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The length of a room is 3m loner than its width. A carpet whose area is 18m2 is laid in the middle of the room leaving a margin of 0.5m wide between the carpet and the wall all round the room.
a) If the width of the room is x, write an expression for the dimensions of the carpet in terms of x.
b) Express the area of the carpet in terms of x
c) Determine the dimensions of the room.
d) Determine the space between the carpet and the wall is covered by a material which costs sh 245 per square metre. Find the cost of the material required.
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Read the following oral poem and answer the questions that follow.
Oh beautiful bride, don’t cry,
Your marriage will be happy,
Console yourself, your husband will be good.
And like your mother and your aunt,
You will have many children in your life,
Two children, three children, four……………..
Resign yourself do like all other,
A man is not a leopard,
A husband is not a thunderstruck,
Your mother was your father’s wife,
It will not kill you to work.
It will not kill you to grind the grain
Nor will it kill you to wash the pots
Nobody dies from gathering firewood
Nor from washing clothes.
We did not do it for you,
We did not want to see you go,
We love you too much for that
Its your beauty that did it
Because you are so gorgeous
Ah, we see you laugh beneath your tears!
Goodbye, your husband is here
And already you don’t seem
To need our consolations.
Questions
a) With evidence, classify the oral poem.
b) Who do you think are the singers of the song? Illustrate.
c) How do the singers make the situation bearable for the lady?
d) What is the attitude of the society from which the song is derived towards women?
e) Illustrate and explain the use of the following stylistic devices in this oral poem.
i) Repetition –
ii) Ellipses –
f) State in note form the duties of a wife according to the song.
g) Explain any social aspect and one economic activity carried out in the commodity from which the oral poem is taken
h) Explain the irony in the 7th stanza.
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For a transistor, β = 45 and voltage drop across 1 kilo-ohm which is connected in the collector circuit is 1 volt. Find the base current for common emitter connection.
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Read the following excerpt then answer the questions that follow.
Krogstad : Are you sure of that?
MrsLinde : Quite sure, but –
Krogstad: (with a searching look at her) Is that what it all mean? That you want to save your friend at any cost? Tell me frankly. Is that it?
Mrs Linde: Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another’s sake doesn’t do it a second time.
Krogstad: I will ask for my letter back.
Mrs Linde: No, no.
Krogstad: Yes, of course I will. I will wait here until Helmer comes; I will tell him he must give me my letter back-that it only concerns my dismissal-that he is not to read it.
Mrs Linde: No Nils, you must not recall your letter.
Krogstad: But, tell me wasn’t it for that very purpose that you asked me to meet you here?
Mrs Linde: In my first moment of right, it was. But twenty-four hours have elapsed since then, and in that time I have witnessed incredible things in this house. Helmer must know all about it. This unhappy secret must be disclosed; they must have a complete understanding between them which is impossible with all this concealment and falsehood going on.
Krogstad: very well, if you take the responsibility. But there is one thing I can do in my case and I shall do it at once.
Mrs Linde: (listening) You must be quick and go! The dance is over, we are not safe a moment longer.
Krogstad: I will wait for you below
Mrs Linde: Yes, do. You must see me back to my door.
Krogstad: I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life!
Questions
1. Explain what happens before this excerpt.
2. Why does Krogstad say he would ask for his letter back? Explain.
3. Identify and explain the dominant theme in the excerpt.
4. 'Nills, a woman who has once sold herself for another sake doesn’t do it a second time'. Briefly explain what makes Mrs Linde say this?
5. Explain the use of irony in this excerpt.
6. Identify and illustrate two character traits of Mrs Linde in this excerpt.
7.' I have never had such amazing piece of good fortune in my life!' Rewrite beginning never…………………
8. What makes Krogstad say that he has never had such good fortune in his life?
9.'But there is one thing I can do in any case and I shall do it at once.' What is that
Krogstad does and how does it affect the rest of the play?
10. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
i) At any cost –
ii) Recall –
iii) Elapsed –
iv) Incredible things –
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Find the α rating of the transistor shown in Fig. 4.20. Hence determine the value of IC using both α and β rating of the transistor.
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Calculate IE in a transistor for which β = 50 and IB = 20 μA.
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Substance Abuse has emerged in recent decades as a major concern both on and off the job. Although reasons vary, substance abuse can be a way that some people try to manage or reduce distress.
But it is important to be clear on what is generally meant by a drinking problem. In all cases related to alcohol abuse, a common factor is the unfavorable effect alcohol has on the health or well-being of the drinker and his or her associates. Common signs and symptoms that frequently indicate a drinking problem include being constantly absent from work, causing on-the-job accidents and expressing grievances most of the time.
Alcoholic employees can sometimes go undetected for years. Coworkers cover up for those unable to perform their jobs because of drunkenness. Even managers may be adept at concealing their alcohol abuse problems. Their secretaries or loyal associates may cover up for them. Alcoholics can be clever at inventing “credible” excuses when detected: “I must have a drink or two when I’m entertaining customers, of course.”
Drug abuse, or drug addiction, exists when the taking of drugs, whether prescribed or non-prescribed, legal or illegal, causes difficulties in any area of an individual’s life. Years ago, the stereotype of the drug user was either of a glazed-eyed musician frantically beating his sticks on a tight skin or a person who dwelt in a slum. Mass publicity on drug abuse has long since caused that stereotype to fade from view.
Complicating the ongoing war on drugs are changes in public attitudes and drug-use patterns. It sometimes seems that no sooner is progress made in combating one illegal drug than a different kind of substance abuse comes into vogue. Ethyl alcohol was the social drug during prohibition (1920 – 1933), marijuana became the social drug of the 1960s and 1970s, and some observers believe that crack cocaine and possibly ectasy – another so-called upper – became the social drugs of the 1980s and 1990s. the drugs of choice and people’s attitude toward them may change, but the problem of drug abuse appears to be continuing unabated.
Pinpointing the specific symptoms of alcohol and drug abuse problems is not a simple task. A supervisor’s main responsibility, therefore should not necessarily be uncovering evidence of dependency on alcohol and drugs but instead being observant for declining job performance. Yet there are certain behavioural patterns that some excessive users of alcohol and drugs display. These patterns can sometimes be spotted through simple observation. Increasingly though, employers are taking more aggressive steps to ferret out substance abuse among their workforces. A growing number of companies, especially large ones with many employees and those in business with potential to effect public health or safety, are adopting drug-testing programmes.
The signs of alcohol dependency, unfortunately, do not always become manifest until the middle of the late stages of the problem. No wonder some managers have mistaken an employee’s euphoric appearance for the “look of love”. The earlier treatment begins, naturally, the earlier treatment begins, naturally, the easier it will be. A person could experience some isolated incidents of such drinking problems without necessarily being a alcoholic. However, alcohol abuse usually results in declining job performance.
Because there are many symptoms of drug abuse, no one person would exhibit all of them and a supervisor should guard against assuming that the presence of one or more symptoms is conclusive of alcohol or drug abuse.
Questions
1. What is the main reason given for substance abuse?
2. From paragraph two, state three ways in which alcohol abuse can unfavourably affect the workmates of a drunker?
3. According to the passage, what is drug abuse?
4. What was the common misconception about who a drug user was?
5. Rewrite the following sentences using “as soon as”
It sometimes seems that no sooner is progress made in combating one illegal drug than a different kind of substance abuse comes into vogue.
6. What can we infer about “prohibition”?
7. In not more than 55 words, summarize the reasons that make it difficult to effectively deal with substance abuse.
8. Why do you think the author of the passage cautions supervisors against hastily concluding that one is a drug abuser?
9. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
i) Credible
ii) Stereotype –
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Below is a list of oxides.
Select:
(a) A neutral oxide
(b) A highly water soluble basic oxide.
(c) An oxide which can react with sodium hydroxide and dilute hydrochloric acid.
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Explain the Common Emitter Connection in transistors
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Add an appropriate question tag to each of the following statements.
i) They aren’t serious.
ii) He bought a new house last month.
iii) Let us go
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Rewrite the sentences below according to the instructions given after each.
i) My father would not allow us to attend night parties under any circumstances.
(Begin: Under no circumstances ……………………………….)
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ii) Strangers should not be allowed into the compound without the security officer’s permission. (Begin: On no account……..……………………..)
iii) The plane had just taken off when one of the passengers began to scream.
(Begin: Scarcely ……………..….)
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The interior angle of a regular polygon is 20o more than three times the exterior angle. Determine the number of sides of the polygon.
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A common base transistor amplifier has an input resistance of 20 ohms and output resistance of 100 kilo-ohms. The collector load is 1 kilo-ohm. If a signal of 500 mV is applied between emitter and base, find the voltage amplification. Assume aac to be nearly one
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Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
No coffin, no grave by Jared Angira
He was buried without a coffin
Without a grave
The scavengers performed the post-mortem
In the open mortuary
Without sterilized knives
In front of the night club
Stuttering rifles put up
The gun salute of the day
That was a state burial anyway
The car knelt
The red plate wept, wrapped itself in blood its
master’s
The diary revealed to the sea
The rain anchored there at last
Isn’t our flag red, black and white?
So he wrapped himself well
Who could signal yellow
When we had to leave politics to the experts
And brood on books
Brood on hunger
And schoolgirls
Grumble under the black pot
Sleep under torn mosquito net
And let lice lick our intestines
The lord of the bar, money speaks madam
Woman magnet, money speaks madam
We only cover the stinking darkness of the cave of our mouths
And ask our father who is in hell to judge him
The quick and the good.
Well, his diary, submarine of the Third World
War
Showed he wished
To be buried in a gold-laden coffin
Like a VIP
Under the jacaranda tree beside his palace
A shelter for his grave
And much beer for the funeral party
Anyway one noisy pupil suggested we bring
Tractors and plough the land.
(From Poems from East Africa, D. Cook andD. Rubadiri (Eds,): East African EducationalPublishers)
a) Briefly explain what this poem is about.
b) Explain the use of onomatopoeia in the poem.
c) Identify and explain the tone of the poem.
d) Comment on the central theme of the poem.
e) Explain the meaning of the following lines:
i) who could signal yellow
ii) submarine of the Third World War
f) How else can people bring change in society without assassinating politicians?
g) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the poem
i) Anchored
ii) Brood
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Solve for x without using tables.
Sin (2x – 30o) – cos 4x = 0 for 0o ≤ x ≤ 90o.
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Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: It’s a shame to say that. I do really save all I can.
Helmer:(laughing)That’s very true, - all you can. But you can’t save anything!
Nora: (smiling quietly and happily)You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.
Helmer: You are an odd little soul. Very like your father. You always find some new way of wheedling money out of me, and as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands. You never know where it has gone. Still, one must take you as you are. It is in the blood: for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, Nora.
Nora: Ah, I wish I had inherited many of papa’s qualities.
Helmer:And I would not wish you to be anything but just what you are, my little skylark. But do you know, it strikes me that you are looking-rather—what shall I say- rather uneasy today?
Nora: Do I?
Helmer: You do, really. Look straight at me.
Nora : ( looks at him) well?
Helmer: (wagging his finger at her) Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?
Nora: No; what makes you think that?
Helmer: Hasn’t she paid a visit to the confectioner’s?
Nora: No, I assure you, Torvald-
Helmer: Not been nibbling sweets?
Nora: No, certainly not.
Helmer: Not even take a bite at a macaroon or two?
Nora: (going to the table on the right) I shouldn’t think of going against your wishes.
Helmer: No, I am sure of that: besides, you gave me your word- (Going up to her) Keep your little Christmas secrets to yourself, my darling. They will be revealed tonight when the Christmas tree is lit, no doubt.
Nora: Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?
Helmer: No. But there is no need; as a matter of course, he will come to dinner with us. However, I will ask him when he comes this morning. I have ordered some good wine. Nora, you can’t think how I am looking forward to this evening.
Nora: So am I! And how the children will enjoy themselves, Torvald!
Helmer: It is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly safe appointment, and a big enough income. It is delightful to think of, isn’t it?
Nora: It’s wonderful!
a) Place this extract in its immediate context.
b) Explain the dramatic irony in this extract.
c) Helmer says here, “it is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly safe appointment”. What is he referring to?
d) What issues on money and gender emerge in this extract?
e) Identify and illustrate any two ways the playwright has used language to achieve foregrounding in this extract.
f) What do we learn about the character of Nora in this extract?
g) Imagine you are directing this play. Which quality would you look for in an actor to play the role of Torvald?
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The longest side of a right angled triangle is (9x – 2)cm. The other two sides are 8x cm and (2x + 1)cm long. Find x and hence the lengths of the triangle.
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Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow.
The question is at least as old as Socrates: If we know what the right thing to do is, why do we not do it? It is an especially acute question when applied to global warming. The science showing that carbon dioxide emissions are already changing the planet’s climate, and are likely to have severe effects (melting ice caps, sea-level rise, and species extinction), is compelling and now barely disputed. Almost 90% of Europeans say they recognize climate change as a major issue, and 75% identify fossil fuel emissions as a major cause.
And yet, as was widely discussed at a conference of environmentalists, geologists and writers in May 2006 in Ankelohe, Germany, public understanding has not translated into even the simplest of public actions. Less than 1% of Britons, for example, have switched their home electricity to renewable sources, even though it requires little more than a phone call to one’s existing provider. Proportions on the continent are slightly higher, but there is clearly no rush to go green or — shudder — stop driving cars.
Why such a disconnect between information and action? Part of the problem is that environmental advocates emit mixed messages. In mid-May 2006, Britain’s Guardian published a front-page story showing that five companies in Britain produce more CO2 pollution in a year than all the country’s motorists combined. That is a strong argument for targeting industries, but the average reader could hardly be blamed for thinking, “Why should I bother to cut down my driving?”
Similarly, not enough thought has been devoted to the best role for government. Climate change is too vast a problem for individuals to solve alone, and some big businesses have an incentive not to solve it. That leaves government to take the lead, which is tricky, because over-reliance on government can allow individuals to fob off their own responsibilities. What is worse, government power seems to tickle autocratic fantasies. In my experience, environmentalists spend far too much energy advocating hard-line government ‘solutions’ that do not stand a chance of being enacted. Sure, it might be good for the planet if governments banned the use of sports-utility vehicles or, for that matter, of all fossil fuels. Yet not only is it hard to sell outright prohibitions to voters, but the sad truth is that governments have a woeful record in even the mildest interventions. One of the most significant innovations in the last decade has been Europe’s carbon-emission trading scheme: some 12 000 companies, responsible for more than half of the EU’s emissions, have been assigned quotas. Companies with unused allowances can sell them; the higher the price, the greater the incentive for firms to cut their use of fossil fuels. The system seemed to work for about a year — but now it turns out that Europe’s governments allocated far too many credits, which will likely hinder the program’s effectiveness for years.
Perhaps the real reason that well-intentioned consumers do not change is that they do not see any benefit. Climate change may be a frightening, irreversible calamity, but its worst effects will not be felt next week or next year. The planet looks the same regardless of whether we use environmentally friendly technology or we do not care how much CO2 we emit. But sure as the sun rises and sets every day, if we do not cut down on carbon emissions, then we may not have a planet to hand over to the next generation.
(Adapted from Times, June 5, 2006)
a) According to the passage, what are the effects of global warming?
b) What, according to the passage, is the main cause of global warming?
c) How does Britain encourage people to use renewable electricity?
d) Paraphrase the following sentence: That is a strong argument for targeting industries, but the average reader could hardly be blamed for thinking, ‘Why should I bother to cut down my driving?’
e) What message does the writer communicate in this passage?
f) Explain the meaning of the following words and expression as used in the passage.
i) fob off
ii) incentive
iii) calamity
iv) vast
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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions.
(i) He was charged ……………….forging property inheritance document.
(ii) Kamau deals…………….groceries
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Two similar containers have base area of 750cm2 and 120cm2 respectively. Calculate the volume of the larger container in litres given that the volume of the smaller one is 400cm3.
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The Play, Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House.
Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow
Mrs. Linde: Listen to me Nora you are still very like a child in many things, and I am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience. Let me tell you this-you ought to make an end of it with Doctor Rank.
Nora : What ought I to make an end to?
Mrs. Linde: Of two things I think. Yesterday you talked some nonsense about a rich admirer who was to leave you money-
Nora Linde: Is Doctor Rank a man of means?
Mrs. Linde: And comes here every day?
Nora : Yes, I told you so.
Mrs. Linde: But how can this well-bred man be so tactless?
Nora : I don’t understand you at all.
Mrs. Linde:Don’t prevaricate, Nora.do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you the two
hundred and fifty pounds?
Nora :Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing? A friend of ours,
who comes hereevery day! Do you realize what a horribly painful position that
would be?
Mrs. Linde: Then it really isn’t he?
Nora : No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment.
Besides, he had no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.Mrs. Linde: Well I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora.
Nora :No, it would never have come into my head to ask Doctor Rank. Although I am
quite sure if I had asked him-
Mrs. Linde: But of course you won’t.
Nora: Of course not. I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary. But I am
quite sure that if I told Doctor Rank-
Mrs. Linde: Behind your husband’s back?
Nora : I must make an end of it with the other one, and that will be behind his back too, I
must make an end of it with him.
Mrs. Linde: Yes, that is what I told you yesterday, but-
Nora : ( walking up and down) a man can put a thing like that straight much easier
than a woman.
Mrs. Linde: One’s husband , yes.
Nora : Nonsense!( standing still) When you pay off a debt you get your bond back, don’t
you?
Mrs. Linde:Yes, as a matter of course.
Nora : And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces and burn it up- the nasty dirty
paper.
Mrs. Linde:(looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly.) Nora you are
concealing something from me.
Nora : Do I look as if I were?
Mrs. Linde: Something has happened to you since yesterday morning. Nora, what is it?
(a) Briefly explain what happens before the events in this extract.
(b) Explain why Mrs. Linde says “…I am older than you in many ways and have a little more experience?
(c) From the dialogue, what do we learn about Nora’s character?
(d) What is Mrs. Lindes’ view about Doctor Rank and Nora’s relationship?
(e) Identify and explain the use of hyperbole in this excerpt.
g) What does Mrs. Linde thinks Nora is concealing from her? Is Mrs. Lindes right?
(f) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract.
i)A man of means
ii)Prevaricate
iii)nasty
(h) Describe what happens immediately after the events presented in this extract
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Solve for x in 3x – 3 x 15x = 15x
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The figure below represent a rectangle PQRS inscribed in a circle centre O and radius 17cm. PQ =16cm.
Calculate
(a) The length PS of the rectangle
(b) The angle ROS
(c) The area of the shaded region
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A newly built classroom measuring 6m long, 4.5m wide and 3.2 m high is to be cemented on the floor and all inside walls. The classroom has one door measuring 1.85m by 80cm by 80cm and four windows measuring 1.5m by 70cm each.Cementing materials cost 500 per square meter while labour costs 20% of the cost of cementing materials.Calculate:
(a) To one decimal place, the total surface are to be cemented
(b) The cost of cementing materials
(c) The total cost of cementing the classroom
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Solve for x in the equation below.
9(x-1) X 3(2x+1) = 243
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Form the quadratic equation whose roots are x= -5/3 and x=1
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Nyongesa spends a total of sh.970 on buying 3 text books and 5 pens. If he had bought 2 text books and 5 pens he would have saved sh.90. Find the cost of one text book.
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An open right circular cone has radius of 5cm and a perpendicular height of 12cm .Calculate the surface area of the cone.(Take pi to be 3.14)
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A surveyor recorded the measurements of a field in a field book using lines AB 260m as shown below.
a) Sketch the map of the field.
b) Find the area of the field in hectares.
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In the figure below E is the mid point of BC. AD: DC 3:2 and F is the meeting point of BD and AE.
If AB = b and AC = c
i) BD
ii) AE
b) If BF = t BD and AF = n AE. Find the value of t and n.
c) State the ratio of BD to BF.
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