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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Literature.
Class: SS3
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions
“The journey of the magi” by T.S Elliot
Section A
1. What do the silken girls bring?
(a) Stars (b) Gold (c) Sherbet (d) Camels
2. Refractory Means ___________
(a)Light bending (b)Stubborn (c)Refusal (d)Pious
3. Dispensation Means _______________
(a) A deep bow (b) An attitude (c) A divinely or danced system (d) A king’s
method of handing out gifts.
4. Which is not use as a symbol in the poem?
(a) Valley (b) River (c) Trees (d) Horse
5. Which of the following is not a theme of a poem?
(a) Death (b) Regret (c) Love (d) Suffering
6. The beginning of the poem quote from a _________
(a) Song (b) Bible (c) Poem (d) Sermon
7. Lintel Mean ___________
(a) Light (b) Manger (c) Threshold (d) Sword
8. Which of the following is not used as a symbol of Jesus in the poem?
(a) Vine (b) Wine (c) Stream (d) Bird
9. Which season is not described or alluded to in journey of the magi?
(a) Summer (b) Winter (c) Spring (d) Cold
10.Which of the following is not hard ship of the journey?
(a) Uncooperative camels (b) Cold Weather (c) Attack by bandits (d) Hostile
towns people.
 Section B
1. List five (5) themes of the poem and explain any three.

2a. Mention five (5) difficulties that the magi encountered during their journey
b. Why is the first five (5) line of “The journey of the magi’s enclosed in
quotation marks.

3a. Summarize the novel “The invisible Man”

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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Literature.
Class: SS1
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions
1. The novel, the novella and the short story are the major Sub-genres of
(a) Prose (b) Poetry (c) Poem (d) Drama
2. A __________ is the emotional cleansing of the audience and low
characters in a play.
(a) Catharsis (b) Cadence (C) Ballad (d) Soliloquy
3. The Italian sonnet is made up of
A. Two quatrains and two octave B. Three rhymed couplet and one octave
C. Three quatrains and one se state D. Octave and se stet.
4. A writer of a prose is called a _________.
A. Prosiest B. Prose writer C. Novel writer D. Protest.
5. The following are type of fiction except
A. Fables B. Allegory C. Parable D. Comedy.
6. The are type of drama except
A. Tragedy B. Comedy C. Tragic comedy D. Allegory
7. _________ is a form of any work that deals with information and event that
are not real
A. Drama B. Non-fiction C. Romance D. fiction
8. ____________ is a lyrical poem which is of fourteen lines with a rhyme
scheme.
A. Sonnet B. Ode C. Ballad D. Lullaby.
9. Literature genre include all except one
A. Poetry B. Drama C. Prose D. Soliloquy
10. Comedy ends _________________
A. Happily B. Sadly C. Suddenly D. Sorrowfully
 Section B
1a. What is Literature?
b. Explain the three genres of Literature
c. Mention four (4) source of literature.

2a Difference between fictive and non-fiction prose and give three type each
for fictive and non-fictive prose
b. Mention three importance of literature
c. Mention two (2) dimension of literature.

3. List and Explain five type of poetry

4. List and Explain any five (5) forms of drama.

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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Literature.
Class: SS2
SECTION A
1. Another word for ‘riotous’ as used in line 14 of the poem, ‘the leader and
the led’ is ________________
A. A female dear B. Boisterous C. refined character D. An antelope.
2. Another word for ‘impalas’ are used in line 6 of the poem is ____________
A. A female dear B. Very dangerous C. refined character D. An antelope.
3. The following are moral lessons of the poem “The leader are led” Except
A. Bad leader and their characters B. The qualities of good leaders C. The
government and the people D. poverty alleviation programmers.
4. The poem “the leader and the led” is made up of _____________ stanzas
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
5. Which of the following is not a theme of the leader and the led
A. Followership B. Maturity C. Leadership D. A criticism of African
leadership and followership.

SECTION B
Let me die alone by john kolosa kargbo
1. Why did Gbanya admits before his wife that he will soon join his ancestors?
A. Because he is old B. because the governor is visiting his palace C.
because he is the ruler of mende Chiefdom D. because he dreamt that
his dead father beckon on him to come over.
2. All I want you to do is to kill the chief and help me to prevent the chiefdom
from falling into the hands of a woman’
The statement above was made by_______________
A. Gbanya B. Musa C. Lamboi D. yoko
3. Why did Musa and lamboi lured Gbanya to the poro bush to drink from a
medicine bottle poisoned with the gall of alligator.
A. Because Lamboi is interested in taking over the chiefdom from Gbanya
 B. Because they hate Gbanya C. because they hate yoko D. because they
want to persuade yoko to become the ruler of Mende Chiefdom.
4. ‘’Can our chakabulas and spears or machetes and slings with stand the guns
of the governor and his soldiers?
The statement above was made by __________________
A. Gbanya B. Musa C. Lamboi D. Yoko
5. Which of the following is not character in the play?
A. Fanneh B. Rowe C. Ngozi D. Jilo

Section C
Instruction: Answer any Three (3) questions.
a) How does “the leader and the led” justify the type of leadership in Africa?
2a. Explain three themes of “Bat” by D.H. Lawrence
b. What are the mood and tone of “Bat” by D.H. Lawrence.
3a. Mention five (5) characters and their roles in “let me die alone” by john
kolosa kargbo.
b. Discuss the setting of “Let me die alone”
4. Summarize the play “let me die alone” by John kolosa kargbo.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: CIVIC EDUCATION.
Class: SS1
Instruction: Answer any four question
1a. Explain the Meaning of values
b. Mention and Explain five type of values
c. Enumerate four attributes of contentment
2a. State four importance of values
b. Explain the meaning of community service
3a. Mention and Explain four cause of HIV/AIDS
b. State four effects of HIV/AIDS
4a. State four prevention of HIV/AIDS
b. State involvement in community service
5a. Define youth Empowerment
b. Mention and Explain Four Youth empower skills
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: CIVIC EDUCATION.
Class: SS3
Instruction: Answer any four question
1a. Explain the meaning of human Rights
b. State five characteristics of human rights
2a. Explain the meaning of political Apathy
b. Mention and explain three ways of fighting political Apathy
3a. Explain the meaning of public service
b. Mention and Explain five reason for shortcomings in the public service
4a. Explain the meaning of popular participation
b. Mention and Explain the two modes of popular participation
5. State in a tabular form four differences between categories of human right
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Geography
Class: SS1
Instruction: Answer any three questions
1a. List the various planet in ascending order to the sun and the number of
satellites present in them,
bi. Outline the functions of a small nucleated settlement.
ii. Show the eight cardinal point.
c. Draw a map of Nigeria, Showing fifteen state and their capitals.
di. A celestial body which is in orbit around the sun are numerous and possesses
various attribute. Discourse
ii. Distinguish clearly between solar system and elliptical orbit.
2a. Write short notes on
(i) The sun (ii). The moon (iii). Eclipse (iv). Two Light.
b. With the aid of appropriate diagrams, give five proofs to support your view on
the shape of the earth.
c. There are two movement made by the earth, Explain any one in details.
di. Calculate the distance between south Africa (30oS) and spain (40oN)
ii. If the distance between Lagos (40N) and Bamako is 1,665km, what latitude is
Bamako, assuming that Lagos and Bamako are in the same hemisphere.
3a. What will be the local time in Nigeria (longitude 15 OE) when it is 5.00pm
In Ethiopia (Longitude 450E).
b. A football match between Senegal on Saturday, the 22 nd of September 2015
at 6.00pm. Calculate the (i) Time (ii) Day to listen to the commentary of the
match.
c. Explain (i) Time zone (ii) Small circle
di. Give three reason why areas within the tropics have more sunshine than area
outside the tropics.
ii. List and discuss the cultural features of a village.
4a. Draw a well labelled diagram to show the internal structure of the earth.
b. What state are you from? List the local government from the state.
ci. Outline the characteristics of mantle
ii. Explain international date line
di. A solid substance that forms part of the earth’s crust are of different types,
Explain any one
ii. Find the longitude of a town Y whose time is 8.00am when the time of another
town X (Longitude 30oE) is 2.00pm the same day.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Geography
Class: SS2
Instruction: Answer question Four & Any Two question.
1a. Different earth’s external processes and land form development exist. List all
And Explain in details any two.
b. List two advantages of Koppel’s Classification.
2a. Discuss either equatorial climate or tropical continental (Sudan) climate under
The following (i) Location (ii) Areas (iii) Climate characteristics (iv) Vegetation
(v) Human activities
b. List Five climatic factors.
C. Different type of environment resources exist, List and Explain any two.
3. Discuss the following under these headings
(i) Definition (ii) Cause (iii) Effect (iv) Control.
a. Soil erosion
b. Desert encroachment
c. Flooding
d. Drought
3ii. List five contribution of transportation to the economic development of
Nigeria.
4a. What is conservation?
b. State three reasons for conservation.
ii. List four method of conserving each of the following
(i) Water (ii) Wild life
c. Draw and outline Map of Nigeria and on it, Show and name. (I) One Area for
oil palm, cotton and cocoa cultivation (ii) One forest belt and one savanna belt
(ii) One cattle rearing zone (iv) One cattle consuming zone
d. Explain any four ways in which any one of the crops named in (c) Above is
important to the economy of Nigeria.
e. What three problems face the cultivation of the crop named in (d) Above?
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Geography
Class: SS3
Instruction: Answer any four questions
1a. (i) Define trade (ii) List three major countries outside Africa that trade with
Nigeria.
b. Choose any one of these countries and names:
(i) Three major products which Nigeria export to her (ii) Three major products
Which Nigeria import from her.
c.(i) Discuss two factor responsible for the present pattern of trade between
Nigeria and that country. (ii) Describe two effect of this observed pattern of
Trade on the economy of Nigeria.
di. On a sketched map of Map of Nigeria, show and name,
(i) Three areas important for tourism (ii) One two in each of the areas.
ii. Describe the factors which led to the development of tourist Centre’s in
Nigeria.
2a. Define the following (i) Remote sensing (ii) Satellite (iii) Satellite remote
Sensing.
b. Explain the application of satellite remote sensing in the following fields
(i). Forestry (ii). Environment (III). Agriculture (iv) Transportation
c. Explain the application of geographic information system in the following
areas.
(i) Defense (ii) Agriculture (iii) Urban development (iv) Surveying.
d. What are the common pitfalls of als Implementation strategy.
3a. Explain soil profile?
b. Different factors affect soil formation, Discuss.
c. Define the following
(i) Soil colour (ii) Soil texture (iii) Soil structure (iv) Permeability (v) Porosity
di. Describe the surveyor’s chain.
ii. Outline any three problems that could be encountered in the use of the
surveyor’s chain.
4a. Write a geographical account of Tropical Grass lands under the following
Headings.
 (i) Location (ii) Climatic factors affecting the distribution (iii) Vegetation
Characteristics.
b. Explain hydrological (water) cycle
c. With examples, explain food chain, tropical level and food web.
d. Explain environmental interventions.
5a. Draw an outline map of Africa on the map, locate and name:
(i) The canary and the Madagascar islands, (ii) Drakensberg mountain
(ii) Latitude 370N and 231/20S (iv) Three Land locked countries (v) Five
Countries (vi) River Zambezi and Volta (vi)
b. Describe the position and size of Africa in relation to other continents.
c. What are the importance of Africa Rivers?
d. Discuss the characteristics of African river and lakes.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Agriculture Science
Class: SS2
Instruction: Answer any four questions
1a. Define the following terms
(i) Macro element (Nutrient) (ii) Micro element (Nutrient)
b. State the servant nutrient required by each nutrient, Mention above.
2a. What is Manuring?
b. State and explain the three types of Manure you Known
3a. Define the term water cycle?
b. Draw and labelled the diagram of water cycle you known.
4a. What is Irrigation?
b. State and explain the three type of irrigation you known.
5a. Define the term Drainage?
b. State Ten importance of Drainage.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Economics
Class: SS1
Instruction:
1a. What do you understand by the concept of economics using any scholar of
Your choice.
b. Mention and Explain basic concept of Economics.
2. List and explain basic tools of economics analysis.
3a. Define Production?
b. List and explain the type of production.
4. Explain the following factor of production
(i) Land
(ii) Labour
(iii)Capital
(iii) Entrepreneur
(5) Write short note on the following concepts.
(a) Opportunity cost
(b) Wants
(c) Choice
(d) Scarcity
6. Calculate the arithmetic mean of the following number.
4,2,5,6,3,8,4,1,8,6,56
b. Calculate the median of the following sets of value .
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Economics
Class: SS2
Instruction:
1a. In details explain the meaning of capitalism and state its features.
b. Explain four advantage and disadvantage of Capitalism.
2a. List and explain four feature of mixed economy system.
b. Enumerate five advantages of mixed economy system.
3. What type of economy system is Nigeria operating give reason for your
Answer.
4. Explain the following concept.
(a) Linear equation
(b) Simultaneous equation
(c) Range
5. What is cost of Production?
b. Explain following cost concepts using graphic
(a) Fixed cost [fc]
(b) Variable cost [VC]
(c) Total cost [TC]
(d) Average cost [AC]
6. What do you understand by the concept of the law of diminishing returns
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Economics
Class: SS3
Instruction:
1a. What do you understand by the concept of elasticity of demand?
b. Write short on the following:
(i) Unitary elasticity of demand (ii) Zero elasticity of demand (iii) Inelastic
Demand (iv) Infinity elastic of demand
2a. In a tabular form, differentiate between demand and supply.
b. List and explain the type of demand
3a. Define the basic concept of National income Account
b. Explain the following concepts
(i) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
(ii) Gross National Product (GNP)
(iii) Net National Product (NNP)
(iv) National Income (NI)
4a. List and explain the type of Market
b. Explain five condition necessary for perfect Market.
5. Write shot note on followings
(a) Monopoly
(b) Monopolistic competition
(c) Duopoly
(d) Oligopoly
(e) Monopoly
6. What are the factor that determine the national income of a country.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Government
Class: SS1
Instruction:
1a. What is government?
b. Mention five function of government
2a. Explain each of the following structure of government organs and their
Function as stated in constitution
(a) Legislative
(b) Executive
(c) Judiciary
3a. Define State and state the characteristic of the state.
b. Differentiate between state and society?
4a. What is power and mention five forms of power?
b. Define authority and list (5) type of Authority
5a. According to Abraham Lincoln define Democracy as……?
b. What are the characteristics of Democracy
6a. What do you understand by the concept of political socialization?
b. Mention Agents of political socialization.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Government
Class: SS2
Instruction:
1a. Explain the concept of political franchise
b. List and explain the two (2) type of Franchise.
c. Explain the criteria for voting and to be voted for in restricted Franchise.
2a. Explain in detail the meaning of electrical commission.
b. Mention five roles of the electoral commission.
3a. What do you understand by concept of public opinion?
b. List and explain the measurement of public opinion
4a. Electoral system can be define as?
b. State characteristics of electoral system
5a. Explain the meaning of free and fair election
b. What are the features of free and fair election
6a. Define public cooperation?
b. Mention functions of public co-operation
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: CHEMISTRY
Class: SS2
Instruction: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY THREE
a) Consider the first twenty element of the periodic table and the following
elements 2, Sc, 22Ti, 26Mn, 44Ru, 76Os, 57La, 68Er, 97Bk, 98Cf, 86Rn.
a) Construct a periodic table for the elements.
b) Which of the element do not form compound easily? Why?
c) Which of the element forms? (i) +L ion (ii) – L ion
d) Which of the element is
(i) The strongest oxidizing element (ii) The strongest reducing
agent.
e) Which of the element has
I. The highest electronegativity ii. The lowest electronegativity
iii. The highest ionization energy iv. The lowest ionization
energy.
f) Which of the element are in the family known as.
i) Alkali metals (ii) Rare gases (iii) Halogens (iv) Alkali earth
metals
g) List two (i) metal element (ii) metalloid element (iii) Non-metal
elements.
h) Which of the compound has (i) lower boiling point (ii) The higher
solubility in water.
i) Which element has the highest atomic volume and lowest atomic
volume.
j) Which element has the highest ionic radius and lowest ionic radius
k) List the transition elements.
l) Which element is an actinide
m) Which element is a lanthanide
n) State periodic law.
b) a) What is meant by rate of a chemical reaction?
b) Explain in terms of the collision theory
c) The effect of temperature increase on a reaction rate.
 ii. How the rate of a gaseous reaction is affected by an increase in
pressure.
c. The photocatalytic reaction between hydrogen and chlorine, when carried
out in a dimly lit room, is represented by the following equation;
H2(g) + Cl2(g) 2Hcl(g), DH = - x KJmol-1
i. Sketch an energy profile diagram for the reaction
ii. Explain what happen when the reaction is carried out in sunlight.
d. Consider the reaction represented by the equation
Mgcs, + 2Hclcaq Mgcl2 (aq) + H2(g)
i. Name the type of reaction involved
ii. Give two ways by which the reaction could be made faster
iii. What volume of hydrogen gas would be produced from 6.0g of the
magnesium?
(1 + =l, 1 mole of a gas occupy 22.4dm3 at S.t.p)
3a. Differentiate between exothermic and endothermic reaction.
b. When 5.6g of potassium hydroxide is dissolved in 100cm 3 of water, the
following results are obtained
Mass of water = 100g
Initial temperature of water = 25o c
Finial temperature of water = 38o c
c. Calculate the entropy change for the reaction
H2(g) + Cl2(g) 2Hcl(g)
Give that
SꝊ H2 = 13 IJK-1 mol-1 SꝊ CL2 = 223JK-1 mol-1
SꝊ Hcl = 187JK-1 mol-1
d. Calculate (i) the standard enthalpy change, DH SꝊ
(ii) the standard enthalpy change, DSꝊ (iii) the standard free energy
change, at30o and 500oC. for the reaction
Fe2o3(s) + 3H2(g) 2Fe(s) + 3H2o(g)
Give that the standard entropies of Fe2o3(s), H2, Fe and H2o are 90, 131, 27 and 189
JK-1 mol-1 respectively and the standard enthalpies are -822, 0.0, 0.0, and -242
KJmol-1 respectively.
4a) State Le chatelier’s principle
b. Different factor affects equilibrium. List and explain
c. The following results were obtained during the analysis of a reaction.
 CO2(s) + H2(g) H2O(g) + CO(g)
(CO2) = 0.75M, (H2) = 0.32M, (H2O) – 0.30M, (CO) = 0.55M
Calculate the equilibrium constant for the reaction.

d. The equilibrium constant at 250c for the reaction

H2(g) + S(s) H2 S(g) is 6.0 x 105.
Calculate: (i) Standard enthalpy change, DHꝊ (ii) Standard free energy change DGꝊ
(ii) Standard entropy change, DSꝊ.
Give that the enthalpy values for H2(g), S(s) and H2 S(g) are 0.0, 0.0, and –
2LKJmol-1 respectively. (R = 8.314JK-1 mol-1)
e. Explain contact process.
5a. (i) consider the reaction represented by the equation
2502(g) + O2(g) V2O5 2503(g) DH = -188KJ
Write an expression for the equilibrium constant
(ii) State with reason, the effect of the following on the position of
equilibrium of the system on (i) Increase in temperature (ii)Increase in pressure
(iii) Removal of some of the SO3 produced (iv) Presence of V2O5

b. Define stoichiometry of reactions

c. 1 dm3 of 0.3M solution contains 0.3 mole of Na2 co3. Relative molar mass of
Naco3 = 106g.
d. 50cm3 of CO mixed and sparked with 200cm3 of air containing 21% of O2. If all
the volume of the residual gases.

6a. 25.0g of potassium chloride were dissolved in 80g of distilled water at 30 0 c,

Calculate the solubility of the solute in mole dm3 (K =39, CL= 35.5)
b. Explain the type of hardness. It effects and method of removal.
c. Defined the following
a) Colloids (b) Solutions (c) Solubility (d) Solute.
d. 500cm3 of a saturated solution of aluminum chloride contains 26.7g
dissolved in it at 450c.
What is the solubility in mole dm-3 at this temperature.
e. List two importance of solubility curves.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Biology
Class: SS1
Instruction: Answer any four (4) questions.
1a. Define Photosynthesis
b. List three (3) importance of Photosynthesis
c. Name five (5) condition necessary for Photosynthesis to take place.
2a. Define the following
(I) Science (ii) Biology (iii) Zoology (iv) Botany (v) Morphology
b. List the stages involved in scientific approach
c. Mention four (4) usefulness of science
3a. State two characteristic for each of the following. Groups of orgasms.
(i) Pisces (fishes) (ii). Coelenterate (iii). Amphibian (iv). Aves (birds)
(v). Mammals.
4a. Explain briefly the cell theory
b. Name four (4) scientist who contributed to the development of the cell theory
c. In a tabular form, state. Three (3) differences between plant and animal cells.
5a. What is diffusion?
b. Mention four (4) factors affecting or controlling diffusion.
c. State three (3) differences between plasmolysis and hemolysis
6a. List three (3) forms in which living cells exist and give one example each of
the form.
b. State five (5) similarities between plant cell and animal cell.
c. What is Cell?
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Physics
Class: SS1
Instruction: Answer any four (4) question
Question One
a) What is Physic?
b) Give three (3) reason or Benefit of studying physics
c) List and Explain ten (10) career opportunities in physics
d) What are Fundamental and derived units.

Question Two (2)

a) Give the differences between fundamental and derived units
b) What are fundamental and derived quantities.
c) Give five (5) example each for fundamental and derived quantities.
d) What is dimension of physical quantity
e) Draw the following (i) Rectangle (ii) Cuboid (iii) Cone

Question Three (3)

a) Define the following (i) Position (ii) Displacement (iii) Distance
b) Explain with the aid of diagram instrument used for the measurement of
distance.
c) X motorist travels from a town A to a town B, 145km distance in 3hours
45mins find his average speed in km/h and m/s.
d) What is time?
e) List and explain with the aid of diagram two devices for measuring time.

Question Four (4)

a) Give the differences between Mass and weight in tabular form.
b) What is Motion
c) List and explain the types of Motion with aid of diagram where necessary.
d) What is Force?
e) List and explain the type of Force
 Question Five (5)
a) What is friction?
b) State and explain the method of reducing friction
c) Give three (3) disadvantages of friction.
d) State four (4) application (Advantages) of friction.

Question Six (6)

a) Explain the following
(I) Velocity
(ii) Speed
(iii) Uniform and Non-Uniform Speed.
(iv) Rectilinear Motion
b) What is Velocity Time graph?
c) Explain the following
(i) Jerk
(ii) Jounce
(iii) Acceleration.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Mathematics
Class: SS1
Instruction:
Question One (1)
a) Simplify the following
(i). 102 x 103 (ii). 22n7 / 2n3 (iii). (3x)-3 (iv). (x2)3 (v). (Z3)5
b) Simplify the following
(i) 41/6 x 41/3 (ii) 91/2 (iii) (80/50)-1/2 (iv)
72a3b-2
2a5b-6
c) Express the following in standard form.
(i) 567 (ii) 97530 (iii) 0.006313
d) Evaluate by setting not Logarithm work.
(i) 34.83 X 5.427 (ii) 3 350

Question Two (2)

a) Simplify the following
(i) (1 5/8 + 1 3/5) / 53/8 (ii) 11/9 / 11/3 x 33/5
b) 3/5 of a class of 40 students study history and ¾ study graphy-Every
Student studies at least one of these subjects
(i) How many student study both subjects?
(ii) What fraction of the class studies history but not geography?

Question Three (3)

a) The price of a set of carpet is given as #45,000 or #21,000 down and the
balance in 12monthy payment of #2,475. What percentage more will be
paid if the set is bought on hire purchase?
b) Increase 180ml by 40%
c) Decrease #3600 by 15%
d) A mat is bought for #420 and sold at a profit of 35%. Calculate the selling
price.
e) Calculate the simple interest on #45,000 which is borrowed for 2year at
16% per annum.

Question Four (4)

a) Convert the following
(i) 4et12 to base ten
(ii) 2077ten to base eight
(iii) 12648 to base ten.
b) Simplify the following
(i) 9a – 5a – 8a + 10a
(ii) 5x – 8x + x + 3y
(iii) 4(3x – 5y + z).
c) Simplify the following
(i) 4a + 13 – 2a – 3
5 3

ii. X x-2
x+2 x-3

d) Factories the following

(i) 2a3 – 5a2 - a
(ii) 15a3b4c – 6a2b5c2

Question Five (5)

a) If W = {whole number between 2 and 10} find n (w)
b) If S = {b, a, d, c, a, d} (ii) Q = {d, a, c, e}.
c) Solve (i) 4 – 4x = 9 – 12x
(ii) 3(4c – 7) – 4 (4c – 1) =0
d) Solve the following equation
3
/4x – 12/3 = ¾ (3x + 2) – 2.