(a) If \(^{k}P_{2} = 72\), find the value of k.

(b) Solve the equation : \(2\cos^{2} \theta - 5\cos \theta = 3; 0° \leq \theta \leq 360°\)

Which epistle addresses the issue of moral purity and living a sanctified life within the Christian community?

• A. 1 Peter
• B. 1 Timothy
• C. Titus
• D. 2 Corinthians

In the following sentence, there is one underlined word and one gap. From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

The comment I made at the conference wasgeneral; being ______ would have hurt some people.

• A. ordinary
• B. specific
• C. tactful
• D. candid

One example of fossil fuels is

• A. Limestone
• B. Coral
• C. Coal
• D. Firewood

Competitive price in marketing is arrived at by__________

• A. Considering competitive demand for the product
• B. Adding mark-up to the cost price
• C. Setting price in relation to competitors' price
• D. Adding margin to the best price

The available page orientation in Microsoft Word are?

• A. portrait and justify
• B. justify and right align
• C. left align and landscape
• D. portrait and landscape.

Striga spp. is a parasitic weed of

• A. cotton
• B. orange
• C. groundnut
• D. sorghum

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'The morning mist

and chimney smoke

of White City Jabavu

flowed thick yellow

as pus oozing

from a gigantic sore'

'An Abandoned Bundle' by Oswald M. Mtsha 'i

The simile above gives rise to

• A. a graphic description
• B. an abstract presentation
• C. a philosophical statement
• D. graffitti

In ecology, a community refers to

• A. a number of individuals of a given species
• B. groups of different organisms living in a habitat
• C. existing species in an abandoned farmland
• D. the dominant species in a habitat

Read the poem below and answer the following questions

Your lies are the withering strokes still, they come from the inner recesses of your dungeoned heart. And though venomous than the venom, they inspire our once dociled minds to disorders even as your angels of death pass us by with messages of hopeless hope.

Did you read our mind in your lies? We know the seat of power in a castle of your evil heart; where your lies are imprisoned to be released again and again; they are never in rain! but they have soothed us calmly , your lies; the war is not of you anymore, it is of the angels who pass us by with messages of peace.

The tone of the speaker shows

• A. contentment
• B. helplessness
• C. patience
• D. resilience