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 primary objective of the Jihads of Modiha Adamawa was to:
a) Establish Fulani hegemony
b) Spread Islam
c) End Kirdi oppression
Cl) Capture non — Muslim
2. The principal pull area of the 19th century population movements in Cameroon was:
a) The Lake Chad Basin
b) The Western Grasslands
c) The Coastal Region
d) The Northern Region
3. The most important task of Joseph Merick and Allied Saker in Cameroon between
1844 and, 1884 was:
an Health
b‘)‘ Trade
0) Education
d) Evangelization
4. The missionary society that transform the socio ~
economic life of the people on the
coast of Cameroon before 1884 was:
a) The Basel Mission
b) London Baptist Mission
C) American Presbyterian Mission
d) The‘Pallotine Fathers
5.The most important outcome of the First World War on Cameroon was:
a) The territory became mandated to Britain and France
b) The partition of the territory between Britain and France
c) The war caused an atmosphere of insecurity and uncertainty
d) Massive migration of people to the Island of Fernando P0
6. The German annexation of Kamerun in 1884 was mainly facilitated by:
a) German dynamism and swiftness
b) The reluctance of the British to annex the territory
c) The German strategy of holding nightly meeting
d) The lack of foresight by the other competing powers of German colonial
ambitions
7. The principal cause of the British neglect of the economy of the Cameroon Province
was:
a) The small size of the territory
b) The fear of the return of the Germans
c) They were very thrifty
d) They were satisfied with the level of development
8. A Visible economic development in German Kamerun that benefited the indigenous
people most was:
a) Improvement in transport and communication
b) The system of taxation
c) Establishment of plantations
d) The exchange economy
9. The principal reason why the French-sponsored the creation of ethnic and regionally
based parties and groups in French Cameroon was to:
a) Facilitate the rigging of election
b) am more seats in the Territorial Assembly
c) Counter the popularity of UPC
d) Delay independence and re ofCarneron
10. The UPC was defeated in the E952 Elections in French Cameroon principally because:
a) The French rigged the Election
b) Of the communist inclination of the party
c) The party was using violence in politics
d) Of inter-party squabble
11. The passing of the “Loi Cadre" in l956 had the following effects on French
Cameroon except:
a) The surrender of French control over external affairs
b) The creation of the post of the Prime Minister
c') The election of a single electoral collage
d) The granting of full universal suffrage
12. Which constitution granted Southern Cameroon a Quasi —
Regional Status in 19:74?
a) Ricard Constitution
b) Clifford Constitution
c) Lyttleton constitution
d) Macpherson Constitution
13. The political party in the British Southern Cameroon that was the flag bearer for
the reunification option was:
a) KNDP
b) CPNC
c) KPP
d) KUP
14. To prepare the Southern Cameroon Constitutional position for the upcoming
Foumban Conference, the people of Southern Cameroons organized the:
a) The Bamenda All Party Conference
b) Marnfe Plebiscite Conference
c) All Anglophone Conference
d) Tripartite Conference in Buea
15. British Southern Cameroon left the Foumban Conference of 1961 dissatisfied
mainly because of the adoption of:
a) Loose federation
b) Strong centralized federation
c) National capital in Yaounde
d) Election of president by Universal suffrage
16.September l, 1966, is a landmark in the History of Cameroon because the:
a) Gang of Four was Dismantle
b) Unitary state look effect
c) Cameroon Federation was dissolved
d) CNU was formally established
17. It was a two-step process that started with the forging of a single party in East
Cameroon and its merger with the three parties that were operating in West
Cameroon". This is a Vivid description of the circumstances leading to the birth of
the:
a) Cameroon Federation
b}. Cameroon United Congress (CUC)
c) Unitary State
d) Cameroon National Union (CNU)
18 .To ensure food self —sufficiency in Cameroon in the 19705, president Amadou
Ahidjo launched a political slogan code named operation:
a) Feed the Nation
b) Green Sahel
c) Green Revolution
d) Food for all by the year 2000
19. A common link in the foreign policy of Ahidjo and Biya was in the area of:
a) Establishment of ties with lsrael
b) Maintenance of closer ties with the Vatican
c) Admission of Cameroon in the Common Wealth
d) Upholding special ties with France
20.All of these aggravated the economic crisis in Cameroon after 1936. except:
a) The April 1984 Coup
b) Ghost Town Operations
C) Capital Flight
d) High cost ofunitai'y structure
21. ln l972, the Federal Republic of Cameroon became the United Republic of
Cameroon through:
a) A Plebiscite
b) A Reunification
c) A Referendum
d) A constitutional Amendment
22.Which constitution granted Southern Cameroon a Quasi — Regional Status in 1954?
a) Ricard Constitution
b) Clifford Constitution
c) Lyttleton constitution
d) Macpherson Constitution
23.Which political party formed a coalition with the New Deal Government after the
1992 legislative election?
a) MDR
b) UNDP
c) UPC
d) CDU
24.Slave Trade was abolished in Africa mainly because of:
a) The pressure of the International Revolution
b) Missionaries preached against slavery
c) Bfitain spearheaded its abolition
d) The fear ofBlack slave agitations in Africa
25. The following were objectives of Christian Mission in Africa except:
a) Evangelization and education
b) Interest in the health of the masses
c) Improvement in agriculture
d) Improvement on the Euro —African relations
26.Which of the following was a religious reasons for the Sokoto Jihad of Uthman Don
Fodio‘?
a) Exclusion of the Fulani in government
b) Introduction of Islamic architecture
c) Inclusion of Fulani in government
d) Introduction of Islamic theory
27. All of the following were resolutions of Berlin West African Congress except:
a) Support for African states against aggressive European
b) Freedom of navigation of major rivers
c) Confirmation of existing colonial positions
d) Opening of the African interior to missionaries activities
28.Christian missions in African after the establishment of colonial rule contributed
most to the:
a) Termination of polygamy all over Africa
b) Construction of roads and railways
c) Establishment of educational and medical facilities
d). End of European colonialism in the 1960s
29.Sierra Leone was important in the fight to abolish the West African slave trade in
the 19th century in all the following ways except:
a) Base of the British Naval Squadron
b) Base of the court of mixed commission
c‘) Venue for the dumping of freed slave from Africa
d) Venue where liberated slaves were deposited as re —captives
30 .The most important factor that effectively saved Ethiopia from European colonial
conquest in the 18905 was:
a) The treaty of Uceialli
b) Natural barriers
c) Menelik's victory at Adowa
d) Menelik‘s military might
31 .An important difference between the French poliicy of Assimilation and the British policy of lndirect rule was that:
a) Assimilation assured the superiority of French cultural values whereas indirect rule recognized differences of culture
b) Assimilation succeeded where indirect rule failed
c) Both policies were imported from Europe
d) Assimilation was liberal while indirect rule was authoritarian
32.Which of these contributed most to the growth of African nationalism after 1954‘.“
a) The Atlantic charter
b) The rise of political parties
c) The birth of the UNO
d) The European protest to colonial rule
33.Bismarck strongly influenced the convening of the Berlin West African Conference in 1884 because he wanted to:
a) Facilitate and legalist European occupation of Africa
b) Settle German’s colonial conflicts in West Africa with rivals
c) Settle the British conflict with the French over Egypt
d) Provide solution to the rivaliy in the Congo Basin
34. Which of the following was not an objective of the British colonial policy of Indirect Rule in Africa?
a) To reduce the expenses and inconveniences of the direct rule
b) To preserve native culture
c) To govern the people according to their traditional organizations
d) To work with the elites in preparing the territory towards self —rule
35.The immediate cause of the Rwandan Civil War of 1994 was:
21) Ethnic rivalry between the Hutu and the Tutsi
b) Militarization of the Rwandan State
c) The creation of armed groups like the RDF
d) The killing of President Juvenal Habyarimana in Kigali
36.The 1914 Austro —Serbian crisis in the Balkans degenerated into a global war because of:
a) The Alliance System
b) Jingoism
C) Colonial Rivalries
d) Nuclear arms race
37.The crisis that constituted the first serious blows to the League of Nations” credibility in the 193 Os was:
a) Corfu Incident
b) Manchurian Crisis
0) Abyssinian Crisis
d) Remilitarization of the Rhineland
38.The creation of the UNO, rise of African Nationalism, partition of Germany and Allied occupation of Japan were all consequences of:
a) Cold war
b) First World War
c) Japanese Aggression
d) The Second World War
39.The United Nations has pledged by its charter to wedge war against:
a) Capitalism
b) Poverty and want
c) Communism
d) Authoritarianism
40. The most significant outcome of the Camp David Agreement of 1979 was:
a) Diplomatic relations between Egypt and Israel
b) Improvement of trading ties between Egypt and Israel
c) Cultural exchanges between Egypt and Israel
d) Nobel Peace Prize to Begin and Sadat
SECTION 2: MINOR PAPER: LITERATURE in English
Answer all Questions
1. One of the following is not an aspect of a plot in literature:
a) Complication
b) Conflict
c) Dialogue
d) Climax
2. A character on stage speaks to himself to the hearing of the audience but Without
the hearing of the other characters. This is:
a) Soliloquy
b) Monologue
0) Dialogue
d) Aside
3. An alternative rhyme in poetry ends with
a) a b, a b
b) aa, b b
c) ab, ba
d) ac, bd
4.Jim Corder rarely snores. But his snores are awful! Which kind of rhyme is in this
line poem?
a) End rhyme
b) Rhyming Couplet
c) Internal rhyme
d) A Limerick
5. Which of these pairs of characters do you consider to possess ambiguous behavior in Antony and Cleopatra?
a) Philo and Demetrius
b) Caesar and Lepidus
c) Cleopatra and Caesar
d) Antony and Enobarbus
6.At the [opening of the play, when Antony declares his love for Cleopatra, she sees it as “Excellent falsehood!” this device is:
a) An oxymoron
by) Contrast
c) Paradox
d) Irony
7. Which of the adjectives below best describes Rich in A Man for All Seasons?
21) Vindictive
b) Egoistic
c) Erratic
d) Comprehensive
8. What does the “The great Hairy” stands for in A Man for For All Seasons?
a) King Henry -
b)The Church
c) The Court
d) The State
9. Simple dialogue, surprise appearances, near accidents and abrupt reversals put The importance of Being Ernest in the Class of:
a) Trade —comedy
b) Musical comedy
c) Melodrama
d) Comedy of morals
10. In the play Lady Bracknell orders Mr. Worthing to rise from a “semi-recumbent posture "because it is most “indecorous" This means it is:
a) Socially decorous
b) Socially deceitful
Cl Socially romantic
d) Socially indecent
11. Which of the following is an aspect of fate which contributes most to Jero‘s fall in
The Trials of Brother Jero?
a) Love of money
b) His pride
0) The Old Prophet‘s curse
d) His pretense
l2.Which of the following character: plays the most pre-destined role in the unrnasking of Jero?
a) Amope
b) Tough Mama
C) The Young girl
d) Chume
13. The technique used by Asong to give information through letters in No lle_\' 5.; Die
is known as:
a) Narration
b) Flashback
c) Epistolary
d) Detailed description
14.0ne of the following does not belong to what has been referred to as “The
Hemingway Code”.
a) Honour
b) Dignity
c) Endurance
d) Revenge
15 .Bessie Head’s "A Question of Power" is set in
a) Post-apartheid South Africa
b) Apartheid South Africa
c) Pre-apartheid south Africa
d) Present apartheid South Africa
16. From the words below choose one which best reflects a tendency very prominent in
The General Prologue and The Pardoner '5 Prologue and Tale.
a) Epicureanism
b) Chivalry
c) Extortion
d) Gluttony
l7. In which of the following poems is the rhetoric device of an apostrophe used?
a) “Olonkum”
b) “lbadan”
c) “Benin Woman“
d) “The Birth of Shaka"
18).0ne of the poems below best captures the notion of platonic love:
a) “Without You”
b) “Olokun”
c) “The Mesh"
d) “Song of Malaya”
19. Which of the following are true of Blake‘s “Songs of Malaya”
l. The focus is more on Children than on social issues
II. It is replete with echoes ofthe fall and creation
ll. lThe setting is usually night or forest associated with darkness and regret
IV. The setting and images are drawn from nature and the seasons
a) l and ll
b) l and IV
C) ll and ill
d) ll and IV
20.William Blake is all but one of the following:
a) Visionary poet
b) Romantic poet
c) Revolutionary poet
d) Classical poet
SECTION B: MINOR PAPER: ECONOMICS
1. Economics is similar to other sociai sciences because they‘are concerned with the
study of Human behavior but different from them because it is concerned with the
study of :
a) Unlimited needs
b) Unlimited resources
C) Limited wants
d) Limited resources
2. Why is wine more expensive than water"?
a) This is because wine is luxury and water is a necessity
b) The marginal utility for Wine is higher than that for water
c) The total utility for wine is higher is higher than the total utility for water
D) Wine has a higher value in exchange than water
3. Which of the following is a determinant of efficiency of labor?
a) Division of labor
b) The size of the total population
0) The working condition
d) Public holiday
4. A country has birth rate of 100 per thousand and death rate of 60 per thousands of
the population. What is the population percentage growth rate".>
a) 60%
b) 40%
c) ”25%
d) 4%
5. The main difference between the public corporation and the public company is that
the public corporation:
a) Must operate in the public interest
b) is owned by a local authority
c) Has an unlimited number of shareholders
d) Must primarily maximize profits
6. What arguments may be given against government intervention in the location of
industry?
a) Reduction in congestion
b) The achievement of balance regional development
c) Redistribution of income and wealth equitable
D) Increase in government expenditure
7. A firm cost function:TC = 225 + 5Q, where Q stands for the level of output. What
is the fixed cost of producing 10 units?
a) 250
b) 225
c) 275
d) Cannot be determined
8 In which of the following will you encourage a firm to continue producing at a lost in the short 7 run?
a) When its total revenue is less than total costs
b) When MR is more than MC
c) When its price is less than average variable cost
di When its price is more than average variable cost
9.What would a rational consumer do in order to return to equilibrium if he finds himself the followmg situation:
MUx/Px > MUy/Py Where MUx and Px are the marginal utiiity and price of goods x, and MUy and Py the marginal utility and price of good
y respectively.
a) Buy less of goods y
b) Reduce the purchase of goods x and increase good y
c) Buy more ofgood x and reduce purchase of goods y
d} Buy only good y
10. lf the demand for an agricultural product is more elastic than its supply, this will
give rise to a cobweb known as:
a) Constant cobweb
b) Exploding cobweb
c) Convergent cobweb
d) Divergent cobweb
11 .Which of the following goods are in joint demand?
a) Palm oil and palm kernel
b) Cell phones and SIM cards
c) Wool and lamb
d) Tea and coffee
12.Suppose the general trade union advocated for an increase in wages in Cameroon
and it is granted, which of the following is the possible effect?
a) An increase in the level of unemployment
b) An increase in transport cost
c) A decrease in the supply of labor
d) Cost —push inflation
l3.Which economies term best explains how capital expenditures respond to a change in consumer expenditure?
a) Samuleson’s oscillator
b) The Multiplier
c) The accelerator
d) Capital consumption
l4.What is the difference between Gross National Product at factor cost and Net
National Product at factor cost?
a) Depression
b) Gross Domestic Product
mic) Taxes and subsidies
d) Gross Domestic Product
e) Net Property income from abroad
15. The demand for idle money balance is most closely associated with which of the
following functions of money?
a) Measure of value
b) Store of value c) Standard of deferred payment
d) Medium of exchange
l6.Which of the following characteristic(s) paper money to be more acceptable than coins?
i. Portability
ii. Durability
iii. Divisibility
iv. Scarcity
a) i. only
b) ii only
c) i. and ii only
d) All of them
l7.What is likely to be the main motive for a country giving aid with strings to another
country?
a) To increase the International competitiveness of the recipient country
b) To increase the choice of the recipient country in terms of the product it can buy
C) To increase the imports of the donor country
d) To increase the export of the donor country
18.The “crowding out effect” occur when
a) An increase in private investment leads to an increase in public sector
investment
b) An increase in private investment leads to a fall in public sector investment
c) An increase public sector lens to a fall in private sector investment
d) An increase in public sector investment leads to an increase in private sector
investment
19.Source of economic growth include:
a) Production possibility curve, full employment of factors of production
b) Full employment of factors of production, improved quality of economic
resources and increased quantities of economic resources
c) Full employment of factors of production, improved quality of economic
resources and increase quantities of economic resources
d) Full utilization of factors of production
20. If Agriculture is completely mechanized in Cameroon there will be experiencing:
a) Technologically unemployed
b) Seasonal unemployment
c) Fricitional unemployment
d) Cyclical unemployment