Which of the following is not a viral disease of crops?

• A. cocoa swollen shoot
• B. tobacco mosiac
• C. tomato leaf curl
• D. banana blight

Read the extract and answer the uestion

Ariel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)

Prospero has actually

• A. raised a storm at sea
• B. punished Miranda
• C. dismissed Ferdinand
• D. commanded Ariel to disappear

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

... goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast'

The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is

• A. metonymy
• B. personification
• C. oxymoron
• D. irony

A system where a separate cash book is maintained for small payments is _______.

• A) single entry
• B) imprest
• C) float
• D) reimbursement

Nature mostly intervenes in the state of balance in land ecosystem through

• A. Earth's revolution
• B. climatic change
• C. Earth equilibrium
• D. Earth rotation

The deity (such as chi or the oracles) in the traditional Igbo political system mainly performed

• A. legislative and executive functions
• B. judicary and legislative functions
• C. spiritual and executive functions
• D. judiciary and political functions

What will happen to the boiling point of pure water when it is heated in a place 30m below sea level?

• A. It will be more than 100^oC
• B. It will be last than 100^oC
• C. It will still be at 100^oC
• D. It will be fluctuating

(a) Find the derivative of y = x\(^2\) (1 + x)\(^{\frac{3}{2}}\) with respect to x.

(b) The centre of a circle lies on the line 2y - x = 3. If the circle passes through P(2,3) and Q(6,7), find its equation.

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

Characterization in the play comprises three major groups of

• A. counsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers
• B. court officials, British soldiers and beggars
• C. court officials, British official and people
• D. people soldiers and beggars

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes the sentence below.

Since hard drugs are destroying our youths, our government has placed an ....... on them

• A. injunction
• B. infringement
• C. order
• D. embargo