DELSU General Paper 2012/2013 Past Questions

“The cuckoo croak” is an example of

A ballad is:

The author of the poem “NIGHT” is:

“The mention of a part when the whole is to be understood” is known as

“The substitution of an attributive or other suggestive word for the name of the thing meant” is known as:

A sonnet is a poem of:

A tragic hubris is:

An ode is:

Most tragedies have:

“You do not have to be brutal or rather you are not brutal not because you are a soldier, but because there is a sadist, a rapist, a fascist and a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army uniform to give them expression.” The speaker here contends that:

“But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly and the work of million years was lost” The subject matter of the passage is:

Dennis Brutus was born in the year

The poem “A Taxi Driver on His Death” is composed by

The author of the poem, CASUALTIES is:

he decision that European powers should not go to war over quest for African colonies was taken at the:

The African leader who waged a relentless war against neo-colonialism was:

Nigeria became a debtor-nation for the first time in her history during the regime of:

Tunisian nationalism was guided by the philosophy of

The famous war of 1750 to 1755 which was fought by Benin over the death of Princess Adesuwa took place at:

The first centres of Christian missionary activities in Nigeria before 1800 were;

In Bornu, the shehu El-kanemi dynasty replaced the:

Adowa Italy was defeated by Ethiopia under:

Nigeria resistance to the imposition of British rule failed due to:

The much that is known about the western Sudanese Empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhay comes from:

The Bisandugu Treaty was signed with the French by:

The power and influence of the Uzama , council of states in the Benin Empire was curbed by Oba:

The close of the old testament and the beginning of the new testament called a period

When you fast ---- and -----

Jesus said to them that no one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. The old garment is -------

The transfiguration of Jesus is a clear manifestation that -----

The parable of the wicked husband men shows that

Peter said, Ananias, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to his Holy Spirit” what was the offence?

Terah was the father of

Who were the Hebrew midwives instructed by pharoah to all male babies of the Hebrews at birth?

The ten commandment could be divided into two as follows:

“Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring water for you out of this rocks?” What was the water that came abundantly called

Which of these is the meaning of Ichabod?

“Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire” who made this statement?

The French colonial policy in West Africa was known as

The government by the rich is called

In Nigeria the police is part of which arm of government

Universal adult suffrage means

Which of the following is not an arm of government?

An organization through which legitimate means seeks to influence decision making centres of government on behalf of its members or specific interest is a

The Nigerian Civil war ended in

Who among the following would not qualify for a place among the nationalists in Nigeria?

The several pre-colonial Niger Delta communities where the oldest man was the ruler would qualify as------

The first military coup in Nigeria took place on-------

The principle of the greatest good or happiness for the greatest majority is known as -------

Laws made by the parliament are referred to as