If S = (x : x² = 9, x > 4), then S is equal to

• A. 4
• B. {0}
• C. ∅
• D. {∅}

All the following are problems of mining in Africa except

• A. use of obsolete technology
• B. inadequate foreign capital
• C. shortage of power
• D. inadequate unskilled labour

What do the Canaries and Guinea currents have in common?

• A. They are warm currents
• B. They are cold currents
• C. They wash the western coast
• D. They flow away from the equator

Four doctors and two nurses are to sit round a circular table. In how many ways can this be done if the nurses are to sit together?

• A. 48
• B. 60
• C. 240
• D. 720

Write on the reforms introduced by Islam on Jahiliyyah practices.

During colonial administration,the office of the warrant chief was introduced in

• A. Western Nigeria
• B. the Lagos Territory
• C. Eastern Nigeria
• D. Northern Nigeria

The passage below has gaps. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

PASSAGE IV

With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ...1... body to pass a motion to ...2... the executive action of the President. The Senate is ...3... of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion, which would be created if the ...4... were to take a view diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ...5... as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ...6... laws. But the Senate has no authority or ...7... to control the President in the exercise of his ...8... powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers nor can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ...9... is by ...10... of the National Assembly.

Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p. 8.

• A. modified
• B. regulated
• C. standardized
• D. ordered

This question is from the novel The Last Days at Forcados High school. What prefect was Jimi?

• A. food prefect
• B. assembly prefect
• C. health prefect
• D. the headboy

From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, chose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

He was charged with complicity ...the abortive coup

• A. in
• B. for
• C. about
• D. on

The, thyme pattern is ______

• A. abc abc
• B. aa bb cc
• C. ab ab cc
• D. aa bc bc