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question is not about history should

18. C. "Thick" collocates with "forest"

be written but on how a material to be

and it is most appropriate option

examined is analysed.

synonymous with "dense"

6. C "a zone under water at certain

19. A. "raging" collocates with "storm"

times of the year". The word

and is similar in meaning with

"seasonally" denotes what happens at

"fierce" as used in the expression"

20. E. "Marks"

a certain season or period of the year.

represents

an exam

"performance"

7. C "A mixture of freshwater and

21. C. "hemmed" in "Hem" usually co-

saltwater"

with

8. C "in the mangroves"

occurs

9. B "in the delta" : the Niger meets

"restriction"

"in"

denoting

22. B. "Power" is the correct idiomatic

the sea in the "estuaries" (the delta),

form of the expression

an area shaped like a triangle, where a

river splits into several smaller rivers

23, A.

"precocious" denotes a child

whose wise behaviuor transcends his

before entering the sea

10. A "cutting across" It means cutting

age

24. B. "do" is the correct grammatical

across a thousand creeks.

verb that fits in the gap

11. B. "Unskilled" is the opposite of

25. C. "I would tell you" grammatically

"proficient" (skilful)

corresponds with "If knew". It shows

12. C "contract" is antonymous with

that the speaker does not know and

"expand"

cannot tell the addresses.

13.0. "lethargy" is the opposite of

"energy"

USE OF ENGLISH 2010

14. B. "refused" is the opposite of

Choose the words that are closer in

meaning to the words in initialpositions.
1. futile: (a) worthless (b) vain (c)

"accept"
best

15. C. "defy"

collocates

with

"authority" and is the opposite to

dangerous (d) useless

"support" defy means to resist or

disobey,

to

dare

or

2. halt: (a) wait (b) fault (c) stop (d) stay

challenge

3. virtuous: (a) seeing (b) good (c)

someone's authority

upright (d)religious

16. B. "fatigue" is most synonymous

4. renowned: (a) famous (b) popular (c)

with "exhaustion"

well read (d) familiar

17. E "Silently is directly related to

"sullenly"
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5. solitary: (a) private (b) sultry (c)

principal and the Vice- principal.

(a)They like each other (b) They work

alone (d) lonely

independently (c) They cannot part

In each of questions 6 and 7, choose

the option that best completes the
gap (s)
6, The car owner does not think about

company (d) They dislike each other.

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12. Adawo is an imp.(a) Adawo behaves

of his vehicle and

badly (b) Adawo behaves decently (c)

other payments involved in owning it.

Adawa behaves differently (d) Adawo

(a) transportation (b) depreciation (c)

behaves queerly

the

calculation (d) appreciation

In questions 13and 14, select from

the options tofill in the gaps
13, There is not
sense in what

7. We shall offer a good job to a

to register guests in the

that politician has just said. (a)many

Central Hotel, (a)waiter (b)watchman

(b) plenty (c) lot of (d) much

(c) cashier (d) receptionist

14. The candidate made _ at

In each of the questions 8 and 9,

choose the option opposite in
meaning to the word in italics,
8. Lola was agitated when the sad news

the village square a day before the

elections (a) a sermon (b) an address

(c) a eulogy (d) a lecture (e) a speech

of her mother's accident was broken

to

her.

(a)excited

(b)

In each of Questions 15 to 17,

choose the option that best completes

calm

the gap (s)

city

(c)uncontrollable (d)unreasonable.

15, The

9. The president took exception to the

capital only

ignoble role the young man played in

the

matter,

(a)

honourable

as a federal

the last

twenty years, (a) existed/over (b)has

(b)

existed /for (c)was existing /over (d)is

embarrassing (c) dishonourable (e)

existing/in

extraordinary

16. He is

In each of questions 10 to 12, select

the option that best explains the
information conveyed in the

_ Kaduna _ an

official assignment. (a)at/in (b)at/for

(c)in/on (d)for/in

sentence.

17. The members of the other team agree

10. The crowd in the hall is intimidating

(a) the crowd is frightening (b) the

all the terms

of the

contract.(a)on (b)by (c)to (d)wit

crowd is angry (c)The crowd is

18 and 19,
words
(s) or phrases
choose the
which bestfill (sO the gap(s)

In each

overwhelming (d) The crowd is

riotous

11. The events of last Fridays show that

there is no love lost between the

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separately combusted in excess oxygen.

The volumes of steam produced by the

compounds were in ratio 5:4. What are

Energy

the
A+B

respective

formulae

of

the

compounds? (a)
AH= -Y(kJ)

jtvcdciion Coordinate
vooruindic Reaction

>
(a)X(b) -Y (c) X-(-Y) (d) -(X+Y)

CAH9OH and CAH7CHO

(b) CAH9OH and C3H7CH0 (c) C3H7OH
and C3H7CHO (d) CAH9OH and
CAH9CHO

19. Blackboard chalk

is a mixture of

15. What quantity of current is required to

limestone and gypsum. A piece of

deposit 2.4g of copper in a period of

blackboard chalk weighing 5.42g was

750seconds

during

an

deposition process?

96500coulmof1]

electrolytic

[Cu=64,

IF

immersed in HC1. The

C02 produced

weighed 1.1lg. What is the percentage

(a) 9.65A (b) 10.81A

of limestone in the chalk? (a) 67.0% (b)

(c) 12.33A (d) 15.54A

53.3% (c) 50.8% (d) 46.5%

16. The standard reduction potentials for the

following half-cell reactions are,
2 H20(i) = 02(g)

+ 4H+aq) + 4e
E = -1.23 V

2 H20q) = 202{g)

+ 4H{aq) + 4e
E = -0.68 V

What is the E for the reaction,

2H2020) = 2H2O(0

+ O2to)at298K?

A -0.68V (b) -1.23V (c) + 0.55V D

+1.91V
17. Bonding in ammonium chloride is (a)

ionic, covalent and dative (b) ionic and

covalent (c) covalent and dative (d) ionic
18. One mole of an alkanol and one mole of
an alkanal, each containing n moles of

carbon atoms in its molecule, was

20. In the Lassaine's test for the halogens,

the sodium fusion extract is acidified and

then treated with silver nitrate. A pale

yellow precipitate soluble in ammonium

hydroxide shows the presence of, (a)

fluorine (b) chlorine (c) bromine (d)
iodine

21. The basic tenet of valence bond electron

pair repulsion theory is that the pairs of

electrons

making the

sigma bonds

dictate the shape of molecules. The pi-

bonds

often

encounter

in

some

molecules serve to, (a) distort the shape

of molecules (b) alter the angle between

the atoms in molecules (c) shorten the

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