Level: 1 Department: History Time: 3 hrs
Instructions: Answer all the questions in Section A and choose a Minor Paper in Section 8; either
Literature in English or Economics. Select the most appropriate answer and write the corresponding letter (A, B, C or D) in the Ans“ er Booklet provided. Make sure you insert the
question paper inside the Answer Booklet before you leave the ExaminationHalI.
SECTION A: MAJOR PAPER: HISTORY
1. The French adopted the policy of assimilation for the following reasons Except:
a) To annex the economy of the ten‘itom'
b) To Change the habits of the natives
c) To protect the culture of the indigenes
d) To weaken the growth ofthe Nationalism
2. All the following EXCEPT one were the benefits of the English Baptist Missionary
Society in Cameroon:
a) Opening of the mission stations
b) The founding of Victoria
c) Despiteful of natives values
d) Opening of the immediate interior
3. The major political outcome of the l9Lh century Jihad in North Cameroon was";>
a) The introduction of Islamic laws
b) The formation of an intellectual class
c) The creation of Islamic theocratic states
d) The establishment of inter e lamidat relations
4. Biya’s policy of Rigor and Moralization led to the following EXCEPT:
a) Biya’s initial popularity
b) Ahidjo w Biya rift
c) Capital flight
d) The abortive coup d’état of 1984
5)Which of the following features was amongst the centralized and decentralized societies in Cameroon in the l9lh century?
a) Succession according to well defined rules
b) A hierarchical structure
c) The existence of secret societies
d) Lineage setups which start from the family
6) A major strategy used by the Barnum against the Jihadist was:
a) Digging a trench around Foumban
b) Military withdrawer
c) Use of weapons acquired from the Europeans
d) Hit and run tracks
7) The explosion of the London Baptist Missionary society from Fernando P0 was:
a) it was against native culture
b) it was a protestant missionary body
c) it was against the other missionary bodies
d) it was needed more in Victoria
8) German administration in Cameroon was considered scandalous because:
a) German misuse native women
b) The Germans paid meager wages
c) Use of force labor on road workers
d) German brutal response to revolts
9) Galega l was so important to the Germans because: a) The Bali’s provided labor to the Germans
bl Bali was the German Headquarter in the Grass Field
c) Bali collaborated with the Germans
dr Bali warriors defeated the Bafut
10) Which was the immediate cause of the Gbaya revolt?
a) The attack on French incompetent administrators
b) The Nationalist activities or warlord Kamou
c) The failure to check Fulbe \Var lordship in Gbaya land
d) The disrespect of Gbaya customs and tradition
11) All the following states resisted the abolition of slave trade EXCEPT:
a) Benin
b) Asante
c) Dahomey
d) Bonny
12) Identify the main reasons why Andre Marie was rejected by French Cameroonians
a) He used force to suppress the L'PC
b) He did not consider independence as a priority
C) He was doctorial and too elitist
d) He was not in favor of reunitication
13) What caused the stalemate in the Southern Cameroon House ofAssentbly in 1960‘?
a) The outcome of the 1959 election
b) Carpet crossing form KNC to KNDP
c) Carpet crossing from KNDP to KNC
d) Sudden death of KNDP Deputy
14) What was common between the KNDP and the UPC?
a) Both had violence as an option b) Both suppotted immediate independence and reunification
c) Both were created under the same circumstances
d) Both supported reunification
15) TheFrench policy that accorded excessive judicial powers to. the French administrative was
a) Indigenat
b) Prestation
c) Association
16) Which of the following decisions of the Fouinban'Conference conformed to the proposals adopted at the June 1961 Bantenda Conference?
a) The decision to take Yaounde the Federal Capital
b) The decision to create a single Nationality to all Cameroonians
c)The decisions to maintain the West Cameroon House of Chiefs
d)The decision to grant single chamber federal legislature
17) One of the following was not a result of the KNDP crisis in the state of west
Cameroon
a) The birth of Cameroon United Congress
b) Foncha became the life President ol’KNDP
c) KNDP reconciled with the CPNC
d) The creation of the one party state
18) When did the parliamentary democracy in West Cameroon come to an end?
a) 20th May, 1972
b) 1st September 1966
c) 11th February 196 l
d) 11th June 1966
19) Collective security failed in all the following crisis EXCEPT:
a) Manchurian crisis
b) Pearl Harbour
ct Abyssinian crisis
d) Rhineland remilitarization
20) Sino - Cameroon relations were poor during the Ahidjo’s reign because:
a) China supported the UPC
b) China was communist state
c) China was not a member of the UNO
d} France objected Cameroon‘s relation with China
21) The most significant outcome of the frequent border crisis between Cameroon and
Nigeria was:
a) The influx ot‘Cameroonians returning from Nigeria
b) Reduction in trade between countries
c) inflated Cameroon defense expenditure 3
d) increase death {are :-n both countries
22) Which of the following was the mas: significant impact 0: re abolition or slave
trade in West Africa
a) The growth of legitimate trade
b) Founding of Serra Leone and Liberia
C) European exploration
d) Increasing smuggling
23)Which of the missionary body pioneered the successful introduction ot Christianity ,
in Sierra Leone
a) The church missionary society
b) London Baptist Missionary society
c) Methodist mission
d) Roman Catholic Mission
24) The most important event which spark off the scramble for Africa was:
a) British occupation of Egypt in 1882
b) The activities of King Leopold 11 of Belgium in Congo
c) The Berlin Conference of 1884 —
1885
d) French invasion of the Mandinka Empire in 18908
25) The Bill of Rights of 1689 limited the power of the English King in all the
following ways EXCEPT:
a) The King was to summon parliament after every three years
b) The king could not keep a standing army pence time
c) All taxes had to be levied with the consent of the parliament
d) The king could be petitioned by the people
26) The most significant goal of the congress system in Europe after 8115 was to:
a) Check the threat of future French aggression
b) Impose the principle of balance of power
c) Restrain the growing power of Austria
d) Check piracy in the Mediterranean sea
27) Which of the following was not an economic effect of the partition of Africa?
a) Europeans took control of African minerals and raw material
b) Ruthless seizure of African land
c) Division of African Ethnic groups
d) African were heavily taxed
28) The most positive results of the First World War of l9l4 — 1918 was:
a) The creation of new states in Europe b) The creation of the League of Nations
c) Holding of the Paris Peace Conference
d) Sanctioning of the defeated powers
29) Which of the following explained why Africans intellectuals in French West Africa favored the policy of Assimilation
a) it granted French Citizenship and representation in French National Assembly
b) it gave them the green light to travel and settle in France i
c) it gave them the opportunity to get married to French Women
d) it enhanced the development of French colonies in terms of transport, agriculture. and industry
30) The immediate cause of the Suez crisis of 1956 was:
a) The creation of the PLO
b) Nationalization of the Suez Canal by Nasser
c) Determination of the Arab states to destroy Israel
d) lsrael attack on the air bases of the Arab States
31 ) The most significant political impact of neo — colonialism in former French
Equatorial Africa is: p
a) Political instability leading to frequent coup d'e’tats
b) Prolonged stay of pro 7 French leaders
c) Regular hosting of La Francophonie meetings
d) French military intervention
32) FM Malan is important in the history of Apartheid in South Africa because:
a) lie banned the ANC
b) He won the 19-33 elections
c) He imprisoned Nelson Mandela
d) He officially instituted the policy of apartheid
33) Which of the following was the immediate cause of the GlOrious Revolution of .
1688?
a) King James foreign policy
b) The birth of Price wales
c) The pro catholic policies of King James II
d) The doctrine of divine right kings
34) The principal reason for Spanish intervention of in the American war of
independence was:
a) To win back Gilbrator
b) To regain lost trading in the Spanish colonies
c) To revenge her humiliating defeat in the hands of Britain during the seven ~vears'
war
d) To gain friendly relation with America
35) Which of the following was the main aim ofBismarck‘s foreign policy between
1871 and 1880?
a) To protect German Empire from French attack
b) To isolate Russia
c) To isolate France
d) To SeCure the friendship 0d Austria
36) Identify the evens which during the cold war period posed the greatest danger to
world peace
a) Berlin blockade
b) Bay of pigs incidents
c) Korean war
d) Cuban missile crisis
37) Which of these terms of Treaty of Versailles do not respect the provisions of
Wilson’s fourteen points?
a) Disarmament of Germany
b) The creation of Poland
c) The return of Alsace and Lorraine to France
d) Ceding of students land to Czechoslovakia
38) Which of the following was the most significant reaction of Britain and France to
the aggression of European dictators in the 19303?
a) Join the disarmament conference at Geneva
b) Pursued the policy of Appeasement
e) Declared all pro-Nazi organization
d) Look for allies among the Eastern European states
39) The Commonwealth of Nations has been beneficial to the member state in the third
world in the following EXCEPT:
a) The promotion of technical know-how
b) The eradication of HIV and AIDS Virus
c) The promotion of good governance
d) The promotion of democratic tradition
40) The emergence of China as a third force in war politics can be attributed to all the
following EXCEPT:
ait'sts economic potential
b) Its huge population
c) lts democratic tradition
d) lts military might
SECTION 2: MINOR PAPER: LITERATURE, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY:
Answer all Questions
1. The emotions ofreli’etiexpressed by an audience at the end of a
tragedy are referred
to as:
a) Catharsis
b) Resolution
ca Denouncement
d) Conclusion
2. When a character expects the outcome of a situation which turns out to be the opposite of that expectation it is:
a) Dramatic irony
b) Verbal lrony
c) Irony of faith
d) Suspense
3. To which of these literary aspects does "conflict” belong?
a) Setting
b) Style
c) Theme
d) Character
4. 0 ye scary mountain and horrid seas. That roars through time‘s valleys! Pick out
literally one device from the list that features in this utterance
a) Allusion
b) Pathetic fallacy
c) Assonance
d) Apostrophe
5. In the play Antony and Cleopatra, Antony describes Cleopatra as "triple tum" this
means she:
a) It torn between three lovers
b) Is a Victim between three great men
c) Has loved him three times
d) Has (been unfaithful to three lovers
6. O bless my Lord and husband...,bless my brothers Husband win‘ 'Win brother."
Which figure of speech is in this prayer"?
a) Contrast
b) Oxymoron
c) Paradox
d) Pathos
7. Which of these characters best justifies the title of the play A_Man for‘All Season?
a) The Common Man
b) The king
c) The Thomas Man
cl) The Arch Bishop
8. The Common Man A Man for all Seasons says it is perverse to start a play with
characters in “speaking costumes” with him? Speaking costumes” refers to:
a) A costumes that lit in all situation
b) Costumes for speaking characters
c) Costumes ofthe upper classes
d) Costumes of that speak to every body
9.Which of the statement below indicates that an economy‘efficient in production?
a) In the economy resources are allocated exclusively by the price mechanism
b) The economy cannot produce more of one god without producing less of the
other
e) The GDP of the economy is constantly rising
d) There is a steady rise in productivity
10.A man a lottery in which he is given two options: to go on holidays abroad
which cost l.700.000FCFA or have a car costing 2.000.000FCFAi What is the real
cost if he chooses to go on holidays abroad?
11. A cocoa plantation in Muyuka takes over a chocolate manufacturer in Douala This
is an example of:
a) Backward vertical integration
b) Horizontal integration
c) Diversification
d) Forward vertical integration
12. A country has a population 20 million; 10 million is in the working age group while
8 million is in is the labor force. What is the activity rate?
a) 80%
b)40%
c)50%
d)4%
13. Under which of the following will you classify BICEC Bank in Cameroon?
a) A state corporation
b) A private limited company
c) A multi —
national corporation
d) A public limited company
l4.Which ofthe following is the best location for a footloose industq"?
a) Near the market
13) Proximity to source of raw material
c) Proximity to source of power
d) All of them
15. In which of the following would you expect any normal profits in the long run?
a) In the market where price falls as output increases
b) In the market where price increases as output increases
c) In the market where price is constant as output increases
d) In the market where price falls as the output decreases
16. Of the following atmospheric gases, there is one whose percentage volume is not
influenced by human activities. Identify it.
a) Ozone
b) Methane
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Oxygen
l7.A climax vegetation l which its characteristic reflect the influence of human
activities is considered as:
a)-C1imatio climax
b) Sub-climax
c) Plagio-climax
d) Mono-climax
18.Which ofthe following soil pH values is suitable for agriculture?
a) 1—4
b) 5—7
0) 6—8
d) 9 _ 11
19. A process by which sand and rocks particles are carried by wind in desert is lasted against rock outcrop resulting in catching and removal of particles is called:
a) Attrition
b) Abrasion
c) Corrosion
d) Deflation
20.Which of the following is the dominant texture of a soil in a region dominated by high-intensity physical weathering?
a) Clay
b) Sand
c) Silt