Jamb Literature in English 2005 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of

A. Oppression
B. Mendacity
C. Partiality
D. Embezziement

Question 2:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of

A. Oppression
B. Mendacity
C. Partiality
D. Embezziement

Question 3:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.'I wish him luck with his infidel friends But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time, one sun at a time'
The speaker in the passage above is referring to a

A. Moon gazer
B. Slave raider
C. Muezzin
D. Usurper

Question 4:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the

A. Muslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British solders use rifles
B. Emir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora
C. Emirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abduirahman
D. Emirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto

Question 5:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as

A. A flshback
B. A prophecy
C. Foreshadowing
D. A reverie