1. Jide was only painting the incident in bright colours when he gave his own account  A. saying what happened
B. exaggerating the details of the incident
C. describing the score in bright colours
D. not joking  E. very happy
2. The villagers decided to come down on the right side of the fence
A. jump down the right side of the fence
B. support the wrong view point
C. support whoever was sent to them
D. support the winner
E. support nobody 
3. Let us now get down to brass tacks
A. face the actual facts
B. dodge the facts
C. remove the tacks from the wall
D. change the iron tacks to brass ones
E. tell  a lie

Indicate most nearly opposite in meaning to each of the underlined words in questions
4. Mark is indifferent to your proposal for developing the new housing estate
A. different from
B. different about
C. interested in
D. opposed to
E. in agreement with 
5. When Mr. Out, the goldsmith had finished making the bride’s necklace, he knew he had created a thing of great beauty
A. damaged
B. ruined
C. abolished
D. destroyed
E. made

6. Given that Q is the quantity of some goods and P is the price of each of those goods, find the quantity as well as the price if 4Q + 3P = 350 and 3Q + 5P = 400
A. (N50, N50)
B. (N60, N40)
C. (N70, N30)
D. (N55, N45)
E. None of the above
7. If 2 bags of rice cost N7000 while 3 bags of beans cost N9000. What will be the cost of 7bags of rice and 2bags of beans?
A. N24,500
B. N18,500
C. N30,500
D. N81,000
E. N10,500

8. A worker who receives fixed annual increment had a salary of N100,000 after 4 years. If his total salary over 4years was N300,000. What was his initial salary?
A. N40,000
B. N25,000
C. N50,000
D. N60,000
E. N75,000
9. A student was presented with 5 new books because he took first position in the class. If he has only 3 empty spaces in his book shelf; in how many ways can these books be arranged in those empty spaces?
A. 60ways
B. 10ways
C. 15ways
D. 20ways
E. 30ways