A., Olupe, F., & Adetutu, S. (2012): Rubrics of English Language for Schools and Colleges. Divine Glory Printers, Abeokuta.)

• A. challenges
• B. brawn
• C. risks
• D. brain

The application of the rule of law may be constrained by ________

• A. securing the tenure of office of judges
• B. insulating judges from partisan politics
• C. employing men of proven integrity as judges
• D. invoking emergency powers

The expenses incurred in purchasing a vehicle is a

• A. revenue expenditure
• B. capital expenditure
• C. recurrent expenditure
• D. concurrent expenditure

Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). When his car tyre ......... on the way, he did not know what to do.

• A. has burst
• B. had burst
• C. bursted
• D. burst

The equation of a circle is given as 2x\(^2\) + 2y\(^2\) - x - 3y - 41 = 0. Find the coordinates of its centre.

• A. (\(\frac{-1}{4}\), \(\frac{3}{4}\))
• B. (\(\frac{1}{4}\), \(\frac{3}{4}\))
• C. (\(\frac{-1}{2}\), \(\frac{3}{2}\))
• D. (\(\frac{-1}{2}\), \(\frac{-3}{2}\))

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for each sentence.

This action effectively puts the mockers on the project. This means that the project.

• A. take off soon
• B. be delayed
• C. not begin well
• D. not be executed

Diminishing return occurs in short run when there is a reduction in the

• A. Average product of the fixed factor
• B. Total product of the variable factor
• C. Total product of the fixed factor
• D. Marginal product of the variable factor