This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'It was January and Monday my father had to gather his nerve to go back to teaching During the Christmas vacation he became slack and in a fury of screw-turning had to retighten himself. The long haul he called the stretch between Christmas and Easter.'

John Updike, The Centaur.

The long haul in the narrative above describes

• A. a long strike
• B. Christmas and Easter holidays
• C. a long period of hard work
• D. a long vacation

After one week of life, the weights of five chick the same sex hatched simultaneously from eggs of the same hen and fed on same diet were 45g, 40g, 35g. 33g and 30g. This is an example of

• A) growth rate
• B) selection
• C) variation
• D) mutation

Government by the few for the interest of the few is known as

• A. monarchy
• B. dictatorship
• C. autocracy
• D. oligarchy

Trioxosulphate (lV) acid is not stored for a long period because it

• A. is a weak dibasic acid
• B. has bleaching properties
• C. is unstable and eaily decomposed
• D. smells strongly of sulphur (lV) oxide

Paul taught that, in consequences of his humility and death on the cross, Jesus gained

• A. salvation for all men
• B. adoption as the Sons of God
• C. eternal life in the kingdom of God
• D. praise and loyalty of all the believers

Obadiah who was in charge of Ahab's household demonstrated reverence for the LORD by

• A. giving Elijah the bull for the sacrifice on Mount Carmel
• B. rebuking Ahab and Jezebel for their evil deeds
• C. hiding a hundred prophets God from Jezebel's wrath
• D. helping Elijah to kill the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract and answer the following question.

As wagish boys in a game themselves forswear;

So the boy Love is perjured everywhere;

For ere Demetrius looked on Hermia's eyne,

He hailed down oaths that he was only mine;

And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,

So he dissolved and showers of oaths did melt

• A. Egeus
• B. Hermia
• C. Demetrius
• D. Helena

Two fair dice are thrown together two times. Find the probability of obtaining a sum of seven in the first throw and a sum of four in the second throw.

One of the characteristics of a good organizational chart is that it should

• A. be rigid
• B. show government policy
• C. facilitate communication
• D. be acceptable

The strategy for accelerated agricultural development of the Obasanjo regime in the 1970’s focused on

• A. improving transportation network to the rural areas
• B. establishing agro-allied industries
• C. achieving food self-sufficiency
• D. establishing new marketing boards.