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The diagram below shows the frustum of a rectangular based pyramid. The base ABCD is a rectangle of side 24cm by 12cm.The top EFGH is a rectangle of side 14cm by 7cm.Each of the slanting edges of the frustum is 13cm.
Determine the
a.altitude of the frustum
b.angle between the line AG and the base ABCD
c.Volume of the frustum
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Your school is participating in a debate on the motion, 'Technology has brought more harm than good.' How would your listeners lead to your failure in presentation?
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
i). Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem.
ii).Identify any two sound patterns used in the poem above.
iii). How would you perform the last line of the poem?
iv). Which words would you stress in the first line?
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Fill in the blanks spaces in the passage below with an appropriate word.
Probably no type of test question (i)................ students so much as an essay question. Usually they fear being (ii) ................ with questions that demand somewhat lengthy answers (iii)......... intelligible prose. Essay questions (iv) ........... are necessary because they test for the type (v) .............. information that objective questions tend to ignore. (vi)........... essay questions enables the tester to determine a student’s ability to put facts into perspective and to draw subjective conclusions. You should (vii) ................ an essay with the same care as you would any formal written (viii) ............... A careful reading of the question is indispensable. You must determine (ix) ................ what it is the question seeks to discover. It is also good practice to sketch out an (x) .....................before you begin
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Use a suitable phrasal quantifier to fill the blank spaces below.
i) There is .................. of fish in the pond.
ii) He bought .............. of toothpaste at the canteen.
iii) Students were told to buy ...............printing papers
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks in the sentences below.
i) His composition was amazing .............any standards
ii) The Principal conferred ............... the teachers before making a decision.
iii) She fainted............ hearing the shocking news
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Use the words given in brackets correctly to complete the sentences below.
i) The choir sang the school anthem so .................(melody)
ii) The money was meant for our ..........at school. (sustain)
iii) The project failed because of serious ............. (manage)
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
i) When they entered the field, it started raining. (Begin Hardly...) ....................
ii) She is too fearful to go out at night (Begin So...that) ........................
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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The volume V of a cylinder varies jointly as the square of the radius R and the height H. If the radius is increased by 10% and the height decreased by 20% find the percentage change in the volume.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
HOW CIRCUMCISION CAME TO BUKUSULAND
At Mwiala wa Mango, there was a great man-eating snake. The snake usually crawled out of his dwelling place among the hills and roamed about the countryside in search of human beings. The local people did not know what to do to get rid of this menace that claimed more and more victims as days went by. Then, in their greatest hour of need, a savior in the person of Mango came.
Mango of Mwiala had by his first marriage two sons whom he greatly loved. Early one morning the boys set out to graze their father’s cattle at the riverside. While the cattle were pushing and fighting over the salt lick, the boys settled down to molding calf bulls. They had barely finished making their first two bulls when they heard a tremendous stampede from the salt lick. Cows, bulls, oxen and calves with raised tails came galloping out of the salt lick holes. The boys hastily picked up their chindare sticks and made for the nearest anthill in order to see the cause of this pandemonium. And there, below them, was the monster casually looking around. It stared at them hard and its many tongues shot out. With a cry and a leap, the boys ran for their lives but it was too late. Mango lost his loved ones to the murderous monster.
He sharpened and resharpened his embalu as tears of bitter sorrow rolled down his cheeks. “I must follow the way my beloved ones took to the ancestors.” Day came and Mango started for the hills. The sun was in the centre of the sky when he came to the lonely and forbidding hills. He looked around the cave and newly overturned pebbles showed that the beast was out seeking human flesh. Armed only with embalu and a tree stump, he crawled into the cave. At the mouth of the cave, he put the tree stump and started his long unnerving watch.
In the meantime, news of what Mango was set on doing had spread through the neighbourhood. People from far and wide had come to his home and were anxiously waiting for him. The sun slowly crept towards the west. Its gentle rays fell upon his glittering embalu and he mumbled, ‘It is the light of ghosts already.’ Suddenly, he heard the sound of stones and pebbles knocking against each other. His hand muscles stood out like twisted cords as he tightened his grip on the embalu. He spat on his palm and adjusted his grip. Raising his embalu above his head, he spat upon his chest asking for his ancestors’ protection. The cave became dark as the monsters head rested upon the tree stump. The raised hand came down swiftly and to the mark. A spout of blood told the rest of the story. At his feet lay the headless beast.
His embalu dripping with blood, he rushed to the nearest rock and gave a piercing cry into the gathering darkness. It was a cry of triumph and those who heard it jumped up for joy. He was carried shoulder high amid singing and dancing.
His heroism was acknowledged by the neighbouring Barua tribe, who offered him a beautiful bride. But he had to be circumcised first before he could take his bride. This was the custom of the Barua. Thus, Mango became the father of circumcision in Bukusuland.
a) Classify the above narrative.
b) Describe the character of the following.
i) Mango
ii) The Barua
c) How did Mango become the savior of the people?
d) Identify the socio-economic activities of the community from which the narrative taken.
e) Comment on the following.
i) The sun slowly crept towards the west.
ii) It is the light of ghosts already.
f) Explain how suspense is created in this narrative.
g) Identify FOUR features that show this is an oral narrative.
h) What do we learn from this narrative?
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
HELMER: Naturally you are thinking of your father.
NORA: Yes – yes, of course. Just recall to your mind what these malicious creatures wrote in the papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him. I believe they would have procured his dismissal if the department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so kindly disposed and helpful to him.
HELMER: My little Nora, there is an important difference between your father and me. Your father’s reputation as a public officer was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will continue to be so, as long as I hold my office.
NORA: You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. We ought to be so well off, so snug and happy here in our peaceful home, and have no cares – you and I and the children, Torvald! That is what I beg you so earnestly –
HELMER: And if it did?
HELMER: Of course! – if only this obstinate little person can get her way! Do you suppose I am going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people think that I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of outside influence? I should very soon feel the consequences of it, I can tell you! And besides, there is one thing that makes it quite impossible for me to have Krogstad in the Bank as long as I am a manager.
NORA: Whatever is that?
HELMER: His moral failings I might have perhaps overlooked, if necessary
NORA: yes, you could – couldn’t you?
HELMER: And I hear he is a good worker, too. But I knew him when we were boys. It was one of those rash friendships that so often prove an incubus in afterlife. I may as well tell you plainly, we were once on very intimate terms with one another. But this tactless fellow lays no restraint on himself when other people are present. On the contrary, he thinks it gives him the right to adopt a familiar tone with me, and every minute it is “I say, Helmer, old fellow!” and that sort of thing. I assure you it is extremely painful for me. He would make my position in the Bank intolerable.
NORA: Torvald, I don’t believe you mean that.
HELMER: Don’t you? Why not?
NORA: Because it is such a narrow-minded way of looking at things.
HELMER: What are you saying? Narrow-minded? Do you think I am narrow-minded?
NORA: No just the opposite, dear – and it is exactly for that reason.
HELMER: It’s the same thing. You say my point of view is narrow-minded, so I must be so too. Narrow-minded! Very well – I must put an end to this. (Goes to the hall door and calls) Helen!
a) Briefly explain Nora’s fear as revealed in the extract
b) According to the excerpt, why is Helmer reluctant to retain Krogstad as a worker in the Bank?
c) Helmer is disingenuous in his dismissal of Nora’s suggestion that Krogstad should be retained in his job. Explain this statement with clear illustrations from the excerpt.
d) Contrast the character of Krogstad as revealed in the excerpt.
e) Comment on Nora’s character as brought out in in the excerpt.
f) Torvald refers to Nora as an ‘obstinate little person.’ What does this reveal about Torvald’s attitude towards Nora as his wife? Cite one example from this excerpt and another one from elsewhere in the play to illustrate your answer.
g) Describe the mood created at the end of the excerpt.
h) Torvald says, 'His moral failings I might have perhaps overlooked, if necessary –.' By whom and how else in the play is Krogstad referred to in a disgraceful manner in the play?
i) ‘...an incubus in afterlife.’ What does this phrase mean as used in the excerpt?
j) What happens immediately after this excerpt and how does it finally affect their marriage?
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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The masses of two objects to the nearest 100g are 51kg, and 43kg find the percentage error in the difference of their masses.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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List four general rules to observe when making flour mixtures.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Explain the procedure of cleaning the following items before you resume school.
(a) A plastic basin used by your sick auntie.
(b) A plain kitchen table used to cut raw
(c) A long sleeved silk blouse.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Identify the correct direction to press the following darts during garment construction.
(i) Front shoulder dart
(ii) Bust dart
(iii) Elbow dart
(iv) Back waist dart
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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State two factors that may make meat dry and tough after roasting.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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A and B are points on latitude 700N.Their longitudes are 620W and 1180E respectively. Find the shortest distance between A and B in nautical miles.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Peter invested a certain amount of money in a financial institution at compound interest compounded quarterly. At the end of the third year it had amounted to sh 18980 and by the end of the fifth year it had amounted to sh 20530. Find the rate of interest
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Explain two ways home science relates to geography.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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A mixture is made by mixing 4kg of long grain rice costing sh 60 per kg with 9kg of short grain rice costing sh 50 per kg. How many kilograms of long grain rice should be added to the mixture so that the resulting mixture can be sold at sh 66 per kg and a profit of 20% is made.
Date posted:
September 24, 2019
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Unda nomino kutokana na kivumishi kifuatacho:
Tepetevu
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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A particle starts from rest at a point O and moves along a straight line coming to rest at another point B.During the motion its velocity V meters per second after t seconds is given by V=9t2 – 2t3.
Calculate the:
(a)time taken for the particle to reach point B.
(b)time taken for the particle to attain maximum velocity.
(c)maximum velocity attained.
(d)the distance covered during the first 3 seconds.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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The figure below shows a right pyramid with a square block at its base. The sides of the base are 40cm and the height of the base is 30cm.M is the midpoint of WX such that VM=29cm.
Calculate:
(a)The vertical height of vertex V from the plane ABCD.
(b)The angle between plane of VWX and VyZ.
(c)The projection of the line yV to the plane wxyz.
(d)The angle between the planes WXCD and ABCD.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Andika upya sentensi kwa kutumia "O" rejeshi tamati.
Gari lililoanguka si lile unalolizungumzia.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Tunga sentensi sahihi ukitumia vitenzi vifuatavyo katika hali ya kufanyiza.
i) - La
ii) - Nywa
iii) -Fa
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Toa maana mbili ya sentensi ifuatayo:
Leteni!
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Yakinisha sentensi ifuatayo katika wakati ujao hali timilifu wingi.
Msomi hakutuzwa siku hiyo.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Wekesa and Ndinda working together can cultivate a piece of land in 6 days. Wekesa alone can complete the work in 15 days. After the two had worked for 4 days Wekesa withdrew the services. Find the time taken by Ndinda to complete the remaining work.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Kanusha sentensi ifuatayo :-
Kuliko na vita kwahitaji amani.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019
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Bainisha shamirisho kipozi na kitondo katika sentensi hii.
Nyanya ametengezewa kitanda kizuri na mjukuu wake.
Date posted:
September 23, 2019