This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

...where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf.

The lines above in Hallowell's The Dining Table signify _______?

• A. danger
• B. calmness
• C. pity
• D. saddness

The British Government revoked the charter of the Royal Niger Company and took over the direct administration of Nigeria in _________

• A. 1861
• B. 1900
• C. 1906
• D. 1914

This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

'Friendship has splendours that love knows not.

It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love.

Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love'.

The friendship referred to in these lines is that between

• A. Binetou and Modou Fall
• B. Ramatoulaye and Daouda Dieng
• C. Modou Faill and Mawdo Ba
• D. Aissatou and Ramatoulaye

The handset won’t work, the battery has run--------

• (a) Off
• (b) Out
• (c) Down
• (d) Over

In the diagram, the shaded part is carpet laid in a room with dimensions 3.5m by 2.2m leaving a margin of 0.5m round it. Find area of the margin

• A. 4.7m²
• B. 4.9m²
• C. 5.7m²
• D. 5.9m²

University of Ilorin was founded in ______

• A. 1971
• B. 1974
• C. 1975
• D. 1976

(a) Mention one process apart from respiration, which increases the amount of carbon (IV) oxide in the atmosphere.

(b)(i) State one use of sodium hydrogentrioxocarbonate (IV).

(ii) Write an equation to show the action of heat on sodium hydrogentrioxocarbonate(IV).

Which of the following is a result of nationalist activities in French West Africa?

• A. Indigenat
• B. Free Trade
• C. Negritude
• D. The Loi Cadre

MOVIE: SCREEN

• A. Play: stage
• B. Frame: portrait
• C. Performance: score
• D. Shadow: object

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.

The persona in Kassam's Maji Maji represents the

• A. warriors
• B. Germans
• C. Mzee
• D. listeners