EXAMINATION PAPERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 284, 29 December 1876, Page 2

EXAMINATION PAPERS.

English _-fis:ro_&) 1. Name, in tee Order of their, occurrence, ' -f tbe Isading events in the reign #Ed ward 111. ; (give=dates). ; ■•-., yY I 2 -Y^°i w cr e the jmost distW|uished states- J men, auihbra, and warriors duriug the reign . of Elizabeth? "... : y b h \ . .; 3. Give a short outline of the life of Oliver ' Cromwell. 4. Give the chief provisions of (o) The Bill of Rights, (A) The Act of Settlement. 5. When, and under what circumstances, aid the National Debt begin? *. 6. During >whose reigns #id the following > personages flourish, and fbr what were they famous?— (l.) Chaucer. (2.) Milton. (3.) Arkwright. (4.) Byron. (5.) Watt. (6.) Johnson. (7.) Brindley. ' (8.) Wordsworth. (9.) Howard. V 7. Describe William 111,'a dealings with the Irish. 8. Give a brief account of the Rebellion of 1745. . 9. Under what circumstances did the North American Colonies separate from the Mother '• Country? J ; .10. Give the dates of (a) The Battle of ■ Bosworth, (6) The taking of Calais by the French, (c) The meeting of the Long _. airlia- J * ment, (rf) The peace of Utrecht, («) The . United States' Declaration of Independence, (/) Catholic Emancipation Act, (0) The Reform Bill. Lay ofthe Last .Minstrel—Canto iy, 1. Explain the following liness4- ,"";y (..<) "I bad him long at high despite: . --!' , He drove my cows last Eastern's night." , (2.) « Royal James/; \" .y ; ' ; Encamped by Fala's mossy wave, . The "piroud distinction grateful gave." _ ; (3.) " The red cross on a -duthern breast • '■ * Is broader than the mven's nest:"" 1 <*•) "Arrayed fceiieath thi lStfmer t__U;'»- = That istream'd o'erLA.c_fe'g conquer'd wall." " . 2. Write out the stanza J-teginnine-i. '■■'•- "Behind thWEnglish bill and bow>-*' I'■ The mercenaHe^, firm and slow 1 — "!* !: ■3. Explain the following words, ijuoting ' the Una in.which each occurs — '-" f" ; (1.) "Beshrew." (2.) "Brand."' (3.)^ "Dub." (4.) .".Fa1c0n." (5.) "Morion." i\ (6.) "Foray:" j (7.) "Peel." (B.)* "Pursuivant." (9.) "Irk." aoV "Heriot.", , , 4. (1.) Parsers.) analyse these lines— " Gush'd to heteye the unbidden tear." ■ " But ne'er again the Border side Did these two lords in.friendship ride." 5. What do the following lines mean?— (1.) " Onr slogan is their lyke-wake dirge, Our moat thegrave where they shall lie.' (2.) " For who iri field or foray slack, Saw the blanche lion e'erfall back?" 6. Giye an outline of the plot of Canto IVArithmetic and Edclid. 1. Distinguish, between— (a) Simple and Compound Rules? (6) Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, (c) Mention six different kinds of Vulgar Fractions, and give an example of each, (d) Reduce 13 to. a fraction with 14 for its denominator. ?. A farmer rents one field of 12 acres 25 ' poles 16* square yards at £17 4s 3-Jd, another of 17 acres 1 rood 14 pole3 17* square yards at £26 ISs lld, and a third of 13 acres 2 roods 4pole3lߣ square, yards at £34 17s 6id. Find the average rent per acre of the three fields. 3. Reduce to a Simple Fraction— 31+2^-ij W + £ 4 0f4 i : 2_- 3^ 3| T 2 4. Write down in figures the number three hundred billions thirty millions six thousand and five. Also write down in words the signification of the same figures _. when the last three are marked off as a decimal. ... fi. What is meant by redncing one quantity to the fraction of another? What sum is the same fraction of a crown that 2s 9£d is of a guinea? i • ■ '■':.■'■< , 6. When are four quantities said to be in _ proportion? . Apply your definition to ascertain whether the four quantities. -3lb? :7ozk; Is ljd; Is 4Jdj4lbs 2ozs can be so arranged as to form a proportion. 7. Simplify -0576 x 1-97 + -142857'' 4--2-142857 f -0454864. . If your result represent a square in yards, find the length of its side in inches. 8. Find the difference between the Simple and Compound Interest on £416 13s 4d for two years afc 4 per cent. 9. A tank is Sffc long, sft 4in wide, 4ft 6iri deep. Find the number of gallons it contains, having givpn that one cubic foot of water weighs., lOOOozs, and that a pine of water weighs a pound arid a 1 quarter. 10. Define a plane angle aud a triangle. Prove that if one side of a triangle be produced the exterior s angle is. greater than .. ' either of the interior opposite angles.