DELSU General Paper 2009/2010 Past Questions

------ is known as a decorous speech

Words addressed to a present or absent person or thing and breaking the thread discourse are known rhetorically as -------

Ode is ------

An autobiography is --------

Octave is the first ----- lines of a sonnet

When the sound of a word suggests its meaning------Is said to be used

In a play, the use of pantomime involves-------

An ordinary non-metrical form of writing best describes a genre of literature called

In a story, the adversary of the Protagonist is known as

The central idea in a Literary work is known as

A pun or play on words is also known as

A poem of four lines is called

The author of A Man Of All Seasons is

---------- is the main ideology in I Will Pronounce Your Name

The Second Coming is written by

“Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood” What was the sign of this covenant?

Shechem was an important sanctuary because

“We, your servants are twelve brothers----------The youngest is this day with our fathers” Who is the youngest referred in this statement?

Moses said “Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today”, what happened?

The Consequence of Rehoboam adopting the advice of the younger folks was the

Among the people of the ancient near East, circumcision was a rite associated with puberty but for the Israelites it was

Which of these is the meaning of the parable of the mustard seed?

What did Jesus tell the Pharisees when they demanded a sign from heaven?

Which of these was the immediate advantage of the death of Stephen?

Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” What was the answer of the Eunuch?

“Truly, I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him” The great truth which Peter thus proclaimed implies that

Why was the first Christian council held in Jerusalem?

Paul said “I am standing before Caesar's tribunal...I appeal to Caesar”. What qualified Paul to make this appeal

Paul visited the following cities during his first missionary journey

He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities. Where was this statement made?

The membership of the council of state in Nigeria is composed of

The rule of law is observed

The country is likely to have a government if it has

Bicameral Legislature refers to

The main criticism against pre-independence political parties in Nigeria was that they

West Africa’s economic past is the record of a continuous dialogue between

Pre-colonial Africa farmers spent less hours in farming than in productive employment due to their involvement in

The legendary city of ------ was a famous centre of Muslim Scholarship

Which had the greatest need for slaves and also the means to buy or capture them was

The imperial phase of Benin History started with the reign of Oba

The military title of Are-ona-kakanfo in the old Oyo Empire was created by Alafin

The celebrated Muslim Jurist ------was arrested by the Moroccans after the conquest of Songhay

The greatest weakness of the colonial legislatures in British Africa was that Britain did not trust the Africa members with

The primary reason of Africa’s resistance to British direct taxation was the erroneous belief that it implied assertion of ------- rights over the things taxed

The independent Republic of Biafra was proclaimed on

Artist who carve and mould images are called

----------- is the oldest art tradition discovered in Nigeria

The leading centre of brass craft in Nigeria is

In drawing and painting, parallel lines -----as they gain distance from the observer

One of the following is a principle of design