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- Find the integral values of x which satisfy the inequalities.(Solved)
Find the integral values of x which satisfy the inequalities.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blanks.(Solved)
Choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blanks.
i) He was asked to choose between John and .......(I /me )
ii) I have forgotten ……………………… I gave my book. ( who/whom
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- In the figure shown below ABCD is a square of side 4cm. BXD and BYD are arcs of circle centres A and C respectively.Calculate the...(Solved)
In the figure shown below ABCD is a square of side 4cm. BXD and BYD are arcs of circle centres A and C respectively.
Calculate the area of the shaded part.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Replace the underlined words with one word that means the same as the underlined phrase.(Solved)
Replace the underlined words with one word that means the same as the underlined phrase.
i) The city council pulled down all the structures on road reserves.
ii) He passed out during his grandmother’s funeral.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Explain four causes of physical soil degeneration(Solved)
Explain four causes of physical soil degeneration
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- A piece of cheese contains proteins which are made up of amino acid as shown.(Solved)
A piece of cheese contains proteins which are made up of amino acid as shown.
(a) Name the type of polymerization involved in protein formation.
(b) Show the structural formula for the polymer formed when the amino acids polymerise.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- The table below shows the ages of 55 people.
Find;
a) Modal class.
b) The median age.(Solved)
The table below shows the ages of 55 people.
Find;
a) Modal class.
b) The median age.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- State three importance of soil structure.
(Solved)
State three importance of soil structure.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Replace the underlined words with gender - friendly words. (Solved)
Replace the underlined words with gender - friendly words.
i) The spokesman of the government was at the function.
ii) The Musyokis have a very hard - working housegirl.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Describe lateralization process of leaching(Solved)
Describe lateralization process of leaching.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Distinguish between soil profile and soil catena.
Explain how the following factors influence soil formation
The parent rock
Relief(Solved)
Distinguish between soil profile and soil catena.
Explain how the following factors influence soil formation
The parent rock
Relief
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Use tables of reciprocal to work out.(Solved)
Use tables of reciprocal to work out.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- In the figure below AB = 8.4cm, DC = 4.7cm angle BDC = 480 and angle DCA = 600.Calculate the length of AC.(Solved)
In the figure below AB = 8.4cm, DC = 4.7cm angle BDC = 480 and angle DCA = 600.
Calculate the length of AC.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Using dots and crosses, show the type of bonding in Calcium Chloride(Solved)
Using dots and crosses, show the type of bonding in Calcium Chloride
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Name two features resulting from faulting.(Solved)
Name two features resulting from faulting.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Describe how plate tectonic movement cause fold mountain formation.
(Solved)
Describe how plate tectonic movement cause fold mountain formation.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Fill the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. (Solved)
Fill the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets.
The chief (shrink) ..........from taking the (decide).................. step.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- 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...(Solved)
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.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Rewrite the following sentences as instructed without changing the meaning.(Solved)
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)
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Simplify the expression.(Solved)
Simplify the expression.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
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?
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Without using logarithm tables or calculator evaluate;(Solved)
Without using logarithm tables or calculator evaluate;
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- 6 men working 5 hours a day can do a job in 32 days. How long will the same job takes 4 men working 8...(Solved)
6 men working 5 hours a day can do a job in 32 days. How long will the same job takes 4 men working 8 hours a day?
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- A student accidentally mixed three solids: lead (II) sulphate, copper (II) oxide and Iron (III) chloride. Describe how you would obtain a solid lead (II)...(Solved)
A student accidentally mixed three solids: lead (II) sulphate, copper (II) oxide and Iron (III) chloride. Describe how you would obtain a solid lead (II) sulphate from the mixture.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- 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...(Solved)
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.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
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.
- Without using mathematical tables or calculator evaluate;
(Solved)
Without using mathematical tables or calculator evaluate;
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
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.
- When a few drops of sodium hydroxide solution were added to a colorless test solution, a white precipitate was formed. When excess sodium hydroxide solution...(Solved)
When a few drops of sodium hydroxide solution were added to a colorless test solution, a white precipitate was formed. When excess sodium hydroxide solution was added, the precipitate dissolved. Similar results were obtained with the test solution when aqueous ammonia was used.
(a) Identify the cation present in the test solution.
(b) Identify the precipitate formed with the few drops of sodium hydroxide solution were added
(c) Write a balanced ionic equation for the reaction between the precipitate and excess ammonia solution.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.
- Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined words with a gender word.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined words with a gender word.
i) Our maid stole money from my mother’s purse.
ii) The firemen took a long time to arrive at the scene of the accident.
iii) Mankind thrives on cooperation.
Date posted: August 16, 2019.