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POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS FOR GENERAL

ARTS AND LAW

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AAU POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS FOR FACULTY OF

GENERAL ARTS AND LAW
2007/2008 AAU POST UME 1. In this passage, the author seems to
suggest that music and language are
QUESTIONS A. Interdependent
B. synonymous
Time Allowed: 1 Hour C. disparate
D. passionate
SECTION A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
2. In the above passage, the author states
INSTRUCTION: Read the following that music and language are
passage and answer the questions A. Symbols

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thoroughly, choosing the right options. B. subdivided
C. notations

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PASSAGE I: D. emotions

Musicologists and Linguists argue about the 3. The word intrinsic in the passage means

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relationship between music and language. A. neutral and essential
Prominent Ethno-musicologist, Bruno Net B. fundamental and cohesive
has concluded that like language, music is a C. inherent and basic
series of symbols. However, music has
traditionally been used for more functional,
prosaic tasks.

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D. built-in and intricate

4. The expression "music is the food of the

soul", an example of
A. Personification
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the Romantic era of western music, when B. paradox
may composers and citifies felt that music C. hyperbole
could stand by itself to connote emotions D. metaphor
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without any extra musical references.

5. The two questions that end the passage
The fundamental building blocks of both can be described as
language and music are quite similar, as A. Rhetoric
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are the manners in which these B. conclusive

components are combined to form a C. imaginative
cohesive whole. In the same way that an D. communicative
entire piece of music can be divided into
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phrases; and further subdivided into 6. The word romantic era in the first
specific notes, language can be divided into paragraph is an example of
paragraphs, sentences and words. A single A. Literary reference
note can have different meanings, B. abstracts noun
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depending on the piece; a lone word can C. sensuous love

have different meanings, depending on the
context in the sentence. Words and notes
are also similar in that they have title
intrinsic meanings, but instead act as
symbols to convey larger ideas. In terms of
the effect they produce music and language
share a lot. Some people say music is the
food of the soot This emphasizing is
emotional appeal. And anyone disapprove
the fact that a world of fifty spoken can
produce such a satisfying effect on
listeners? Isn't this the reason orators are
highly regarded?
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D. proper noun
PASSAGE II
The learning of a foreign language should
be an integral part of every university
student’s education. As a discipline. it
affords the mind excellent training. It
utilizes skills needed in many other
subjects: the concentration required for
memorizing music (riot to mention
developing the ear for tone and pitch). the
logical thinking for resolving mathematical
problems, even the deductive reasoning
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capabilities needed to comprehend
philosophical concepts. The mind is
stretched through the simple act of learning
the grammatical patterns, vocabulary and
phonological system of a language. At the
same time, the students of a foreign
language are acquiring a useful tool. This
tool has a double advantage, for while
most, people (especially teachers)
expounded on the rewords of being able to
communicate in a second, third or fourth
language perhaps the more promising of
the two, is being able to understand and
hopefully appreciate another cultural group
through their literature, their music and
customs all of which are best assimilated
through the medium of their language.
7. An appropriate title for the article from
which this passage is taken could be
A. The need for foreign language learning in
universities
B. an apology for the study of foreign
language in Nigeria universities
C. the need for study French and Kiswahili
in our colleges
D. why a foreign language should be
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studied by all who study music,
mathematics or philosophy
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8. According to the passage. the main
reward for foreign language learners is
A. the ability to speak another language
B. being able to teach the language
C. being able to learn mathematics or
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music in a foreign language
D. expanding the mind of acquires new
knowledge and skills.
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9. Which of the following statements is not
mode in the passage
A. all students should study a language in
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the university
B. foreign language learners are usually
better students than the others
C. foreign language learning enables one
appreciate other people’s culture
D. teachers emphasize ability to
communicate is a reward of foreign
language learning
10. Discipline as used in the above passage
means
A. subject
B. punishment
C. skills
D. training
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In question 11-20 a list of interpretations is
given below every sentence or phrase
choose the interpretation that gives the
correct meaning of the underlined idiom in
the sentence or phrase.
11. Edosa is not the only pebble on the
bench. This means Edosa
A. is not the only victim in the accident
B. is not the only person the police are
looking for now
C. is not the only person of substance
D. is not of the regular swimmers in his
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locality
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12. Serena has her tongue in her cheek
today. This means she is
A. nervous today
B. not behaving seriously today
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C. very jovial and happy today
D. unhappy today
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13. It is said that those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones. This
means it is said that
A. People who live unclear life should not
find faults with others
B. people who are decent should not attack
the indecent ones
C. people who are forth mate in life should
protect them from damage
14. To kill the goose that lays the golden
eggs: means
A. be more concern about food
B. be fed up with something considered too
expensive to keep
C. do away with something regarded as
useless
D. satisfy a trivial need
15. The man is firing on all cylinders. This
means the man is
A. using all his energy
B. engaging himself in many tasks at once
C. greedy
D. ambitious
16. Omoregie bit his tongue at the
ceremony. This means Omoregie
A. tired hard not to say what he had in
mind at the ceremony
B. chewed roughly and hurt his tongue
C. was provoked by a close friend of his at
the ceremony
D. regretted attending the ceremony.
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C. critical
17. To make a beeline for somebody or D. sociable
something
A. show strong hatred for the person or 24. A go-between is
thing A. a go-better
B. move directly and quickly towards the B. an intermediary
person or the thing C. an ambitious person
C. recognize the person or thing as D. a fool
dependable source of enjoyment
D. criticize the person or the thing every 25. In my opinion, it is colossal waste.
time. A. common
B. gigantic
18. Samson is a chip off the old block C. reprisal
means Samson D. colloquial

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A. resembles his father in character
B. is a person who prefer old blocks to new 26. The effect of the workers strike is

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blocks infinitesimal.
C. is an ill-tempered person A. infinite
D. jokes a lot about people around him. B. unlimited
C. inconsequential

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19. Osagie is a dog in the manger. This D. great
means Osagie is
A. a very wicked person 27. A Lilliputian is
B. a thoughtful person
C. an eccentric person
D. a selfish and self-centred person
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A. midget
B. a giant
C. a political
D. a litigant
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20. You should know that Taylor was born
on the wrong side of the blanket. This 28. I have not discovered the man's
means that Taylor was idiosyncrasy.
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A. physically handicapped at birth A. madness

B. mentally handicapped at birth B. peculiarity
C. by parents who were not married at C. mentality
D. born into abject poverty D. mistake
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In question 21-30 a list of options 15 29. The arrival of Mensah made the party
given below every sentence. Choose become animated.
from the options, the one nearest in A. rough
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meaning to the word or phrase B. chaotic

underlined in the sentence. C. lively
D. anointed
21. Some children abate their parents.
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A. disobey 30. One of the interviewers demonstrated

B. imitate stupendous emergence.
C. respect A. Astonishing
D. resemble B. foolish
C. stupid
22. He always puts on a facade of D. idiotic
dishonesty
A. genuine appearance In question 31-40 choose among the
B. false appearance options, the one that the opposite
C. foreign appearance meaning to the word or group of words
D. good intention underlined in the sentence to fill the
missing word(s)
23. We all know Ejida as a fastidious fellow
A. Fast-moving
B. religious

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31. While Chukwu is very presumptuous in 38. They hold mutational meetings
his way of life, Malik is recognized by many nowadays unlike in the past when it was
people as ______person. their practice to hold ____ meetings.
A. a modest A. patutinal
B. a pompous B. secret
C. a precaution C. conventional
D. an innocent D. nocturnal

32. The serenity of a rural place obviously 39. We should ____ the people instead of
contrasts with the ____ of a typical urban choosing to repudiate them at this crucial
centre time
A. tranquillity A. report
B. poverty B. imitate
C. wealth C. punish

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D. bustle D. accommodate

33. The biology teacher always gives us
ample time to write his test but the
mathematics teacher is in the habit of
giving us _____time to write his test.
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40. Many people say it is a fallacy that one
language is superior to another. But believe
there is _____ in the assertion
A. an assumption

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A. Sufficient B. truth
B. inadequate C. fact
C. average D. lunacy
D. additional

34. While the woman poured out a lot of

invectives in her speech the man's speech
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SECTION B: GENERAL PARER

Read the extract below and answer

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was dominated by _____. question 1 to 4 that follows
A. conjectures
B. additives From the air we breathe, to the food we
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C. praises eat; from the water we drink, to the dress

D. curses we wear from the car we drive, to the
hospital we attend, to the light we get from
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doing it. from our government to our schools: from
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A. perfectly the shinning sun to the falling rain; from

B. carefully the space above to the house in which we
C. permanently live; from our wives and husbands to our
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D. especially children and housemaids; from our

dependents to our superior and
36. It is either the witness corroborates subordinates; from fuel scarcity and crises
your statement or he ____ it. to religious riots; from political posts we
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A. collaborates hold or fail to hold from all these and more,

B. states we get stress-the ubiquitous silent killer.
C. mentions
D. opposes 1. The above passage is made up of
A. Twelve sentences
37. At the book launched ceremony, the B. Fifteen sentence
author delivered an extempore speech but C. One sentence
the chairman of the occasion delivered D. Eleven sentence
____ speech.
A. an educative 2. The writer’s passage is developed
B. a prepared through
C. a compulsory A. chit-chat
D. an arrogant B. summing
C. pilling
D. propositioning

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D. it contains couplets
3. The author is drawing attention to a
A. disease 10. A play that thrives on exaggeration of
B. murderer humour, plot and character is a
C. killer drugs A. mine
D. political election B. tragedy
C. force
4. The term ubiquitous is a close word to D. lampoon
A. somewhere
B. everywhere 12. Which of the following is not a type of
C. loquacious drama ?
D. riotous A. boutique
B. resolution
Read the following poem carefully and C. tragedy

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answer the question 5-9 that follows D. pantomime

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I love you my gentle one: 13. The misuse of words that sound
My love is in the fresh milk in the rubindi somewhat similar is
Which you drank on the wedding day A. malapropism
My love is the butter we were smeared with B. metonymy

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To seal fidelity into our hearts C. onomatopoeia
You are the cattle bird's egg D. pun
For those who say you are wealthy
You are the, papyrus reed of the lake
Which they pull out with both hands
And I sing for you with tears
I love you my gentle one
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14. In ‘Jemila did her best but was first
from behind' 'first from behind' is an
example of
A. sarcasm
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B. euphemism
5. The poem is an example of C. invective
A. a lyric D. analogy
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B. a dirge
C. an ode 15. A short, emphatic witty saying often
D. an epic involving a thesis or paradox is an
A. epithet
6. The dominant literary deice use in the B. epigram
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extract is C. invective
A. hyperbole D. analogy
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C. oxymoron 16. The Arachukwu oracle was destroyed by

D. apostrophe the British in
A. 1914
7. The feeling of the poet is one of B. 1902
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A. anxiety C. 1920
B. gaiety D. 1945
C. sadness
D. frustration 17. The council that could depose the Mai
and impose another in Kanem Bog-nu was
8. The underlined expression contains a called
A. simile A. the supreme council
B. metaphor B. The council of chiefs
C. personification C. the council of twelve
D. litotes D. the council of seven

9. The poem is a blank verse because 18. The Benin king who conquered about
A. there is no rhyme two hundred and one towns in Ekiti, Egab,
B. there is rhyme Ibo land, Ikare and Kuruchuruetc was
C. the rhyme is alternate A. Ewuare

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B. Eweka D. Thirty-five
C. Ewedo
D. Ogunola 27. Deborah wife of lappidoth administrated
justice to the people of Israel at _____.
19. King Jaja of Opobo belong to A. kadesh and naphtha
A. Anna people house B. Dan and Beersheba
B. Mamailla people house C. Ephram and Kishon
C. dappa people house D. Rama and bethel
D. Opobo people house
28. The three sons of Saul who lost their
20. _____ was the teacher of Othman Dan lives in mount Gilboa were
Fodio A. Jonathan, ishbosheth and malchishua
A. Jubril B. Abinadab, joriathan and malchishua
B. Runfa C. Jonathan , Abinadab and ishbosheth

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C. Mahmud D. ishbosheth, malchishua and Abinadab
D. Ahmed

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29. The main theme of Amos prophesy in
21. Which of the group of people offered Israel was on justice and
the longest and most coherent resistance to A. mercy
invasion in West Africa B. charity

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A. Tukulor C. love
B. Madinko D. righteousness
C. Kong
D. Soninke

22. The Portuguese first visited Benin in

the reign of
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30. The main message of Hosea is that God
desire
A. steadfast love and not sacrifice
B. love and sacrifice
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A. Ewuare the great C. love with little sacrifice
B. Ozolua D. sacrifice and worship
C. Esigie
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D. Ovonramwen 31. According to mark, the first four

23. Who was the king that saved Ethiopia
from colonial conquest and domination
A. Menelik II
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disciples to be called by Jesus Christ were
A. Simon, James, Philip and Matthew
B. Simon, Andrew, James and john
C. Simon, James, Philip and Bartholomew

B. Theodore
C. john IV 32. Another name for Tabitha who was
D. Raskassa raised from the dead was
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A. Magdalene
24. The battle of Aduwa that was won by B. Joanne
Ethiopia against Italy took place in _____. C. Acneas
A. 1986 D. Dorcas
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B. 1896
C. 1856 33. After Jesus had cast out evil from the
D. 1900 demonic, the people
A. asked Jesus to stay for some more days
25. Shaka the Zulu died in the year B. pleaded with Jesus to leave their town
A. 1828 C. asked Jesus to bless them
B. 1768 D. begged Jesus to teach them the word of
C. 1840 God.
D. 1760
34. Jesus performed healing and miracles in
26. Joseph was sold to Ishmaelite for order to
____shekels of silver. A. show his human nature
A. Thirty B. manifest the kingdom of God
B. Forty C. responds to peoples request for signs
C. Twenty D. prove that he is a wonder worker

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B. sketches for buildings
35. The gathering of twelve baskets full of C. sketches for paintings
pieces after Jesus had fed that five D. painting for decoration
thousand people indicate
A. that nothing was to be wasted even 42. Tertiary colour is a mixture of _____.
when the supply was ample A. Two complimentary colours
B. the apostles’ intension to use them to B. Two primary colours
feed others C. Two secondary colours
C. that the left over was important D. One primary and one secondary
D. that Matthew cherished management
43. Which of the following mask is antelope
36. One of the factors that can determine like headdress?
legitimacy is A. Den
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B. public opinion C. Chiwara
C. level of literacy D. Bundu

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D. foreign policy objective
ANSWERS TO 2007/2008 ARTS AND
37. Which of the following is a merit of LAW
socialism?

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A. absence of choice SECTION A: Comprehension Passage
B. industrial harmony
C. the government control all aspect of the 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. D 9. D
economy
D. division of labour is de-emphasized

38. One of the characteristics of

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10. A 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. A 16. A

17. B 18. A 19. D 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. C

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constitutional monarchy is that
A. power is invested in person who controls 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. A
the legislature, the executive and judiciary
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B. he is not controlled by the law of the 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. B
land
C. his will become the law of the land 38. C 39. D 40. B
D. the monarch is guide by the rule of law
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39. Republicanism can be defined as a

A. a state that is completely government by 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A
elected representatives
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B. a state rule by supreme authority called 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. A
a monarch
C. a system which the executive is directly 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. A 21. – 22. A 23. –
responsible to the legislature
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D. a system in which power are shared 24. – 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B
between the different levels of government
31. B 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. C
40. One of the characteristics of pressure
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function of the graphic artist? Production of
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A. visual communication designs

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2008/2009 AAU POST UMTE QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions D. Envoi

1. Once power is legitimized it converts to 8. The part of a play when a climax

____. approach is known as
A. absolute power A. protasis
B. corruption B. epitasis
C. authority C. catastasis
D. influence D. catharsis

2. Influence diverges from power in that 9. An anti-society action taken by the tragic
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A. power alone is transitive A. anagnorisis
B. influence does not involve decision B. premonition

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makers whole power dies C. hamartia
C. power is potential while influence is over D. empathy
D. influence depends on someone else to

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take the decision 10. Hall to them, blithe spirit!
Bird thou wert,
3. According to Max Weber, rules and That from heaven, or near it,
regulations constitute the_____ In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
bureaucracy
A. main reason for the existence
B. main problem
C. red-tapism
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The main figure of speech in this passage is
A. apostrophe
B. hyperbole
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D. main explanation for the bottlenecks C. euphemism
D. metonymy
4. The relationship between history and
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political science is while political science is 11. Under a presidential system of

the fruit of history; history is the _____ of government, the legislature and the
politics executive are
A. Root A. elected separately to a fixed term
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B. stern B. elected separately to an unfixed term

C. flower C. appointed by the judiciary to a fixed
D. mirror term
D. appointed at the same time to an
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5. Chanson is term donating unfixed term

A. song from middle age
B. poem of varied metrical form 12. Nigeria observed the principle of
C. popular Korean verse collecting responsibility between
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D. form of love song A. 1993 and 1999

B. 1985 and 1993
6. The moment of recognition of truth when C. 1979 and 1983
ignorance gives way to knowledge in a D. 1960 and 1966
character is known as
A. Anagnorisis 13. In the 1930's the political movement
B. Hamartia that challenged the NNDP domination of
C. Anamnesis Lagos politics was the
D. Hubris A. NYM
B. AG
7. A final stanza a poem that is shorter C. NPC
than the preceding one is called D. NCNC
A. Iron
B. epanalepsis
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14. The Nigerian public complaints B. metaphor
commission as the ombudsman suffers C. Personification
most from D. zeugma
A. poor knowledge of the workings of the
public service 20. Hee, thou great Anna!
B. manipulation by political office holders Whom three realms obey,
C. too many complaints to handle And sometimes counsel take,
effectively and sometimes tea.
D. lack of power to enforce its decision The literary device used in the passage is
A. antithesis
15. A characteristics of most pre-colonial B. climax
government in Nigeria is that they C. epigram
A. had no defined functions D. anti-climax
B. performed only executive functions

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C. had no clear separation of powers 21. The kwananafa state also refers to the
D. observed independence of the judiciary state of ____.

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A. Jakun
16. Nigerians opposed the defence pact B. Nupe
with Britain at independence because it C. Igala
A. was forced on Nigeria D. Tiv

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B. was very ambiguous
C. was of no benefit to Nigeria 22. Who was the hero of the Nri tradition of
D. offended their pride at independence Origin?

17. Nigeria's quest for a leadership role in

Africa hinges principally on her
A. military Might
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A. Onodo
B. Eri
C. Nna
D. Ojukwu
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B. economics strength
C. size and population 23. Pick out the primary colour below
D. generosity A. blue-yellow-green
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B. blue-purple-red
18. The story of my life, which I am about C. red-yellow
to record is one full of striking incident D. red -blue-white
keener panged, deeper joys more singular
vicissitudes, few has been led by God 24. What is warm colour?
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providence experience. As I look back on it A. they are colours that show heat and light
through the vista of more than sixty years B. these are colours that show bright and
and scene on scene it raises before me an light colour
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ever-fresh wonder fills my mind. I delight C. painting

to recall it; I dwell on it as did the Jews on D. bright colours
the marvellous history of their rescue from
the bondage of Egypt Black slave 25. What is tint?
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Narratives j:F Bayliss (ed) A. the colour to which whitens been added
B. light colour added
The literacy term a used for this kind of C. black colour added
writing is D. red colour added
A. Biography
B. Autography 26. _____ is clay that has been fired and
C. Orthography finely grounded up
D. Autobiography A. mudding
B. dried clay
19. “I have said too much unto a heart of C. grog
stone and laid mine honour to puncher D. clay layers
out': Twelveth Night by W Shakespeare.
The above lamentation is an example of a 27. Which of the following is an element of
____. a Nigerian culture?
A. smile A. baginin

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B. Ujini ANSWERS TO 2008/2009
C. Tikar
D. tyer A.A.U QUESTIONS
28. According to Hubbard, the first 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. C
European visited Benin in the following year
A. 1897 10. A 11. A 12. D 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. D
B. 1472
C. 1489 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. C
D. 1914
24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. C
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2009/2010 AAU POST UMTE QUESTIONS

1. Church A. purposeful
A. feature B. impoverished
B. chauffer C. confused
C. ocean D. amused
D. machine
8. And the promised pleasure will never be
2. Thank found in the face of vanished treasure in
A. through the face of plundered pound hidden
B. thought beneath roots of greener grasses in a for
C. Thames from the masses. The tone of the poem is
D. Thomas A. pessimistic

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B. optimistic
For questions 3-5, choose the option C. interrogative

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that best completes the sentence. D. persuasive

3. The officer was compelled to ______the 9. The expression "the ripest is the saddest

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suspect's car. encounter" is an example of ____.
A. seize A. euphemism
B. cease B. paradox
C. seized C. hyperbole
D. caese

4. The trader complained that he

robbed.
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D. metaphor

10. 'They may on like a whirlwind, and

dashed over the line snorting, kicking,
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A. has been squealing in a compact, pile bald of hay,
B. had been brown, grey backs, eyes starting, necks
C. was being extended, nostrils red, long nails streaming.
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D. is being As soon as they had leaped upon the rood,

the thick dew flew upwards from under
5. I would like to ______my father to their hoofs, and within six yards of Giorgio
Lagos. only a brown cloud with vague forms of
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A. accompany necks and cruppers rolled by, making the

B. follow soil tremble " Joseph Comrald: Nostrono
C. escort
D. join The passage above describes a troop of
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_____.
In each of the questions, 6-50, choose A. cow
the appropriate answer from the B. elephants
options given below. C. camels
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Questions 6 and 7 are based on William
Shakespeare's Hamlet.
6. Claudius, though a murderer is
presented as a character ____
A. Who has a superlative administrative
style
B. With a living conscience that torments
him
C. To whom past events have significance
D. With an admirable physical appearance
7. The call made on Hamlet to avenge his
father's death makes him______.
D. horses
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12. "Where has my love blown his horn? 20. A lyric poem of lament for the dead is
The tune of his is well- known. Young men A. sonnet
of my clan have you heard the horn of my B. an elegy
love?" Okot P. Bitek: Horn of my love. The C. an ode
overriding feeling of the person in this D. an epic
extract is
A. anxiety 21. Jesus drove the money changers and
B. certainty sellers of doves out of the temple because
C. frustration the
D. joy A. People defiled it with dubious business
B. There was no need for animal sacrifice
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D. poetess Egyptians but spared the Israelites
C. The deliverance from illness
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B. device 26. Hosea married Corner, a harlot to
C. plot symbolize the
D. technique A. Unfaithfulness of Israel toward God
B. Steadfastness of Israel in worship
19. The development of events as they C. Attitude of Israel towards harlots
unfold in a work of art is the D. Punishments awaiting
A. Plot
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C. Subject matter bush burning was called
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B. Sinai B. Stop slave trade and slavery
C. Nebo C. Stop inter-ethnic wars
D. Carmel D. Obtain cheap materials and secure ready
markets
28. Ogwi is the god of ____.
A. Thorn and flesh 38. The Chairman of the United Nations
B. Thunder and Lightning (UN) Security Council emerges through
C. iron A. Rotation
B. election
29. Feminine gods are also called C. Consensus
A. Male gods D. selection
B. Female gods
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B. An Alhaji A. Baron de Montesquieu
C. Islam B. Karl Marx

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B. autocracy
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A. bigots D. Law proposed by the legislature
B. sinners
C. evangelizers 44. In which of the political system is the
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36. A non-monarchical state can be best A. Military
described as a _____. B. Parliamentary
A. Confederation C. Totalitarian
B. Republic D. Monarchical
C. Federation
D. Nation 45. The process of distribution of powers
among authorities distinct from the central
37. The major aim of colonial rule in Nigeria government is known as
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46. In the Hausa pre-colonial political
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A. Quadi
B. Emir 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. D 16. B
C. Waziri
D. Galadima 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. B 21. A 22. D 23. C

47. The supreme policy making organ of 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. A
the Organization of African Unity (OAU) is
A. Council of Ministers 31. C 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. A 36. A 37. D
B. Assembly of Head of States and

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Instruction: Choose the appropriate 8. The state of mind of a poet can be
meaning of the underlined expressions described as ____
from the alternatives given. A. mode
B. Mood
1. The best way to live in to keep your nose C. Theme
clean. D. tone
A. Avoid trouble
B. Remain cairn always 9. A direct address to an absent person or
C. Behave decently an abstract object is
D. Live hygienically A. Personification
B. Appeal

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A. an eloquent 10. In drama, the chorus _____.
B. An unattached A. Comments on the play

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D. a forthright C. Functions only at the end
D. Acts as hero
3. In the match against Chelsea F.C.,
Arsenal turned out to be the black-horse.
A. Played mast brilliantly
B. Played below their usual form
C. won Unexpectedly
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11. Point out the odd item in the list below
A. Oxymoron
B. hyperbole
C. Comedy
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D. Lost as expected D. paradox

4. In a civilized society, it is unseemly to 12. A long non- factual prose narrative is

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A. Impolite A. Novella
B. Stupid B. Novel
C. Annoying C. Biography
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D. Noise D. Autobiography

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insolvent. called
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B. unsettled B. Style
C. of fluent C. Point- of-view
D. overworked D. Commentary
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6. The choice of appropriate words to 14. The major difference between a novel
convey an author's though is called ____. and a novella can be noticed mainly in the
A. Idiomatic language _____.
B. Figure of speech A. setting
C. Diction B. length
D. Elevated language C. plot
D. theme
7. A distinctive feature of drama is ______.
A. Character 15. Which of the following is not one of the
B. Setting genres of literature?
C. Plot A. Poetry
D. Dialogue B. prose
C. paradox
D. Drama

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16. A play can be said to be fully realized A. August
only when it B. September and August
A. studied C. September
B. memorized
C. Acted 26. Ancestral worship is a part of
D. analysed A. African Traditional Religion
B. Islam
17. The repetition of similar vowel sounds C. Olokun
in poetry is referred to as
A. Assonance 27. Monotheism means
B. alliteration A. Belief in the worship of one God
C. Rhyme B. Worship of mamo-God
D. syllable C. Belief in nature goddesses

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conflict with the _______religions.

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B. heroine B. polytheistic
C. Antagonist C. native
D. Character

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19. An epitaph ______. father of all ______.
A. poem of lamentation A. Nations
B. poem of fourteen lines
C. a poem on a saint
D. An inscription on a tomb
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B. States
C. Religions

30. Islam was founded in

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C. biography A. Sonah
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A. president 32. In Islam the word Hajj means
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C. pilgrimage
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C. Three Gods and Goddesses A. Genesis
B. Exodus
23. Boko Haram means C. Joshua
A. No to Western Education
B. No to Christianity 34. The shortest chapter of the Qur'an is
C. No more Traditions found at the ____ of the Qur'an.
A. Beginning
24. 'Religion is the belief in anything'. B. end
A. False C. middle
B. True
C. None of the above 35. People who worship in a church building
are called ____.
25. Muslims celebrate Ramadan in the A. chartists
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C. Churches B. Igbo
C. Hausa
36. Some of the advantages of a federal
Government are ____. 44. The head of Oyomesi in the old Empire
A. Promotes unity in diversity and grass was
root development A. Oluwo
B. Encourages good election and B. Oba
employment C. Aremo
C. Cheap to run and unity D. Encourages D. Bashorun
good leadership and good education
45. The Benin Kingdom in pre-colonial time
37. Fascism is an ideology which had a....... ...... .
A. Advocates private ownership of land A. Monarchical system of government
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38. Fundamental Human Rights include Nigeria was
some of the following A. Obafemi Awolowo
A. Right to carry arms B. Herbert Macaulay

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C. Right to defraud the state
D. Right to free food 47. The 1954 Lyttleton Constitution of

39. By separation of
A. The separation of
and representative
power we mean
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A. Regional Premier
B. Governor
C. Prime Minister
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Magistrate Court 48. Nigeria became a federation of 12
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D. Separation of the president and the B. 1979
prime minister C. 1967

40. The doctrine of the separation of power 49. The highest ruling organ in Nigeria
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B. To guide against authoritarianism B. Armed Forces Ruling Council
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2011/2012 AAU POST UMTE QUESTIONS

The passage below has gaps numbered A. Dramatic monologue
1-5. Immediately following each gap, B. Suspense
four options are provided. Choose the C. Dramatic irony
most appropriate option for each gap. D. Flashback

A prepared speech is not easy to deliver, 11. Pick the odd item out of the option
especially if it is not written by the listed below
presenter A __1__ [A. document B. free C. A. Costume
manuscript D. quantum]. Delivery is one B. cast
which the speech has been written out C. Prologue
word for word and is read to __2__ [A. a D. Meter

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D. an audience]. This kind of delivery is 12. A poem in the voice of a single speaker

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occasion when exact wording is __4__ [ A. C. An epic

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speculative] such as the State of the Union
Address or speeches before United Nations 13. The main character in a literary work is
General __5__ [A. negotiation B. A. Antagonist
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6. The figure of speech that expresses the clarify a situation constitutes a ______.
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B. Hyperbole C. Refrain
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A. Personification A. The Joys of motherhood
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D. contrast D. Purple Hibiscus

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A. Sarcasm A. Epistolary
B. Hyperbole B. Biography
C. Euphemism C. Folktale
D. Allusion D. picaresque

9. The technique of using words to sound 17. Literature is classified into

like their meaning is _____ A. Forms
A. Alliteration B. type
B. Onomatopoeia C. genres
C. Consonance D. Kinds

10. A situation where a character say 18. The piece of writing that concludes a
something that conveys a different meaning literary work is called ____.
to the Audience is an example of A. Prologue

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B. epilogue B. polytheistic
C. Epitaph C. Native
D. epigram
29. Abraham in the Bible is regarded as the
19. Two successive rhyming lines in a poem father of all
constitutes A. Nations
A. Couplet B. States
B. duet C. Religions
C. quatrain
D. Zeugma 30. Islam is founded in ____
A. Medina
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C. Anode A. Sonah

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C. verse
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A. president 32. In Islam the word Hajj means

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C. A prophet B. traveling
C. pilgrimage
22. Christians interpret "Trinity' to mean
A. Three persons in God
B. Triangle
C. Three Gods and Goddesses
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A. Genesis
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C. September 36. Which year was the League of Nations

established?
26. Ancestral worship is a part of A. 1900
A. African traditional religion B. 1921
B. Islam C. 1919
C. Olokun worship D. 1918

27. Monotheism means 37. The home state of Musa Yar'Adua is

A. Belief in and the worship of one God A. Katsina
B. Worship of mamo-God B. Kaduna
C. Belief in nature goddesses C. Jigawa
D. Kano
28. Christianity and Islam are _____
Religions 38. How many political parties contested in
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A. Five 46. Which town in Nigeria is called
B. six confluence Town?
C. four A. Sokoto
D. three B. Abuja
C. Lagos
39. How many political zones are in D. Lokoja
Nigeria?
A. Ten 47. The first Nigerian to establish political
B. seven party in 1922 was ______.
C. six A. Ernest Okoli
D. twelve B. Nnamdi Azikiwe
C. Obafemi Awolowo
40. Which one of the following was a D. Herbert Macaulay
veteran labour leader in Nigeria?

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B. Michael Imoudu a written constitution?

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D. Zamani Lekwot B. Britain
C. Ghana
41. Which year was Festival of Arts and D. France

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A. 1999 49. For lack of clear winner, which of the
B. 1975 pairs of political parties formed a coalition
C. 1981
D. 1977

42. The largest group and principal

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election of 1959in Nigeria?
A. AG/NPC
B. AG/NCNC
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A. Ijaw D. NCNINPC
B. Itsekiris
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D. Junkuns Nigeria on
A. 15 January 1966
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by 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B
A. France
B. Portugal 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C 16. D
C. Angola
D. Britain 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. A

45. The massive human trafficking from 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. A28. A 29. A 30. B
West Africa across the Atlantic to the New
world is called 31. B 32. C 34. B 35. B 36. C 37. A 38. A
A. Trans Saharan trade
B. Trans-Atlantic trade 39. B 40. B 41. D 42. A 43. D 44. D 45. B
C. Atlantic human trafficking
D. Atlantic exchange being 46. D 47. D 48. B 49. D 50. A

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2012/2013 AAU POST UMTE QUESTIONS

1. I would rather not attend the party. This B. rheumantism
means I _____ C. rheumatism
A. detest attending D. rheumatism
B. does not have the enthusiasm to attend
C. must not attend 10. The attitude of many students to
D. have a choice to attend or not to baffles me
A. pronunciation
2. The president has sent his regrets. He is B. pronounciation
unable to attend the meeting. C. Pronuccation
A. Explanations D. pronounccation
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B. harm d. occurrience
C. innocent
D. immunized In each of questions 12-13, choose

4. Colossal means
A. greed Column
B. gigantic
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same consonant sound as the one
represented by the letters(s)
underlined.
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C. calamity
D. the sale of colos 12. Sure
A. cheer
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A. wise C. charlatan
B. sensible D. church
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7. _____verb takes an object. Choose the option that best fits the
A. Transfer verb expression in the sentence.
B. auxiliary verb
C. transitive verb 14. YOUR sister should come with us
D. modal verb tomorrow
A. Should your brother come with us
8. Which part of a sentence determines tomorrow
concord? B. Should our brother come with us
A. subject tomorrow
B. verb C. Should Ado's sister come with us
C. object tomorrow
D. adverb D. Should my sister come with us tomorrow

9. The patient is suffering from ____. 15. My neighbour BRUISED his thigh while
A. rheumatism playing football

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A. Did your neighbour break his leg while 24. Polytheism simply means
playing tennis? A. belief in and worship of one God
B. Did your neighbour fracture his thigh B. belief in and worship of many gods
while playing football? C. belief in nature goddesses
C. Was your neighbour involved in an
accident? 25. Christianity and Islam are referred to as
D. Did your neighbour play football A. monotheistic religions
yesterday? B. polytheistic religions
C. nature religions
16. They FLEW to Abuja
A. Did they go to Abuja by road? 26. The Ten Commandments in the bible
B. Did they fly to Jos? are found in the book of
C. How will they get to Abuja? A. genesis
D. Where did they fly to? B. Exodus

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A. Up to eliminate _____.
B. off A. western education
C. of B. all Christians

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of pronoun is the underlined?
A. Reflexive
B. reciprocal
C. possessive
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B. the power of the devil
C. the servant of Satan
D. the prince of demons
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A. since B. direct access to God through Christ
B. for C. that Jesus was a powerful person
C. from D. that God was truly with Jesus
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31. The punishment for Adam and Eve's sin

21. Prophet Muhammad founded _____. was that they
A. Presidentialism A. were driven out of the garden
B. Atheism B. would be naked forever
C. Islam C. would never fellowship with God
D. would be enemies of crawling animals
22. O.I.C means _____.
A. Order of Islamic congress 32. Nebuchadnezzar ordered his subjects to
B. Organization of international Christianity worship the image he set up whenever they
C. Organization of Islamic Conference A. Hear his voice
B. saw him stand before the image
23. "Religion is the belief in anything" C. hear the sound of the horn
A. false D. were told to do so
B. true
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33. The father of the prodigal son 41. In which of the following systems is the
welcomed him back home because power of the component units more than
A. he had compassion on his son that of the central government?
B. the son came to his sense A. Confederal
C. he wondered how wretched his son had B. Monarchical
become C. Unitary
D. the son confessed his sins D. Federal

34. Paul teaches that we should obey
governing authorities in order to avoid
A. imprisonment and execution
B. ridicule and punishment
C. dismissal from employment
D. God's wrath and a bad conscience
42. Nigeria was classified as a frontline
state for ____.
A. helping to end the crisis in Liberia
B. participating in peacekeeping in the
Congo
C. spearheading the formation of African

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B. David
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A. which is not submitted to parliament C. establishing the legislative council
B. made by judicial tribunals
C. made by a minister acting under an Act
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C. boundary disputes D. electoral college
D. fiscal allocation
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people are at the helm of affairs is A. insurance
A. Gerontocracy B. petroleum
B. aristocracy C. Commerce
C. plutocracy D. tourism
D. totalitarianism
47. Economics is a social science which
40. The upper house in most federal studies how ____.
systems is created to A. to redistribute income
A. enable experienced elders make inputs B. human beings behave
to governance C. the market price is fixed
B. ensure equality of federating units D. scarce resources are allocated to satisfy
C. oversees and check the lower house human wants
D. prevent excesses of the executive
48. The real value of money is ______.

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B. what it can buy at a particular time
C. the rate of exchange with other A.A.U QUESTIONS
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D. its intrinsic worth 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. D

49. International trade takes places 10. A 11. A 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. B 16. D
because of difference in ___.
A. production cost 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. C 23. C
B. language
C. government policy 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. B 30. D
D. currency
31. A 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. C 37. D
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2014/2015 AAU POST UMTE QUESTIONS

Instruction: choose the word or phrase
from options A-D which has the nearest
meaning to the underlined word or words in
each sentence.
1. The ingenious scheme of the robber
broke down because of the efficiency of the
police officer.
A. Suspicious
B. ambitious
C. deceitful
B. twenty
C. five
D. eleven
8. Privatization and commercialization
programmes in Nigeria have:
A. increased public utilities
B. de-emphasized government ownership
C. reduced government revenue
D. encourage corruption

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overturned by:

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2. This task is herculean. A supreme court
A. irregular B. two-thirds majority of the national
B. related to Hercules assembly

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C. stimulating C. the national council of state
D. demanding D. Four fifths majority of the national
assembly
3. Frank, I have had enough of your
impudence.
A. politeness
B. incivility
C. arrogance
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10. The primary objective of all political
parties is to:
A. promote the general interest of members
of the public
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d. boldness B. eradicate corruption
C. control the government
4. Do you know one of the most astounding D. eradicate the electorate
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events of my life?
A. special 11. Under Nigeria's Independence
B. amazing Constitution the head of government was
C. serious the ____.
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D. outstanding A. Governor- General

B. president
In the following questions, fill the gap C. the premier
with the appropriate option from the D. the prime minister
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12. The first federal constitution in Nigeria
5. Every programming language and was the _____.
software package ____limitation. A. Clifford constitution
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A. have its B. Lyttleton constitution

B. have their C. Richard constitution
C. has its D. independence constitution
D. has their
13. The first political party in Nigeria was
6. A major problem associated with the A. National Council of Nigeria Citizens
Nigerian federalism is: B. Nigeria Democratic Party
A. Ethnic conflict C. Action Group
B. environmental pollution D. Northern people congress
C. boundary dispute
D. fiscal allocation 14. Another word for red-tapism is _____.
A. Democracy
7. The permanent membership of the UN B. Autocracy
Security Council is: C. Idiosyncrasy
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15. Benin Empire is remembered for its 23. The army of Israel led by Barak
rules, especially Obo defected the Canaanite troops led by:
A. Kunta Kanta A. Deborah
B. Jeremy jomon B. sisera
C. Ewea the great C. Abinoam
D. Ewuare the great D. Lappidoth

16. Which of the following countries is not a 24. Eli's lack of parental responsibility led to
member of ECOWAS all the following except
A. Ghana A. Institution of the monarchy in Israel
B. Sierra Leone B. Collapse of the Eli's priestly image
C. Cameroon C. Decisive defeat of Israel by the
b. Nigeria Philistines
D. Capture of the Ark of the Covenant

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any of the Nigerian communities ____. 25. Following Solomon's request to God at

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B. ashante following, except
C. nembe A. an understanding mind
D. temue B. righteousness and faithfulness to God

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18. The political arrangement which D. the ability for good governance
emphasizes community feeling and
togetherness is ____.
A. Socialism
B. Communalism
C. Constitutionalism
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26. Which of the following best describes
David's attitude to Abner's death?
A. for death of an enemy
B. sincere shock
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D. Communism C. ointment for unrealized dreams
D. thankfulness to God for his proven
19. The public complaint commission helps innocence
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to promote all the following except ____.

A. democracy 27. The immediate consequences of
B. the rule of law Rehoboam rejection of Israel's request for
C. military dictatorship their yoke to be lightened was the _____.
D. fundamental human rights A. End of David's dynasty
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20. The founder and editor of the West C. death of Adoniram
African Pilot wasn____ D. invasion of Israel by enemies
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A. Herbert Macaulay
B. Chief Oba Femi Awolowo 28. The story of Gehazi illustrates the
C. Nnamdi Azikiwe consequence of ____.
D. Ernest Okoli A. Insincerity
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B. lying
21. Abram responded to the lord’s C. greed
appearance in Shechem by: D. over ambition
A. continuing his journey
B. marking the occasion with a feast 29. According to Matthew's account, John
C. building an altar to the lord the Baptist's immediate action when Jesus
D. pitching his tent at Shechem came to be baptized was to
A. baptize Jesus
22. Moses experienced the burning bush B. ask that he should rather be baptized by
that was not consumed at __. Jesus
A. Horeb C. ask him to bear the fruit of repentance
B. Bethel D. ask why he should baptize a non-sinner
C. Median
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30. Jesus said to him "follow me and leave answer which bears the same letter as
the dead to bury their dead". This implies the option you have chosen.
that Jesus
A. opposed burial of the dead 36. The downfall of a tragic hero is usually
B. was acting as a fanatic caused by _____.
C. played more emphasis on the living than A. predestination
the dead B. tragic fortune
D. regarded as dead anybody who rejects C. conflict
him D. tragic flaw

31. In his account of the stilling of the 37. Any work of literature which ridicules
storm, Mark gave an extra detail not vices and follies is called ____.
contained in either Mathew or Luke when A. satire
he wrote that B. pun

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B. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a D. irony

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C. the disciples woke him up 38. 'I never consult doctors, for I hoped to
D. Jesus questioned the disciple's lack of die without them.' This expression
faith illustrates the use of

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32. In the Acts of Apostles, all the following B. Irony
were the characteristics of communal living C. Innuendo
in the early church except
A. sharing of goods
B. hiding from Jewish arrest
C. praying together
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39. A devise which arouses in the audience

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D. breaking of bread happen is
A. aside
33. Peter and John were arrested the B. suspense
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because the apostles ____.
A. preached in the name of Jesus
B. healed on the Sabbath day
C. challenged the Sanhedrin
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40. The development of events as they
unfold in work of art is _____.

D. performed wonders and signs A. the plot

B. style
34. If Christ were not raised from the dead, C. subject matter
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argues Paul, Christian faith would have D. theme

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A. been undoubtful 41. The use of words in such a way that a
B. been guaranteed by Abraham's part will suggest a whole is called
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righteousness A. litotes
C. ended with this earthly life B. satire
D. been in vain C. synecdoche
D. pun
35. The central theme of Paul's letter to
Philemon is ____. 42. “I am a citizen of no mean city". This
A. the liberty of the Christian under the law expression illustrates the use of
B. the forgiveness of one another's sin A. hyperbole
C. the emancipation of slaves B. innuendo
D. concern for the welfare of slaves C. euphemism
D. litotes
Each question is followed by four
options lettered A-D. Find out the 43. The way a story is told is its
correct option for each question and A. device
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D. technique
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44. In a comedy, the character who
provides humour is known as 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. B
A. jester
B. hero 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. D 15. D 16. C
C. comedian
D. porter 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. A 22. A 23. B

45. Pick out the odd item from the list 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. _ 30. C
below
A. tragedy 31. – 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. A
B. farce

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2015/2016 AAU POST UMTE QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTION: Choose the appropriate A. irony
answer from the options given below B. metonym
C. synecdoche
Give the interpretation of these D. alliteration.
idiomatic expressions
8. A statement which exaggerate with a
1."What is good for the goose is good for view to creating a special effect is
the gander" A. hyperbole
A. a worker is worthy of his wage B. personification
B. monkey dey work bamboo dey chop C. Euphemism
C. do good for the sake of God D. litotes

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elephant project" A. oxymoron
A. useful project B. litotes

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C. unrealizable project C. Synecdoche.
D. a project that is useless and no longer
needed thought it may have cost lot of 10. The "tragic flaw" means _____.
money

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alternative provided
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A. a mistake made by a hero
B. a moral weakness of a hero
C. the first act in a play
D. the prologue.
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3. One of the following is called reciprocal 11. Which of the following is a prose?
pronoun: A. The merchant of Venice
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A. themselves B. Macbeth
B. each other C. The rivals
C. one body D. Witnesses to tears
D. this
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4. The matter is between Mary and a tragic play is known as _____.
A. I A. comedy
B. he B. Tragic comedy
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C. we C. comic relief
D. me D. tragic relief

5. If experience is anything to go by, this 13. The use of a mild expression to avoid
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action will prove a political minefield the direct statement of an unpleasant truth
A. a source of political gain is called ____.
B. a way out of political trouble A. hyperbole
C. a cause for political joy B. euphemism
D. an invitation to political problems. C. simile
D. paradox
6. The sub-section in an Act which
represents the venue where a particular 14. "All hands must be on deck" is an
action takes place in a play is called example of _____.
A. plot A. synecdoche
B. scene B. irony
C. location C. litotes
D. venue D. onomatopoeia

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15. A seed must die before it lives. What 24. In Acts 22, the soldiers rescinded their
figure of speech is this? decision to flog Paul when they discovered
A. oxymoron that
B. paradox A. he was an apostle
C. irony B. he was a Roman citizen
D. hyperbole C. he was rich home in Tarsus
D. he was a lawyer
16. The development of events as they
unfold in a work of art is the ____. 25. Who assisted Apostle Paul during his
A. scene divine encounter on the road to Damascus?
B. action A. Peter
C. plot B. Philemon
D. theme C. Ananias
D. Timothy

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of 26. _____was Philemon's servant before he

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B. hyperbole A. Onesimus
C. personification B. Titus
D. metaphor C. Alexandra

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18. The account of one's own life written by
the individual himself is called is _____. 27. The priest of Midian gave Moses his
A. biography
B. author biography
C. demography
D. autobiography
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daughter is ____.
A. Paulina
B. Shiphrah
C. Zipporah
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D. Gershom
19. What distinguishes poetry from other
forms of literature is its ____. 28. Which prophet was asked to marry a
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B. ungrammatical expressions A. Ezekiel
C. irony and paradox B. Hosea
D. rhyme and verse C. Jeremiah
D. Habakkuk
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general is _____. 29. The first king of Israel was _____.
A. humour A. Saul who later became Paul
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B. satire B. Samuel
C. sarcasm C. David
D. action D. Saul.
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21. Those persons who persistently 30.The army of Israel led by Barak
criticized Nehemiah were defeated the Canaanite troops led by
A. Tobiah, Geshem and Sanballat A. Deborah
B. Elijah, Elisha and Gehazi a. Abinoarn
C. Achai, Ezra and 5anballat C. Sisera
D. Jeroboam, Ahab and Jezebel D. Abner

23. To whom did the king give Haman's 31. The story of Gehazi illustrates the
ring after the later was hanged? consequence of
A. Mordecai A. insincerity
B. Zephaniah B. lying
C. Zechariah C. greed
D. Zebodaya D. over-ambition

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32. Which of the following people was one B. International Covenant on Civil and
of the most outstanding kings of Israel after Political Rights
the division of the kingdom? C. African Charter on Human and Peoples'
A. king Herod Rights
a. Sepnacherib D. The constitution of the Federal Republic
C. David of Nigeria.
D Jeroboam
41. Democracy had its earliest foundation
33. Jeremiah's vision of a boiling pot in ____.
represented ____. A. the United Kingdom
A. Israel's sins B. the Vatican City
B. invasion from the north C. Australia
C. repentance D. United States of America.
D. judgment

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B. Philip B. Kizama
C. Peter C. Galadima
D. Quadi

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appeared to ____. 43. Which country in West Africa
A. Mary Magdalene experienced the first coup d'etat?
B. Mary mother of James
C. Martha
D. Mary mother of Jesus.
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B. Niger
C. Nigeria
D. Ghana
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C. 1797 B. insurgency
D. 1776 C. fiscal allocation

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A. Aristocracy A. promote the welfare of members of the
B. Plutocracy public
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C. Mobocracy B. control the government

D. Autocracy C. manipulate the electorate
D. ensure good governance
38. Who is the present Group Managing
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Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum 46. The order used by the court 'against
Corporation? unnecessary detention is
A. Gaius Obaselu A. interlocutory injunction
B. Austin Oniwon B. extradition
C. Peter Anil C. habeas corpus
D. Ibe Kachikwu D. mandamus

39. The Aba women Riot took place in 47. The economic system which
A. 1929 emphasizes public ownership of property is
B. 1928 A. communism
C. 1971 B. capitalism
D. 1916 C. welfarism
D. socialism
40. Became operative in 1981
A. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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48. The process of dividing a country into ANSWERS TO 2015/2016
electoral districts is known as ____.
A. demarcation A.A.U POST-UTME
B. delimitation QUESTIONS
C. delineation
D. constituency 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. B
49. Constitutionalism means _____. 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C
A. promotion of the constitution
B. respect for the constitution 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. – 23. A
C. participation of the people in the making
of the constitution 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. C
D. electoral process based on the
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