DELSU English Language 2009/2010 Past Questions

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Question 1
Read the passage below and answer questions 1-5 choosing the correct letter option.
Over the years, there has been this hue and cry by government and public advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspect of the phenomenon. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farmland; increasing school enrolment and the resultant rise in educational levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural areas.
The most often mentioned consequences of this rural urban migration depopulation of the rural areas leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problem, decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative. When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job than us involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban centre.
The consequences of the rural-urban drift are seen as being
  • A.Negative
  • B.Indication of industrialization
  • C.Health economic indicator
  • D.A monumental national disaster
Objective
Question 2
Read the passage below and answer questions 1-5 choosing the correct letter option.
Over the years, there has been this hue and cry by government and public advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspect of the phenomenon. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farmland; increasing school enrolment and the resultant rise in educational levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural areas.
The most often mentioned consequences of this rural urban migration depopulation of the rural areas leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problem, decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative. When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job than us involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban centre.
One suggested solution to the problem of rural-urban drift is to:
  • A.Discourages young people from travelling to the cities by highlighting the problem of cities
  • B.Discourage education in rural areas
  • C.Provides social amenities and creates employment opportunities
  • D.Mount road blocks
Objective
Question 3
Read the passage below and answer questions 1-5 choosing the correct letter option.
Over the years, there has been this hue and cry by government and public advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspect of the phenomenon. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farmland; increasing school enrolment and the resultant rise in educational levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural areas.
The most often mentioned consequences of this rural urban migration depopulation of the rural areas leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problem, decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative. When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job than us involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban centre.
Migration in large numbers is said to result in:
  • A.Juvenile delinquency
  • B.A fall in the production of food, accommodation and health in cities
  • C.Highway robberies
  • D.Difficulty of life in rural areas
Objective
Question 4
Read the passage below and answer questions 1-5 choosing the correct letter option.
Over the years, there has been this hue and cry by government and public advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspect of the phenomenon. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farmland; increasing school enrolment and the resultant rise in educational levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural areas.
The most often mentioned consequences of this rural urban migration depopulation of the rural areas leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problem, decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative. When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job than us involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban centre.
One of the reasons why people drift from the rural areas to urban areas is:
  • A.Better rural education and possession of qualification which make better jobs available in urban areas
  • B.Hunger resulting from draught
  • C.Laziness and ignorance
  • D.The easy life and the comfort in the city
Objective
Question 5
Read the passage below and answer questions 1-5 choosing the correct letter option.
Over the years, there has been this hue and cry by government and public advisers against the phenomenon of the rural-urban drift. Researches have been conducted on various aspect of the phenomenon. Among the causes most often mentioned are population pressures in some rural areas resulting in dwindling farmland; increasing school enrolment and the resultant rise in educational levels which qualify many people for urban employment, higher wages in the urban centers relative to rural areas.
The most often mentioned consequences of this rural urban migration depopulation of the rural areas leading to overcrowding of the cities and the resultant housing and sanitation problem, decline in the agricultural population resulting in less food crops being grown and high food prices in the cities. The results of the phenomenon are seen largely as negative. When industries are located in the rural areas, it involves much less cost for the prospective rural-urban migrant to change to a non-agricultural job than us involved in his leaving a rural abode for a distant urban centre.
The author explained that researchers could on various aspects of rural-urban drift have
  • A.Failed to provide effective solution
  • B.Revealed the causes and effects of this drift
  • C.Provide effective solution to the problem
  • D.Revealed the merits of the drift
Objective