UACE S101 General Paper section B: Logic Quiz 5
Study the following information carfully and answer the questions that follow (50marks)
A group of six well trained Commandos have been tasked by government to arrest of kill a rebel leader that has taken refugee in a jungle.
The mission involves locating the rebel’s leader hide out, laying ambush and attacking.
The qualities of the Commandos are
Alfred, is a higher rank than Chris, energetic and has acrobatic skills which are useful in affecting arrests.
Betty is of higher rank than Drake and is a medical personel.
Chris is of a lower rank than Alfred but shoots accurately
Drake has no significant rank, but is good at laying ambushes.
Eddy is of the same rank with Betty but of a lower rank than Chris. He is a good mechanic, driver and pilot
Frank is of a higher rank than Alfred, a good map reader and skilled spy.
During the mission, the following conditions must be observed:
- The Comandos must work in pairs
- No pairs should have Commandos of the same rank
- The Commando with the highest rank should be the head of the mission
Question
(a) (i) Giving a reason for your answer, identify the head of the mission. (02marks)
(ii) State the ranking of the commandos from the highest to the lowest (03mmarks)
(b) Giving a reson for ease, suggest the pairing of the Commandos. (06marks)
(c) Explain the cause of the political rebel activities in developing countries. (16marks)
(d) What are the effects of political rebellion in developing countries (13marks)
SPGE (10marks)
Suggested answers
(a) (i) Giving a reason for your answer, identify the head of the mission. (02marks)
Frank heads the mission because he has the highest rank
(ii) State the ranking of the commandos from the highest to the lowest (03mmarks)
Frank, Alfred, Chris, Betty and Eddy, then Drake
(b) Giving a reason for each case, suggest the pairing of the Commandos. (06marks)
Frank and Eddy
- Have different ranks
- Eddy is likely to be useful in transporting Frank during the spying activities
Drake and Alfred
- Have different ranks
- Alfred arrest the head of rebels when Drake lays and ambush.
Chris and Betty
Betty would offer fisrt Aid to wounded rebel leader shot by Chris
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(c) Explain the causes of the political rebel activities in developing countries. (16marks)
- Geed for power. Some rebel groups are simply gredy for power and cannot be conviced otherwise.
- Extreeme Poverty. People fight in order to get means of servival
- High Umemployment: some people join rebel groups because they are promised to be paid.
- Unequitable sharing of resources for those in power
- Lack of democracy. People will resort to rebel activities when given no chance of getting power through democratic means especially in case of election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging.
- Violation of human rights through illegal arrests and imprisonment
- Corruption
- Economic stagnation make people disgusted
- Ethnic heterogeneity, inferiority and superiority complexes.
- Religious conflict such attempting to govern a country by Sharia law
- Land and territorial disputes
(d) What are the effects of political rebellion in developing countries (13marks)
- Loss of humanlife
- Destruction of private properties
- Destruction infrastructures like roads, school and so on
- Human right violation like gang rape
- Destruction of environement
- Theft of countries resources such as mineral
- Displacement of people
- Destruction of tourist attraction sites
- Disorganized peaceful coexistance of people and ethnic groups.
- Famine
- Increased debt burden
- Encourage rural-uurban migration
- Income inequality
SPGE (10marks)
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