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Nairobi and Mtito Andei are 240km apart. A bus left Nairobi at 9:00am and travelled towards Mtito Andei at 80km/hr. 45 minutes later, a car left Mtito Andei for Nairobi at a speed of 100Km/hr.Calculate the distance covered by the bus before meeting the car.
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August 16, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed without changing the meaning.
i) Is she the only entrant for the 100-metre race? (Begin: aren’t…)
ii) The second meal she cooked was even less successful than the first.
(Rewrite using ..... as .....as.....)
iii) I expect you to do well in this exam if you follow the instructions (Rewrite using unless instead of if)
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August 16, 2019
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Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
“NATURALLY”
I fear the workers: they writhe in bristling grass
And wormy mud: out with dawn, back with dusk.
Depart with seed, and return with fat- bursting fruits.
And I ate the fruit.
And still they toil at boiling point,
in head – splitting noise and threatening saws:
They suck their energy from slimy cassava
And age – rusty water taps: till they make a Benz
And I ride in the benz: festooned with
stripped rags and python copper coiling monsters
While the workers clap their blistered hands
And I overrun their kids.
They build their hives: often out
of broken bones of fallen mates
And I drone in them – “state house”
Them,“collegize” them, officialize them.
And I……. I whore their daughters
Raised in litter – rotting hovels
And desiring a quickquickhighhighlifelife
To break the bond.
And I tell the workers to unite:
knowing well that they can’t see, hear or understand:
what with sweat and grim sealing their ears
And eyes already blasted with welding sparks,
And me speaking a colourless tongue
But one day a rainstorm shall flood
The litter rotten hovels and
wash the workers’ ears and eyes clean,
Refresh the tattered muscles for a long – delayed blow
a)Describe the working conditions of the workers as depicted in stanza 1 and 2.
b) The persona assumes different roles in stanza 3, 4 and 6.With illustrations explain these roles.
c) Identify and explain 2 images from the poem
d) Which bond do the girls want to break in stanza 5 and how do they do it.
e) What reasons are given for the workers’ inability to understand the persona?
f) What is the poem suggesting in the last stanza?
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August 16, 2019
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P (5, -4) and Q (-1, -2) are points on a straight line. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of PQ giving your answer in the form y = mx + c.
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August 16, 2019
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Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Rank: Is there anything wrong?
Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something it is my new dress —
Rank: What? Your new dress is lying there.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one; butthis is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn't know about it —
Rank: Oho! Then that was the great secret.
Nora: Of course. Just go in to him; he is sitting in the inner room, Keep him as long as—
Rank: Make your kind easy; I won't let him escape. (Goes into HELMER'S room)
Nora: (to the MAID) And he is standing waiting in the kitchen?
Maid: Yes, he came up the back stairs.
Nora: But didn't you tell him no one was in?
Maid: Yes, but it was no good.
Nora: He won't go away?
Maid: No; he says he won't until he has seen you, ma'am.
Nora: Well, let him come in —but quietly. Hellen, you mustn't say anything about it to anyone. It is a surprise for my husband.
Maid: Yes, ma'am, i quite understand. (Exit)
Nora: This dreadful thing is going to happen! It will happen in spite of me! No, no, no, it can't happen — it shan't happen! (She bolts the door of HELMER'S room. The MAID opens the hall door for KROGSTAD and shuts it after him. He is wearing a fur coat, high boots and a furcap.)
Nora: (advancing towards him) Speak low — my husband is at home.
Krogstad: No matter about that.
Nora: What do you want of me?
Krogstad: An explanation of something.
Nora: Make haste then. What is it?
Krogstad: You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
Nora: I couldn't prevent it, Mr. Krogstade I fought as hard as a I could on your side, but it was no good.
Krogstad: Does your husband love you so little, then? He knows what I can expose you to, and yet he ventures —
Nora: How can you suppose that he has any knowledge of the sort?
Questions:
a) Place the excerpt in its immediate context.
b) What is it that Nora claims to be another that she ordered? What does it reveal about her character trait?
c) This dreadful thing is going to happen! What is it that Nora fears will happen?
d) What character trait of Nora is brought out in the excerpt?
e) What is the presentation of Rank in the excerpt? .
f) What major theme comes out in the excerpt?
g) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt?
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow.
As amatter of courtesy, we had decided we would not eat until he arrived. Although he was expected at six o’clock in the evening, it was not until two hours later that he showed up. Not only had we grown impatient andirritated, but our attitude towards
him was also becoming hostile. We had looked forward to his coming because those among us who knew him had spoken highly of him.but doubtful thoughts now crept into our minds and we resented his apparent lack of consideration. The aroma of freshly cooked dishes gradually disappeared as our keen appetites intensified our restlessness.
A screech of brakes, a sudden buzz of activity and a group of solemn looking officials walking briskly into the hall announced his arrival. He was dressed in full uniform which was awe-inspiring, with his tall, well-proportioned figure, he was quite imposing. We immediately settled down to the now cold meal which we ate sparingly and in silence. Then the ceremony began.
The chairman made a brief introductory speech and then invited the guest speaker to address us. We clapped politely. He stood up, looked around the room and before he began to speak, glanced and smiled at each person in turn. His warm and sincere manner disarmed us and dissolved our hostility. The reasons for his lateness were so genuine that we felt ashamed of our ill- feelings towards him. We accepted his apology gladly.
No sooner had he begun his address than we realized that we had an interesting and thought -provoking evening ahead of us. Instead of the usual state pronouncements of administrators like himself, he spoke about real issues that face our generation and which few people have the courage or the conviction to discuss. But he warned that we should not be completely satisfied because there were areas where we had done very little. He said that we needed a sense of discipline in our national affairs. His talk was illustrated with descriptions of our disregard for traffic regulations. My colleagues nodded in agreement.
My mind began wandering. I thought of many drunken drivers I had seen and the numerous grisly accidents I had witnessed. The speaker was right. I remembered the scenes at bus stations and ‘matatu’
stands at peak hours and at the end of the month. I recalled the pushing, jostling and scrambling crowds
struggling for a place .It then dawned on me that we often thought only of our comfort and convenience. We ignored the
desperate, beseeching eyes of the children, the weak and the handicapped.
I woke from my day dream. The speaker was now expressing his concern about poor use of leisure time. After work, bars were full to overflowing while in homes wives remained without husbands and children without fathers. Free time was used unproductively. In conclusion he stressed the dangers of behaving irresponsibly and deplored the bad use of public facilities. He cited the examples of careless garbage disposal and thoughtless use of public toilets. Wasn’t it ironical to hear people complaining when the outcome of their own misdeeds inconvenienced them or posed danger to their health? He sat amidst hearty applause. We scrambled to shake his hands and assured him that his talk had inspired and encouraged us to exercise discipline in our own lives.
i) Why were the people disappointed and angry?
ii) Why do you think the food was eaten sparingly and in silence?
iii) Explain the reason for the change of attitude towards the guest speaker.
iv) On what lines did the narrator’s mind wander in the course of the speech?
v) What factors was the speaker highlighting when the narrator came out of his reverie?
vi) According to the passage, lack of discipline in different areas leads to undesirable results. What are the results of the following?
i) Disregard for traffic regulations.
ii) Concern only for personal convenience.
iii) Poor use of leisure time.
vii) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
i) had spoken highly of him
ii)disarmed
iii)beseeching.
iv) dawned on me.
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Explain the effect of hydrogen chloride on blue and red litmus papers when it is dissolved in water and in methylbenzene.
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August 16, 2019
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Explain the meanings of the following sentences.
i) Only Mutungispoke to him.
(ii) Mutungi spoke to him only.
(iii) Mutungi only spoke to him.
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August 16, 2019
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Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions.
(i) Mwende is indebted ______ him for the help he gave me.
(ii) The thief who snatched my bag walked __________ a limp.
(iii) Harambee stars won because the spectators cheered them.
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August 16, 2019
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A particle moves on a straight line. The velocity after to seconds is given by v = 3t2 – 6t – 8. The distance of the particle from the origin after one second is 10 metres. Calculate the distance of the particle from the origin after 2 seconds.
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August 16, 2019
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For the differentiator circuit shown in Fig. 9.20, determine the output voltage if the input goes from 0V to 10V in 0.4s. Assume the input voltage changes at constant rate.
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(i) The young man was very hungry. He swallowed the food without chewing it. (Begin: So.....)
(ii) The oil company has established petrol station here. (Rewrite beginning: A petrol station ......)
iii)The principal advised the students to consider the consequences of their behavior. (Rewrite in direct speech.)
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Fig. 9.19 (i) shows the square wave input to a differentiator circuit. Find the output voltage if input goes from 0V to 5V in 0.1 ms.
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
I AM TIRED OF TALKING IN METAPHORS
I will talk plainly
Because I am moved to abandon riddles
I will tell you of how
We held our heads in our hands
Because the owl hooted all night
And the dogs howled as if mourning
We awaited the bad news
We received it:
Our mother blinded in one eye
Crippled in the right leg
Because she did not vote
For her husband’s candidate
I will remind you
Of when the peeled plantains
Stood upright in the cooking pot:
We slaughtered a cock,
Anticipating an important visitor
We got her:
Our daughter – pieces of flesh in a sack
Our present from her husband.
No! I will not use metaphors
I will just talk to you:
I do not fight to take your place
Or to constantly wave my fist in your face
I refuse to argue about
Your “manly pact”
With my father
You’re buying me for a bag of potatoes
And pepper
All I want
Is for you to stop denying me
My presence needs no metaphors
I am here
Just as you are
I am not a machine
To dismantle whenever you whim
I demand my human dignity
Questions
(a) Who is the persona in this poem?
b)What is the message of this poem?
c) Explain the speaker’s attitude towards the subject matter
d)Give one character trait of the speaker.
e)Discuss two elements of tradition highlighted in the poem.
f)Identify two poetic features of style used in the poem.
g) I am not a machine. (Rewrite adding a question tag.)
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Factorize completely 3x2 – 2xy-y2.
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August 16, 2019
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The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point x on the horizontal is 28.5.From another point y, 8 meters near to the base of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 37.20. Calculate, to one decimal place, the height of the tower.
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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Read the extract below and then answer the questions that follow:
Nora: (drops her cloak) Someone is coming now! (Goes to the door and listens.) No — it is no one. Of course, no one
Christmas Day — nor tomorrow either. But perhaps— (opens the door and looks out.) No, nothing in the letterbox; it is quite empty. (comes forward) What rubbish! Of course, he can't be in earnest about it. Such a thing couldn't happen: it is impossible — I have three little children. (enter the NURSE from the room on the left, carrying a big cardboard box)
Nurse: At last I have found the box with the fancy dress.
Nora: Thanks; put it on the table.
Nurse: (doing so) But it is very much in want of mending.
Nora: I should like to tear it into a hundred thousand pieces.
Nurse: What an idea! It can easily be put in order—just a little patience.
Nora: Yes, I will go and get Mrs. Linde to come and help me with it.
Nurse: What, out again? In this horrible weather? You will catch cold, ma'am, and make yourself ill.
Nora: Well, worse than that might happen. How are the children?
Nurse: The poor little souls are playing with their Christmas presents, but —
Nora: Do they ask much for me?
Nurse: You see, they are so accustomed to having their mamma with them.
Nora: Yes, but, nurse, I shall not be able to be so much with them now as I was before.
Nurse: Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything.
Nora: Do you think so? Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?
Nurse: Good heavens! - Went away altogether?
Nora: Nurse, I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?
Nurse: I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's nurse.
Nora: Yes, but how could you be willing to do it?
Nurse: What, when I was going to get such a good place by it? A poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. Besides, that wicked man didn't do a single thing for me.
Nora: But I suppose your daughter has quite forgotten you.
Nurse: No, indeed she hasn't. She wrote to me when she was confirmed, and when she was married.
Nora: (putting her arms round her neck) Dear old Anne, you were a good mother to me when I was little.
Nurse: Little Nora, poor dear, had no other mother but me.
Nora: And if my little ones had no other mother, I am sure you would — What nonsense I am talking! (opens the box) Go in to them. Now I must You will see tomorrow how charming I shall look.
Nurse: lam sure there will be no one at the ball so charming as you, ma'am. (goes into the room on the left)
Questions
a) Why is Nora looking worried that someone might be at the door?
b) The nurse reveals that she had to leave her daughter behind in order to serve as Nora's nurse. Explain the theme brought out from this revelation.
c) What does this conversation between Nora and the Nurse foreshadow?
d) Other than foreshadow, give another styles that is brought out in the excerpt
e) Someone is coming now! (Change into a negative sentence).
Date posted:
August 16, 2019
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For the integrator circuit shown in Fig. 9.16 (i), how long does it take for the output to reach saturation?
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August 16, 2019
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(i) Determine the rate of change of the output voltage in response to a single pulse input to the integrator circuit shown in Fig. 9.15 (i).
(ii) Draw the output waveform.
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August 16, 2019
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Determine the lower frequency limit (critical frequency) for the integrator circuit shown in Fig. 9.14.
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August 16, 2019
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Security light poles have been erected along both sides of a street in Ndhiwa town. The poles are 50m apart a long the left hand side of the road while they are 80m a part a long the right hand side. At one end of the road the poles are directly opposite each other. How many poles will be erected by the time the poles are directly opposite each other at the end of the road?
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August 16, 2019
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The diagram below represents a mercury cell chlor-alkali process that can be used in the industrial manufacture of sodium hydroxide. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
(a) (i) Name the raw materials introduced at 1 and 2.
(ii) Identify a substance that can be used as anode.
(iii) Write equations for the reactions taking place at:
Cathode
Decomposer
(iv) How is the aqueous sodium hydroxide purified?
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August 16, 2019
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Fig. 9.13 (i) shows the OP-amp integrator and the square wave input. Find the output voltage.
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August 16, 2019
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What is the Critical Frequency of Integrators?
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August 16, 2019
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One interior angle of a certain polygon is 840. If each of the other angles is 1470, how many sides does this polygon have?
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August 16, 2019
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Two equal circles with centres O and Q and radius 8cm intersect at point A and B as shown below
Given that the distance between O and Q is 12cm and that line AB meets OQ at X, find
(a) the length of chord AB
(b) the area of the shaded region
(c) the reflex angle AOB
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August 16, 2019
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Easy coach bus left Nairobi at 8.00am and traveled towards Eldoret at an average speed of 80km/hr.8.00a.m a car left Eldoret towards Nairobi at an average speed of 120km/h.Given that the distance between Nairobi and Eldoret is 400km.Calculate
(a) the time the car arrived in Nairobi
(b) the time the two vehicles met
(c) the distance from Nairobi to the meeting point
(d) the distance of the bus from Eldoret when the car arrived in Nairobi
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August 16, 2019
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Matrix P is given by
(a) Find p-1
(b) Two institutes regions and Alphax purchased beans at sh.B per bag and maize at sh.M per bag. Regions purchased 8 bags of beans and 14 bags of maize for sh. 47,600. Alphax
purchased 10 bags of beans and 16 bags of maize for sh. 57,400.
(i) form a matrix equation to represent the information above
(ii) Use the matrix p p-1 to find the prices of one bag of each item
(c) The price of bean later went up by 5% and that of maize remain constant. Regions bought the same quality of beans but spent the same total amount of money as before on the two items. State the new ratio of beans and maize.
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August 16, 2019
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The scheme below shows several reactions starting with propanol. Study the scheme and answer the questions which follow.
(a) (i) Name gas L.
(ii) Name and draw the structural formula of compound K.
(iii) What conditions and reagents are necessary to convert M and N?
Reagents
Conditions
(iv) Write chemical equation for the conversion of K to J.
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August 16, 2019
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A bus travels from Nairobi to Kisumu a distance of 320 km at a speed of x km/hr.If the speed is reduced by 20km/hr the bus would take 48 minutes more.
(a) Form an equation to represent the given information and simplify it
(b) Find the speed of the bus
(c) Determine the time taken by the bus for the whole journey
(d) Another car is moving from Kisumu to Nairobi at a speed of 80km/h.Determine their relative speed.
Date posted:
August 16, 2019