One of the following is not a gearing factor towards the great trek.

• A. Freedom from British domination
• B. Bringing back to normal the economic, cultural and political independence
• C. The panic that emigration might decline civilization
• D. The fear of conflict on the eastern frontier of South Africa

An electrical retail company is due to report lower pre-Tax profits than the previous year. Management fear investor dissatisfaction. Which of the following measures before the year end could improve the draft profit figure?

• A) Delaying payment to creditors
• B) Postponement of an investment in new equipment
• C) A reduction in the provision for bad and doubtful debts
• D) A reduction in the proposed dividend for the year

The term used to depict the freedom of a poet with language is

• A. poetic diction
• B. bathos
• C. graphology
• D. poetic licence

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as given word.

EDUCATION?

• A. duplicity
• B. economics
• C. elaborate
• D. conjectural

In storing magnets, keepers are used to

• A. reduced self-demagnetization
• B. cancel the effect of the earth's magnetic field
• C. protect the magnet from stray electric field
• D. increase the strangth of the magnets

Which historical period is characterized by the emergence of written language and the invention of the wheel?

• A. Bronze Age
• B. Middle Ages
• C. Stone Age
• D. Neolithic Age

One of the disadvantages of Sole Proprietorship is__________

• A. It requires small operations
• B. It involves small capital
• C. It lacks specialization
• D. Grants from government

One mole of a hydrocarbon contains 48 g of carbon. If it vapour density is 28, the hydrocarbon is?

• A. an alkane
• B. an alkene
• C. an alkyne
• D. aromatic (C = 12, H = 1)

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. Even though Susan was the last in the examination, her result wasn't too different from what had been expected.

• A. Her result was poor
• B. Her result was a dissapointment
• C. Her result was as expected
• D. She had not been serious with her studies

(a) A cylindrical pipe is 28 metres long. Its internal radius is 3.5 cm and external radius 5 cm. Calaulate : (i) the volume, in cm\(^{3}\), of metal used in making the pipe ; (ii) the volume of water in litres that the pipe can hold when full, correct to 1 decimal place. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]

(b) In the diagram, MP is a tangent to the circle LMN at M. If the chord LN is parallel to MP, show that the triangle LMN is isosceles.