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What is an Oscillatory Circuit?
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
i. He understood why people had been laughing after he realized the ugliness of his headgear. (Rewrite using present participle)
ii. Malenge did not bother to campaign .he was convinced that he was the students’ favorite for the post of a school captain. (Rewrite using Past Participle)
iii. I have been studying in this school complained the student but I have never scored a hundred percent in any subject. (Punctuate correctly)
iv. The watchman spotted the student sneaking from school(Rewrite to remove the gender bias)
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August 15, 2019
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Read the poem below then answer the questions that follow.
RESPECT.
What you don’t understand, sister.
Is that women are respected in Africa
Oh yes
We call a woman the light of the house
She is the one who fetches water
She is the one who cooks the food
She is the one who gives milk and brings wood
She is the one we come to
When we need satisfaction
We know where the light comes from
We are respected
Is that so, brother?
Is that why she is the last to drink from the gourd?
Is that why she is the last to eat from the bowl?
Is that why she is the last to sleep and first to rise?
Is that why she is the one for whom the only satisfaction
Is another mouth to feed?
And tell me, brother
If the woman is the light of the house
Where does darkness come from?
And tell me, brother
What Will happen if the light fades
Or simply refuses to shine?
Then, sister
It must be made to shine again
Or cast out
A light that does not shine is of no use to any one
Isee
Good, I knew you would understand
In Africa, my sister, women are respected
By Jeanette Cross
Questions
1. Who is the persona in this poem?
2. What is the tone of this poem? Explain.
3.What is the attitude of the “brother” towards women?
4. What does “sister” mean by 1 see”?
5.Discuss the message in this poem.
6.Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the poem.
a. ….is another mouth to feed
b. ... we come to when we need satisfaction
C. ...Women are respected
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August 15, 2019
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Give the advantages of a sinusoidal oscillator
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August 15, 2019
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Describe any three problems facing the Gezira scheme.
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August 15, 2019
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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follows.
Mrs. Linde: (Smiles sadly and strokes her hair). It sometimes happens, Nora.
Nora: So you are quite alone. How dreadfully sad that must be. I have three lovely children. You can't see them just now, for they are out with their nurse. But now you must tell me all about it.
Mrs. Linde: No, no; I want to hear about you.
Nora: No, you must begin. I mustn't be selfish today; today I must only think of your affairs. But there is one thing I must tell you. Do you know we have just had a great piece of good luck?
Mrs. Linde: No, what is it?
Nora: Just fancy, my husband has been made manager of the Bank!
Mrs. Linde: Your husband? What good luck!
Nora: Yes, tremendous! A barrister's profession is such an uncertain thing, especially if he won't undertake unsavory cases; and naturally Torvald has never been willing to do that, and I quite agree with him. You may imagine how pleased we are! He is to take up his work in the Bank at the New Year, and then he will have a big salary and lots of commissions. For the future we can live quite differently —we can do just as we like. I feel so relieved and so happy, Christine! It will be splendid to have heaps of money and not need to have any anxiety, won't it?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, anyhow I think it would be delightful to have what one needs.
Nora: No, not only what one needs, but heaps and heaps of money.
Mrs. Linde: (smiling) Nora, Nora, haven't you learned sense yet? In our schooldays you were a great spendthrift. (Laughing) Yes, that is what Torvald says now. (Wags
Nora: her finger at her.) But 'Nora, Nora' is not so silly as you think. We have not been in a position for me to waste money. We have both had to work.
Mrs. Linde: You too?
Nora: Yes; odds and ends, needlework, crotchet-work, embroidery, and that kind of thing. (dropping her voice) And other things as well. You know Torvald left his office when we were married. There was not prospect of promotion there' and he had to try and earn more than before. But during the first year he worked early and late; but he couldn't stand it, and fell dreadfully ill, and the doctors said it was necessary for him to go south.
Mrs. Linde: You spent a whole year in Italy, didn't you?
Questions
a) Place the excerpt in its immediate context.
b) Identify three styles that are used in the excerpt. State their effectiveness.
c) But 'Norah, Nora' is not so silly as you think. What proves that Nora has not been as silly as she was thought to be by many.
d) What theme is brought out in the excerpt?
e) What character traits of Nora and Mrs Linde are brought out in the excerpt?
f) So, you are quite alone. (Add a question tag).
g) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt?
Barrister
spentthrift
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August 15, 2019
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In the figure below,O is the centre of the circle.PQR is a tangent to the circle at Q. Angle PQS=280,angle UTQ=540 and UT =TQ.
Giving reasons , determine the size of
(a) Angle STQ.
(b) Angle TQU.
(c) Angle TQS
(d) Reflex angle UOQ .
(e) Angle TQR.
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August 15, 2019
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A bag contains 5 red , 4 white and 3 blue beads. Two beads are selected at random.
(a) Draw a tree diagram and list the probability space.
(b) Find the probability that
(i) The last bead selected is red.
(ii) The beads selected were of the same color
(iii) At least one of the selected beads is blue.
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August 15, 2019
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Add question tags to the following statements.
(i) William is such a talented guitarist.________________________________________
(ii) Mwombe dared the mob to attack him. _____________________________________
(iii) Let’s respond to the distress call. __________________________________________
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August 15, 2019
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Select a suitable value for the emitter bypass capacitor in Fig. 5.4 if the amplifier is to operate over a frequency range from 2 kHz to 10 kHz.
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August 15, 2019
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What is the role of emitter bypass capacitor CE in CE amplifier circuit shown in Fig. 5.3 ? Illustrate with a numerical example.
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets.
(i) We will give the winner a prize. (whoever)
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(ii) “Goodness always conquers evil,” is my favourite life saying. (me)
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August 15, 2019
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Show and explain a Practical Circuit of Transistor Amplifier
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August 15, 2019
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Choose the correct form of words in brackets to complete each of the sentences below.
(i) Who broke the handle (off, of) this cup?
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(ii) Choose (among, between) these sick.
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August 15, 2019
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In Ngamongo village, a piece of work can be completed by 45 workers in 10 days .They worked for 4 days after which 15 workers were laid off. How many days would it take the remaining workers to complete the work?
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August 15, 2019
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Read the poem below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Pedestrian to passing Benz-man
You man, lifted gently
Out of the poverty and suffering
We so recently shared; I say
Why splash the muddy puddle onto
My bare legs as if, still unsatisfied
With your seated opulence
You must sully the unwashed
With your diesel-smoke and mud-water
and force him buy, beyond his mean
A bar of soap from your shop?
A few years back we shared a master
Today you have none, while I have
Exchanged a parasite for something worse
But maybe a few years is too long a time.
(a) Briefly explain what is happening in the poem
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(b) With two illustrations from the poem, describe the economic condition of the persona.
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c)Explain the significance of the following images in the poem.
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(i) Muddy puddle/mud-water.
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(ii) Diesel smoke.
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(iii) Parasite.
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d)What is the importance of the last line in relation to the rest of the poem.
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e)Explain the tone of the poem.
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August 15, 2019
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Read the excerpt below from doll’s house and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: Yes!
Helmer: When did my squirrel come home?
Nora: Just now. (Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.)
come in here, Torvalds, and see what I have bought.
Helmer: Don't disturb me. (A little later, he opens the door and looks into the room, pen in hand.)
Bought, did you say? All these things? Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?
Nora: Yes but, Torvalds, this year we really can let ourselves go a little. This is the first Christmas that we have not needed to economize.
Helmer: Still, you know, we can't spend money recklessly.
Nora: Yes, Torvalds, we may be a wee bit more reckless now, mayn't we? Just a tiny wee bit! You are going to have a big salary and earn lots and lots of money.
Helmer: Yes, after the New Year; but then it will be a whole quarter before the salary is due.
Nora: Pooh! We can borrow until then.
Helmer: Nora! (Goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear). The same little featherhead!
Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then on New Year’s Eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and —
Nora: (Putting her hands over his mouth) Ah! Don't say such horrible things.
Helmer: Still, suppose that happened, - what then?
Nora: If that were to happen, I don't suppose I should care whether I owed money or not
Helmer: Yes, but what about the people who had lent it?
Nora: They? Who would bother about them? I should not know who they were.
Helmer: That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. We two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will Go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle.
Helmer: That is like a woman! We two have kept bravery on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle.
Questions.
a) What had happened before this excerpt?
b) 'That is like a woman!' What does this reveal about Helmer?
c) Nora says that this is the first Christmas that they need not economize. Why is this so?
d) Give and illustrate two-character traits of Nora brought out in the excerpts
e) Why does Helmer refer to Nora as my little squirrel?
f) From elsewhere in the play, explain why Nora had to hide the macaroons and wipe her mouth when
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August 15, 2019
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A change of 200 mV in base-emitter voltage causes a change of 100 μA in the base current. Find the input resistance of the transistor.
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August 15, 2019
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Join the following sentences into the passive voice .
i) The farmer breeds such many animals
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ii) The police are seeking the criminals .................................................
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August 15, 2019
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What does the performance of a transistor amplifier depend upon?
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences supplying appropriate question tags
i) Let us go away ...................................
ii) You can’t be serious about going to the party this late.........................
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences following the instructions given without changing the meaning.
i) Joshua would not fail his exams under any circumstances. Begin: Under no.......
ii) The students had hardly got out of class when the rain started. Begin: Hardly .......
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August 15, 2019
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Read the story below and then answer the questions that follows.
There was once a man who had a wife who was barren after giving birth to an only boy. After consulting a witch doctor, he went in search of an ogre’s tail as he had been instructed. After a long and hazardous journey through unknown lands he came into a country of the ogres. That day the ogres were celebrating the installation of a new chief. He joined in their beer party and the ogres welcomed him through they had difficulty in restraining their cannibalistic nature. When all ogres went to bed, the man with his knife in his hand stealthily crept to the bed chamber of the new chief. Overcome with too much beer, the chief was sleeping too heavily to notice that his tail was being slashed off. When he woke up the following morning, he found the other ogres dancing and singing:
Omwamikenyalile The chief has urinated
Khaneomwamikenyalanga So the chief urinates
He looked about him and saw blood, then he noticed that his tail was missing. The visitor was also missing!
The chief then changed himself into a beautiful woman. After a long journey she came upon herds of boys playing lifundo with a ball made out of banana leaves. The beautiful woman asked each boy in turn what great thing his father had done. One said, “My father killed an elephant.” Another said that his father had killed a company of ten Teso warriors. The third said, “My father cut off the tail of an ogre.” The woman rejoiced and asked the boy to take
her to his father’s home. The man, struck by her great beauty, made her his wife the same day.
That night the woman tried to change into an ogre but the man’s two dogs, Kutubi and Mulikho, barked at her fiercely and she gave up the attempt. The following day she told the man that she wanted some firewood from the forest. She told him to tie the dogs in heavy chains. She then led him deep into the forest, and then asked him to climb one of the trees that were dry. “I will hand the axe to you when you are up,” she said.
But as soon as the man was up the tree, she turned into an ogre, “Now I have got you,” the ogre said and started cutting down the tree. The man started calling for his dogs:
“Asa, asa, mbwa change KutubinaMulikho.” (“Come, come, my dogs Kutubi and Mulikho.”)
Each time the tree showed signs of falling, a dove on a nearby tree said, “KurrMurongorokwaseyililisia.” (“Kurr, my tree. Regain your former state.”) The ogre in a fury chased away the dove, which returned almost immediately.
In the meantime, the dogs after the struggle had cut their chains and came at breakneck speed as their master kept calling. When they arrived, the ogre threw away the axe, turned into the same beautiful woman and begged for mercy. But the dogs did not stop their onslaught until she was completely dead.
QUESTIONS
a) State two characteristics of ogre stories evident in the above narrative.
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b) Identify any three social activities mentioned in the passage.
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c) From the story, do you think the wife was cured of her illness? Explain your answer.
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d) Identify and illustrate two character traits of the man?
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f) State features of oral narrative evident in the above narrative
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g) State any two functions of the song used in the narrative
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h) What moral lesson do you learn from the above narrative?
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August 15, 2019
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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Helmer: I have got authority from the retiring manager to undertake the necessary changes in the staff and in the re-arrangement of the work and I must make use of the Christmas week for that, so as to have everything in order for the New Year, Nora. Then that was why this poor Krogstad-
Helmer: Hm!
Nora: (Leans against the back of his chair and strokes his hair) If you hadn’t been so busy I should have asked you a tremendously big favour, Torvald.
Helmer: What is that? Tell me.
Nora: There is no one who has such good taste as you. And I do so want to look nice at the fancy dress ball. Tovarld. Couldn’t you take my hand and decide what I shall go as, and what sort of dress I shall wear?
Helmer: Aha! So my obstinate little woman is obliged to get someone to come to her rescue.
Nora: Yes, Torvald, I can’t get along a bit without your help.
Helmer: Very well. I will think it over; we shall manage to hit upon something
Nora: That is nice of you (goes to the Christmas tree; a short pause) How pretty the red flowers look, but tell me, was it really something very bad that this Krogstad was guilty of?
Helmer: He forged someone’s name. Have you any idea what that means?
Nora: Isn’t it possible that he was driven by necessity?
Helmer: Yes; or, as in so many cases, by imprudence. I am not so heartless as to condemn a man altogether because of a single false step of that kind.
Nora: No, you wouldn’t, would you, Torvald?
Helmer: Many a man has been able to retrieve his character, if he has openly confessed his fault and taken his punishment.
Nora: Punishment -?
Helmer: But Krogstard did nothing of the sort; he got himself out of it by a cunning trick, and that is why he was gone under altogether.
Nora: But do you think it would -?
Helmer: Just think how a guilty man like that has to lie and play the hypocrite with everyone; how he has to wear a mask in the presence of those near dear to him, even before his own wife and children. And about the children ……… that is the most terrible part of it all, Nora.
Nora: How?
Helmer: Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of home. Each breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of evil.
Nora: (coming near him) Are you sure of that?
Helmer: My dear I have often seen it in the course of my life as a lawyer. Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
Nora: Why do you say ……….. mother?
QUESTIONS
a) Explain the events that lead to this excerpt.
b) In this excerpt, though Helmer and Nora are discussing about Krogstad, they are indirectly referring to Nora’s predicament. Explain.
c) ‘……… so my obstinate little woman is obliged to get someone to her rescue? Explain the ‘rescue’ Nora needs at this point in time.
d) From your knowledge of the text, apart from the fact that Krogstad had forged a signature why else does Helmer detest him
e) Describe any two styles used in this excerpt
f) Give one character trait of Nora from this excerpt.
g) Add a question tag: I can’t get a long a bit without your help
h) The discussion with Helmer leaves Nora terrified. Explain why this
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August 15, 2019
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Differentiate between Shifting cultivation and Plantation farming.
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August 15, 2019
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The act of giving and helping people in need is fast dying. Occasionally, we talk about a Good Samaritan having come out of the blue and helped us in our hour of need. It is not clear whether it is because people have become more egocentric or it is because of the diminishing culture of communal living.
If we found someone dying beside the road, we are unlikely to help because we first of all think of how helping them would make us late. We would walk away hoping that the next person will not be as busy as we are, and will therefore rescue the person. Whether it is modern life that has made us busier than before is really debatable.
Have you ever noticed that people are always running around, immersed in deep thought with drooping shoulders and with premature wrinkles etched on their foreheads? The common explanation for this is that we are so busy that we do not have time for ourselves, let alone others.
One writer said that people, who claim to be busy, are not really busy. Being busy he said, was a euphemism for an insatiable craving for money, power, status and overwhelming desire to have more and more material possessions. What this culture of being busy does is that it makes us lose some of the essential human values such as loving others, taking care of the sick and meeting other people’s needs through generosity.
Let us take the example of hunger and starvation. The two kill many people, especially children and the elderly. It is easy to say that hunger and starvation are as a result of a fall in the supply of rain. We can say that this is all an issue of climate. This is true to an extent. When rains fail, people’s crops fail and they lose their sole source of food. For those who depend on livestock, their livestock die or become too famished to fetch enough money in the market to enable them buy food. The spiraling cost of foodstuffs does not lessen the pain and suffering of those faced with starvation.
However, the culture of being good Samaritans need not die. If we stopped being too busy and set aside time for our children, we would have time to watch them grow and understand their value system. We can then inculcate the culture of generosity; starting highlighting small ways in which children can be generous. For example, a child can be encouraged to share food with another who does not have or who has come to school without. They can also be encouraged to donate clothes and shoes to a children’s home. This gesture will go a long way in clothing another less fortunate child. Later in life, they can find bigger ways of reaching out to those in need. Through small ways, we would have taught generosity to our children, created the good Samaritans that we all wish for when in need and ensured the act of giving lives on generations.
QUESTIONS
(a) According to the author, why is the act of giving dying?
(b) What is the main consequence of being too busy?
(c) Why does the writer believe that people die of hunger due to our selfishness?
(d) In what two ways can generosity be inculcated among children?
(e) The writer of passage is a parent; support this
(f) What are the benefits of teaching children to share?
(g) In note form, state the characteristics of busy people
(h) Write an appropriate title for this passage
(i) Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the passage
i) Out of the blue ………………………………………………………………………………………
ii)Reaching out …………………………………………………………………………………………
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August 15, 2019
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The table below shows Kenya’s coffee sale (prices) in the World market from 1974 – 1983. Study it and answer the following questions.
(i) Draw a line graph to represent the data.
(ii) What are the advantages of a line graph?
(iii) Explain why there was a sharp increase in coffee prices during 1976/77 period.
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August 15, 2019
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Determine the Q point of the transistor circuit shown in Fig. 4.40. Also draw the d.c. load line. Given β = 200 and VBE = 0.7V.
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August 15, 2019
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In the circuit diagram shown in Fig. 4.39 (i), if VCC = 12V and RC = 6 kilo-ohms, draw the d.c. load line. What will be the Q point if zero signal base current is 20μA and β = 50?
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given without changing its meaning
(i) The girl said, "I have done my homework."
Rewrite without using the speech marks(“..”)
(ii) She told him, "Don't drive so fast!"
Write in a reported speech
(iii) I think Muna is funnier than Amos.
End: …Muna.
Date posted:
August 15, 2019