Correct Answer: B. public enterprise

Correct Answer: A. Lysander

Explanation

The speaker in the extract is Lysander, a character from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare. Lysander is lost in the woods and is expressing his desire for the day to come so he can find his way.

Correct Answer: B. Ajayi Crowther

Correct Answer: C. Editor

Correct Answer: B. an arc of a circle with PM as a chord

Correct Answer: C. ambition

Correct Answer: A. the first two enlightened young ladies

Explanation

The correct option is A. the first two enlightened young ladies.

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1. Order of Numbers: Ordinal numbers (*first, second, third...*) always precede cardinal numbers (*one, two, three...*). Therefore, the first two is correct, ruling out options B and C.

2. Order of Adjectives: In standard English, opinion/observation adjectives (*enlightened*) come before age adjectives (*young*).

Thus, the correct sequence is:

*Determiner + Ordinal + Cardinal + Opinion + Age + Noun*

= the first two enlightened young ladies.

Explanation

a. Factors affecting turnover:

(i) Reputation of the company (goodwill).

(ii) The type/nature/varieties of goods being sold.

(iii) Availability of credit facilities.

(iv) The level of advertisement and publicity put in place by the company.

(v) The pricing policy adopted by the company (Reduction in price).

(vi) Level of competition.

(vii) Availability of stocks for sale.

(viii) Nearness to consumers.

(ix) Good packaging and branding.

(b) Working capital is the amount of money available for the day-to-day running of a business. It is calculated as current assets less current liabilities.

(c) The importance of working capital:

(i) Adequate working capital ensures that a company can meet its day-to-day activities.

(ii) It shows whether a company is solvent or not.

(iii) It determines the size of the business and the volume of trading.

(iv) It is used to manage resources efficiently for higher profits.

(v) It shows whether a company is overtrading or not.

(vi) It can be used by a business for planning against loss.

Correct Answer: C. 55√3m

Explanation

(a) Methods used by Nationalist leaders in their opposition to British Rule in West Africa are:

(I) The use of the press — e.g. West African Pilot, Comet, Daily Express, etc were used as vocal points of opposition to the British rule.

(ii) Strikes, protests, etc e.g. 1945 nation wide strike in Nigeria and 1948 in Ghana (then Gold coast).

(iii) Constitutional conferences (iv) Organising Seminars, Symposia.

(v) The use of political parties e.g. NNDP in Nigeria, CPP in Ghana, PPP in The Gambia, SLPP in Sierra-Leone.

(b) External factors that led to increased Nationalist demands after the second world war in West Africa are:

(i) The anti-colonial posture of UNO.

(ii) The activities of Labour party in the British Parliament.

(iii) The activities of pan-African Movement e.g. 1945 Manchester Conference.

(iv) The activities of the West African Students' Union in Britain after 1'945.

(v) The stand of USSR and USA who condemned colonialism.

(vi) Loss of British prestige after the Second World War as a result of their defeat.

(vii) Independence of India in 1947 gave nationalist consciousness to West African Countries.

(viii) The Atlantic Charter of 1941 raised consciousness for self-determination in West Africa.

(ix) The intellectual write-ups by people like Roosevelt Henry Wallace, Wendell Willikie, etc.