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Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks.
(i) I am indebted ______________ him for the help he gave me.
(ii) She has always confided ______ him.
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August 16, 2019
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blanks.
(i) His __________ (deceive) cost him his life.
(ii) The dog barked __________ to the stranger. (menace)
(iii) The ______ between Kameno and Makuyu is damaging. (enemy)
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August 16, 2019
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In triangle ABC below, AC=BC, AB is parallel to DE, AB=15cm, DE=7.5cm and BE=6cm.
Calculate
a) Length CE
b) Area of quadrilateral ABED.
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August 16, 2019
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3. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow
I laugh at Amin
I laugh with all the skulls
Amin holds in his hands
With those perched on his shoulder
and the ones in an infinite queue
behind his back
I laugh with the victims of
the 1976 firing squad.
They were dead long before
the gunmen fired
I laugh at bullets wasted
I chuckle with the heads of school
across the nation.
It tickles to extract money
From an army of tortured widows
I remember in our school
only one child had a father
we were curious about her
we laughed to discover
she was Amin’s daughter.
I laugh with the ghost of Kay Amin
Remembering Amin astride
her dismembered body
calling her “wicked woman”
before her bereaved children.
But mainly I laugh
that seventeen years after
the man was forced to retire
Ugandans still sob at the mention of his name
surely my people lack
a good sense of humour.
(Susan NalugwaKiguli)
(a) What are we told about Amin in this poem?
(b) Identify and illustrate the main stylistic feature in the first stanza?
(c) In the last two lines, the persona claims to have a ‘good sense of humour’. Comment on the persona’
sense of humour
(d) Describe the tone of this poem.
(e) Give two lessons that we learn from this poem.
(f) Identify and illustrate other two stylistic devices used in this poem.
(g) With illustrations from the poem, say who the persona is
(h) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the poem.
(i) Chuckle
(ii) Dismembered
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August 16, 2019
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Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: Still I think the sick are those who most need taking care of.
Rank: (shrugging his shoulders) Yes, there you are. That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house. (NORA, who has been absorbed in her thoughts, breaks out into smothered laugher and claps her hands).
Rank: Why do you laugh at that? Have you any notion what Society really is?
Nora: 'What do I care about tiresome Society? I am laughing at something quite different, something extremely amusing. Tell me, Doctor Rank, are all the people who are employed in the Bank dependent on Torvald now?
Rank: Is that what you find so extremely amusing?
Nora: (smiling and humming) That's my affair! (walking about the room) It's perfectly glorious to think that we have — that Torvald has so much power over so many people. (takes the packet in her pocket) Doctor Rank, what do you say to a macaroon?
Rank: What, macaroons? I thought they were forbidden here.
Nora: Yes, but these are some Christine gave me.
Mrs. Linde: What! I ?-
Nora: Oh, well, don't be ashamed! You couldn't know that Torvald had forbidden them. I must tell you that he is afraid they will spoil my teeth. But, bah! — once in a way —That's so, isn't it, Doctor Rank? By your leave! (Puts a macaroon into her mouth) You must have one too, Christine. And I shall have one, just a little one — or at most two. (walking about) I am tremendously happy. There is just one thing in the world now that I should dearly love to do.
Rank: Well, what is that?
Nora: It's something I should dearly love to say. If Torvald could hear me.
Rank: Well, why can't you say it?
Nora: No, I daren't; it is so shocking.
Mrs. Linde: Shocking?
Rank: Well, I should not dvise you to say it. Still, with us you might. What is ti you would so much like to say if Torvald could hear you?
Nora: I should just love to say— Well, I'm dammed!
Rank: Are you mad?
Mrs. Linde: Nora, dear- !
Rank: Say it, here he is! Nora (hiding her packet) Hush! Hush! Hush! ) HELMER comes out of his room, with his coat over his arm and his hat in his hand.)
Nora: Well, Torvald dear, have you got rid of him?
Helmer: Yes, he has just gone.
Nora: Let me introduce you — this is Christine, who has come to town
Helmer: Christine - ? Excuse me, but I don't know — Of course. School friends of my wife's I presume?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, we have known each other since then.
Nora: And just think, she has taken a long journey in order to see you.
Helmer: What do you mean? Mrs. Linde. No, really, I—
Nora: And when she heard you had been appointed manager of the Bank — she travelled here as quick as she could Torvald, I am sure you will be able to do something for Christine, for my sake, won't you?
Questions
a) Why does Mrs. Linde feel that those who are sick need taking care of?
b) Identify use of symbolism in the excerpt.
c) Give Nora's traits brought out in the excerpt.
d) What amuses Nora when she finds out that Helmer has so much power over many people? Explain
e) What is it that Nora would dearly love to say?
f) Hush! Hush! Hush! Identify the style used here.
g) What happens immediately after the excerpt?
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August 16, 2019
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Mr. Owino spends a quarter of his salary on school fees. He spends two-thirds of the remainder on food and a fifth of what is left on transport. He saves the balance. In a certain month he saved Sh.3400. What is his salary?
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August 16, 2019
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Name the major types industries located in Thika town.
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August 15, 2019
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Tsuma bought some rice at sh 30 per kg.He packed two- fifths of the rice in 2kg packets which he sold at shs. 85 per packet. He packed the other three- fifths in 3 kg packets and sold thee at shs. 120 per packet. He sold all the rice in this way and made a profit of sh. 4400.
a) Determine the amount of rice bought.
b) Calculate to one decimal place.
i) The percentage profit he made.
ii) The percentage profit she would have made if he had sold all the rice in 2kg packet.
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August 15, 2019
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Distinguish between a fault and a fold.
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August 15, 2019
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Use tables of reciprocal only to work out
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August 15, 2019
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Under an enlargement centre ( 2,1) the image of P ( 1,-1) is P` ( 4,5). Determine the scale factor of the enlargement
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August 15, 2019
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What does Kenya stand to gain by the revival of the East African Community?
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August 15, 2019
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The sum of the digits in three digit number is nine. The tens ten is digits half the sum of the other two and the hundreds digit is half the units digit. Find the number.
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August 15, 2019
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Differentiate between the weak and the strong axioms of revealed preferences
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August 15, 2019
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Find the equation of a line perpendicular to 2x +4Y = 8, which crosses the line at its y –Intercept.
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August 15, 2019
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If x: y = 4:7 and y :z = 5:3 find the ratio x:y: z
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August 15, 2019
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Describe the utility function
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August 15, 2019
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Give the two approaches to the study of utility
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August 15, 2019
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Describe the shape taken by the indifference curve of imperfect substitutes
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August 15, 2019
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Describe the shape taken by the indifference curve of neutral goods
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August 15, 2019
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The diagram below (not drawn to scale) shows the position of a harbor H and three islands A,B and C. C is due North of H. The bearing of A from H is 0620 and angle HAB=1280 HA=54km and AB=31km.
a) Calculate the distance HB
b) Find the bearing of B from A
c) Given that the bearing of A from C is 1330, calculate AC
d) A light ship L is positioned due North of H and equidistant from A and H.
Calculate HL.
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August 15, 2019
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The differential amplifier shown in Fig. 7.14 has a differential voltage gain of 2500 and a CMRR of 30,000. A single-ended input signal of 500 μV r.m.s. is applied. At the same time, 1V, 50 Hz interference signal appears on both inputs as a result of radiated pick-up from the a.c. power system.
(i) Determine the common-mode gain.
(ii) Express the CMRR in dB.
(iii) Determine the r.m.s. output signal.
(iv) Determine the r.m.s. interference voltage on the output.
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August 15, 2019
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Describe the shape taken by the indifference curve of perfect complements
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August 15, 2019
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Describe the shape taken by the indifference curve of perfect substitutes
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August 15, 2019
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Highlight the economic assumptions about consumer preferences
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August 15, 2019
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How do price and income policies control inflation
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August 15, 2019
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A differential amplifier has a voltage gain of 150 and a CMRR of 90 dB. The input signals are 50 mV and 100 mV with 1 mV of noise on each input. Find (i) the output signal (ii) the noise on the output.
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August 15, 2019
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How do monetary policies control inflation
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August 15, 2019
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A differential amplifier has an output of 1V with a differential input of 10 mV and an output of 5 mV with a common-mode input of 10 mV. Find the CMRR in dB.
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August 15, 2019
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List any three factors that influence international trade.
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August 15, 2019