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6. If a pint of water contain 34.65 cubic inches, find the number of gallons contained by a cistern whose length is 5 ft. 3 in., breadth 4 ft. 7 in., and depth 2 ft. 6 in. and what will be the weight when a pint weighs 20 ozs. ?
7. Two men, A and B, working alone, can finish a piece of work in 7 and 8 hours respectively. If they work at it for an hour alternately, A beginning, in how many hours will the work be finished?
8. Simplify X
3-3 ÷ +3
9. By selling out 3 per cent. consols at 1022, and investing the proceeds in a railway stock at 137, a man finds that he can double his income; what is the annual dividend on the railway stock? 10. Find the compound interest on £2,083 6s. 8d. for 3 years at 3 per cent. per annum.
CLASS I-GEOGRAPHY.
2-4.30.
1. A person journeys from London to Hongkong via the Suez Canal. State, and give the exact positions of places he could call at (without going too far out of his course) that belong to England.
2. Give the names of the mountains and rivers of India. State the general direction and
what seas the latter flow.
3. Give the chief imports, exports, and ports of India, giving the position of the last named.
say into
4. Draw a map of Australia marking the divisious and giving the principal towns, capes, bays and
rivers.
5. What parts of Africa have lately come under British rule, and what part of Europe has been given
up ?
6. Where are the following
Sierra Leone, Ascension Isle, Mauritius, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Isle, Somer's Islands, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Windward Islands, Trinidad and British Guiana. 7. From what possessions do we obtain gold, precious stones, tea, pearls, ivory, ostrich feathers,
timber, coffee, and spices.
8. Describe the Gulf Stream stating what effects it has on climate.
9. Explain tides and say what placés are little affected by them and why.
10. State, giving examples, why some seas are salter than others.
CLASS I-GRAMMAR.
9-12.
2
1. Explain and exemplify the difference between the Grammatical and Logical Subject and Predicate. 2. A word may be used to represent more than one part of speech. Give six examples of different
words shewing this.
3. Give four examples of adjectives ending in 'ly.'
4. Write the shortest sentences possible using the following verbs, and say to what class each verb
belongs:-
(a.) To rise. (b.) to raise. (c.) to lie. (d.) to lay. (e.) to make. (ƒ) to call.
5. Comment on the word reading in the following sentences :-
(a.) Reading by candle light is trying to the eyes.
(b.) He is very fond of reading.
(c.) I hear that you are reading ancient history.
6. Explain the use of the apostrophe in Possessive Cases Singular and Plural and comment on the
following:-
(a.) Kelly and Walsh's letters.
(b.) Kelly's and Walsh's letters.
7. Write out fully the Present Imperfect, and Past Indefinite Tenses, Indicative Mood, both ACTIVE
and PASSIVE Voices of the verb to catch.
8. Parse fully the words in italics---
I have heard it said of a man who went to the wars in India, and who once lived in our village, that he left a private and returned a general.
9. Analyse-
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear.