WAEC Literature Answer Released – See Waec Lit-in-English Questions for Objective, Prose, Drama & Poetry Here.

The Waec literature answers for 2020 exam has been released. The West African Examination Council (WAEC) Literature-In-English papers will be written on Friday, 21st August, 2020.

In case you forgot, there are three papers in Waec English Literature – Papers 1 & 2 and then 3, all of which must be taken on their assigned dates.

Paper 1 & 2 (Objective and Prose) is a combined paper which was taken at one sitting from 9:30 am to 11:45 am while Paper 3 (Drama and Poetry) will be written from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm which marks the end of the WAEC Literature in English exam.

In this post is samples of Waec literature in English questions for candidates that will participate in the 2020 examination. Read down below to see WAEC Literature-in-English questions.

Also Read: WAEC Biology Practical Questions Released

Note that below is the questions from Waec literature past questions and answers syllabus that we feel are likely questions for SSCE preparation.

WAEC Literature Answers 2020 for Prose and Objectives:

PAPER 2 (Prose)
Answer ONE question only from each section.
Write your answers on the answer booklet provided.

SECTION A (African Prose)
Amma Darko – Faceless;
1. Examine the the role and significance of Slyv Po in the novel.
2. Show how women are discriminated against in the novel.
Bayo Adebowale – Lonely Days
3. What impression do you form of Yaremi in the novel?
4. Examine the attitude of Kufi people towards death in the novel.

SECTION B (Non-African Prose)
Richard Wright – Native Son;
5. What are Bigger’s reasons for his bitterness against the white man in the novel?
6. How does the media respond to the disappearance of Mary Dalton in the novel?
Horace Walpole – The Castle of Otranto;
7. Comment on the issue of male dominance in the novel,
8. What does Theodore’s encounter with Isabella in the cavern in the forest reveal about his character?

PAPER 1 (Objective)
Answer ALL questions in this section.

15. ________ in my rate” means
A. i’m very certain
B. so far as I can see
C. there’s no doubt
D. as it appears.

16. A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called _____
A. eulogy
B. ode
C. lyrics
D. pastoral.

17. Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined
Vice

A. cat
B. dress
C. show
D. chalk.

18. In literature, repetition is used essentially for
A. rhyme
B. suspense
C. allusion
D. emphasis.

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale’s Lonely Days.

19. The cap-picking ceremony is to
A. break the strong will of Yaremi
B. make Yaremi remarry
C. establish that she is wicked
D. prove that Ajumobi is not the best

20. A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is

A. a sonnet
B. a dirge
C. an ode
D. a balled.

21. _______ In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work.
A. Cast
B. Summary
C. Flaw
D. Plot.

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption

22. Who impregnated Aloho?
A. The Commissioner
B. Chief Haladu
C. Justice Odili
D. Inspector Inaku.

This question is based on Faceless by Amma Darko

23. What is the reason that caused Odarley’s mother to send him away from home?

A. she chose to go to the street
B. her mother remarried
C. she steals her mother things
D. she wants to poison her boyfriend.

Read the extract and answer the question

X: We two, my lord.
Will guard your person while you take take your rest, And watch your safety.
Y: Thank you – Wondrous heavy .
(Act II, Scene One, lines 184 – 187)

24. The ”two” later plot to

A. kill all the other characters
B. escape from the island
C. kill Prospero and Miranda
D. kill Alonso and Gonzalo.

25. Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face”.
The excerpt above exemplifies _______?

A. Irony
B. synedoche
C. symbolism
D. euphemism.

26.

WAEC Literature Drama and Poetry 2020:

PAPER 3 (Drama and Poetry)
Answer ONE question only from each section.
Write your answers on the answer booklet provided.

SECTION A (African Drama)
Dele Charley – The Blood of a Stranger.
1. How does love for wealth and power influence the actions of the characters in the play.
2. Examine Wara’s role in the development of the plot.

Frank Ogodo Ogbeche – Harvest of Corruption.
3. Consider Aloho as a foil to Ogeyi
4. How does Chief Haladu Ade-Amaka manipulate justice to his own advantage?

SECTION B (Non-African Drama)
Lorraine Hansberry – A Raisin in the Sun.
5. To what extent are the dreams of the Younger family fulfilled in the play?
6. Dicuss the living conditions of the Younger family.

Goldsmith – She Stoops to Conquer.
7. Compare the relationship between Tony and Constance with that between young Marlow and Kate
8. What makes Mr. Hardcastle a humorous character?

SECTION C (African Poetry)
9. Relate the tittle of the poem Ambush to the theme of frustrated dreams.
10. Comment on the poets’s use of imagery in The Dinning Table.

SECTION D (Non-African Poetry)
11. Comment on Birches as a descriptive poem.
12. Examine the relationship between God and man in The Pulley.

Bringing GSM into the Examination Hall is PROHIBITED. THE ALBINOS AND BLIND CANDIDATES ARE TO BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES EXTRA TIME ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS.

Waec Literature Books – Reading Text from 2020 SSCE Syllabus:

African Prose

1. Amma Darko – Faceless
2. Bayo Adebowale – Lonely Days.

Non-African Prose

1. Richard Wright – Native Son
2. Horace Walpole – The Castle of Otranto
3. Patience Swift – The Last Goodman
4. *William Shakespeare – OTHELLO.

Non-African Drama

1. Oliver Goldsmith – She Stoops to Conquer
2. Lorraine Hansberry – A Raisin in the Sun.

African Drama

1. Frank Ogodo Ogbeche – Harvest of Corruption
2. Dele Charley – The Blood of a Stranger.

African Poetry

1. Birago Drop – Vanity
2. Gbemisola Adeoti – Ambush
3. Gabriel Okara – Piano and Drums
4. Gbanabam Hallowell – The Dinning Table
5. Lenrie Peter – The Panic of Growing Older
6. Kofi Awoonor – The Anvil and the Hammer.

Non-African Poetry

1. Alfred Tennyson – Crossing the Bar
2. George Herbert – The pulley
3. William Blake – The School Boy
4. William Morris – The Proud King
5. Robert Frost Birches – Birches
6. William Shakespeare – Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day?

Note:

(i) The Unseen Prose passage for Paper 1 shall be about 120 – 150 words long.
(ii) Only context questions shall be set on the Shakespearean text. The context questions will test such items as theme, characterization, style and setting in the Shakespearean text.
(iii) No essay question shall be set on the Shakespearean text.

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2020 Annual General Conference Planning Committee

ON AUGUST 20, 202010:01 PMI

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has reacted to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) withdrawal of the invitation by its 2020 Annual General Conference Planning Committee.

The Governor who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Communication
, Muyiwa Adekeye, said he will “continue to contribute to the national conversation”.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of NBA during a virtual meeting on Thursday had rescinded the invitation extended to the governor to speak during its 60th annual Conference.

This was following outrage on social media by young lawyers.

Adekeye in a press statement noted; “When lawyer friends requested Malam Nasir El-Rufai to accept the invitation of the NBA to participate in a panel discussion on national identity, he accepted as part of his commitment to having a national conversation and the evolution of a national consensus.

“NBA platform or not, these worthy conversations must continue. He will continue to make his voice heard on the things our country needs to do for its progress.

“While the decision about who speaks at its event is clearly the NBA’s, Malam El-Rufai wishes to make clear that he did not seek the platform and is not agitated that he has one less speaking engagement

APC Gets New Chairman, Nigerian Pastor Blames Evil Spirit For Impregnating 2 Sisters…MORE

APC GETS NEW CHAIRMAN, NIGERIAN PASTOR BLAMES EVIL SPIRIT FOR IMPREGNATING 2 SISTERS

New APC chairman Emerges In C/River As Buni Resolves Crisis

File picture: Buhari raises Buni’s hand up

 

The governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved the leadership crisis in the Cross River state chapter of the party.

Speaking after a meeting Tuesday at the national secretariat of the party, Secretary of the committee, Sen. John Akpan Udoedehe said all the parties to the dispute resolved to sheathe their swords and adopted Sen. Matthew Mbu as the new state chairman of the party. Among those who attended the meeting were the Minister of State, Power, Goddy Jeddy Agba, former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, Sen. John Enoh, former Niger Delta Affairs minister, Usani Usani, immediate-past National Vice Chairman of the party for the South South, Hilliard Eta and the two former warring state chairmen, Ntufam John Etim and Sir John Ochala.

Udoedehe in his brief remarks also thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his support to the reconciliation efforts of the party. He said; “I was given a mandate by the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni to resolve the lingering crisis in Cross River State. I am happy to announce to all of us that we have reached a consensus and we have finally achieved the peace in Cross River state.

 

Ogun pastor blames evil spirit for impregnating two sisters

The founder of Church of the Lord of Isreal, Olomore, Abeokuta, Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, who allegedly impregnated two underage sisters and duped their mother of the sum of N1.5m, has blamed an evil spirit for his actions.

The 57-year-old was paraded alongside 37 other suspected criminals at the state police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Monday. He, however, denied impregnating the two sisters, claiming that he only impregnated one whom he was legally married to. Ajigbotoluwa explained that he was deceived by an evil spirit to marry the girl. The cleric, who admitted that he had sinned against God, said he would embark on prison evangelism if forgiven.

He said, “There is no man of God that Satan will not hunt, except the person that his time has not come. “If I can have favour from God, Nigerians and the government, then it is my promise that I will turn a new leaf and I will be preaching to prisoners. “I will be going to cells to preach to them; that is the kind of ministry I want to establish to change people if God can give me the grace. “If I knew it was bad, I wouldn’t have done it; as it’s happening now, it is a disgrace to me.” The embattled pastor asked people not to use his life to judge other Christian leaders.

 

Gunmen murder three Soldiers, Vigilante in Niger

Three soldiers and a vigilante have been killed by gunmen in an attempt to rescue two kidnapped foreign nationals.

The foreign nationals were kidnapped in Yakila village in Rafi local government area of Niger state. It was learnt that the gunmen had kidnapped the foreigners who are road contractors working on the reconstruction of the road from Yakila to Tegina when they attacked the construction site in their numbers on motorcycles.

The Nation learnt that both the soldiers and vigilante member were at Yakila to rescue the kidnapped victims but were killed in an exchange of gunfire with the bandits.Attempts to reach the Niger state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun failed as he didn’t respond to his call nor respond to messages sent to him. However, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello on Security matters, Rt. Colonel Mohammed Maikundi confirmed the incident. He said security agencies mobilised and restrategized thereafter moved to the area where they also killed some bandits.

 

Mompha files N5m lawsuit against EFCC over his re-arrest

Social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha has instituted a N5 million lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC over his recent arrest.

LIB had earlier reported that Mompha was re-arrested last Friday, August 14 when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos to reclaim his five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone 8 mobile phone and one pair of sunglasses, seized by the EFCC operatives last October. Following an application by his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Justice Mohammed Liman had on July 24 ordered the EFCC to release the items to Mompha.

Mompha had gone to the EFCC to pick up his item last Friday. He had barely left the EFCC premises when operatives of the anti-graft agency waylaid him and took him into custody. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said Mompha’s re-arrest was connected to a fresh set of cyber fraud charges.

 

Woman burns her 8-year-old nephew’s back and buttocks over 50 Naira groundnut In Calabar

A Nigerian woman in Calabar has been reported to the police for allegedly burning her 8-year-old nephew’s back and buttocks with hot iron because he ate N50 groundnut she left at home.

The incident happened on Sunday, August 16 when his aunt returned from Church to discover that the little boy ate the groundnut. She plugged in an Iron and used it to burn his back and his buttocks.

Reports States that, the mother of the boy is late and that he and two of his siblings live with the aunt.

 

Bandits Kill One, Abduct Ex-Commissioner’s Children, NSCDC Officer In Zamfara

Gunmen suspected to be bandits in Zamfara State in the early hours of Tuesday kidnapped the children of a former Commissioner for Local Government in the state, Alhaji Bello Dankande Gamji.

SaharaReporters gathered that the bandits had fired many shots into the former commissioner’s house, thinking that he was around and killed Shafiu Isa Gamji, a neighbour, who had come to rescue his children in the process. Muhammad Shehu, spokesperson for the Zamfara Police Command, confirmed the incident in a statement, adding that one woman sustained injuries.

He said, “At about 4:30am, a large number of armed men invaded the house and kidnapped two of his children and two others including an NSCDC officer on guard duty at the house.

 

Kogi Deports ‘78 Northern Beggars’ To States Of Origin

The Kogi State Government has extradited 78 homeless and mentally challenged persons back to their states of origin.

Those removed are from five states in the North including Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and Zamfara. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Kogi, Hajiya Fatima Buba, said the beggars were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja metropolis including Zango, Ganaja Village, Obasanjo Square among others to the ministry’s rehabilitation centre where they will be transported back to their various home states.

Buba disclosed that the evacuation exercise was not discriminatory but to rid the streets of beggars roaming Lokoja metropolis

Evans who made his billions from kidnapping has finally been sentenced to death

Chikwudubem Onwuamadike who is popularly known as Evans made waves years ago after he was arrested for kidnapping. His operation was uncovered and he was found guilty of countless of kidnapping.

Evans is one of the biggest criminals in Nigeria. When he was arrested, the authorities uncovered all the fortune the man has gathered with his illegal and criminal acts.

He was arrested in 2017 after the kidnap of Donatus Duru. Evans collected the sum of 233 thousand Euro and still never released the victim. In addition, he confessed that he was guilty for most high profile kidnap in Nigeria. When he was arrested and charged to court, investigations revealed he had a wife and children that were living fine.

Well, looks like Evans has finally met his waterloo. The high court sentenced him to death on Monday. The billionaire has finally gotten a verdict.

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Waec 2020 Practical Specimens (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agric & Animal Husbandry

This Are the WAEC 2020 PRACTICAL SPECIMEN FOR PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, AGRIC, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICALS

PHYSICS SPECIMEN:
Question 1
Pendulum Bob;
Retort stand and clamp;
Thread;
Stopwatch/clock;
Metre rule.

Question 2
Ray box with illuminated object(cross wire);
Convex lens(f = 15cm)
Screen;
Metre rule;
Lens holder.

Question 3
Potentiometer/metre bridge;
Dry cells(1 pair = 2×1.5v);
Ammeter(0 – 3A);
Resistor P = 1ohms(value concealed);
Key;
Jockey/crocodile clip;
Seven connecting wires.

CHEMISTRY SPECIMEN:
+In addition to the fittings and reagents normally contained in a chemistry laboratory, the following apparatus and materials will be required by each candidate:
(a) One burette of 50cm³ capacity;
(b) One pipette, either 20cm³ or 25cm³. All candidates at one centre must use pipettes of the same volume. These should be clean and free from grease.
(c) The usual apparatus for Titration;
(d) The usual apparatus and reagents for qualitative work including the following with all reagents appropriately labelled.
(i) Red and blue litmus paper,
(ii) aqueous ammonia,
(iii) dilute hydrochloric acid,
(iv) dilute sodium hydroxide solution,
(v) barium chloride solution,
(vi) dilute trioxonitrate(v) acid,
(vii) silver trioxonitrate(v)solution,
(viii) Lime water
(e) glass rod;
(f) filtration apparatus,
(g) spatula,
(h) two boiling tubes,
(i) four test tubes,
(j) wash bottle containing distilled/deionized water,
(k) mathematical table/calculator.

+Each candidate should be supplied with the following, where ‘n’ is the candidate’s serial number.
(a) 150cm³ of potassium tetraoxomanganate(VII)solution in a corked flask or bottled labelled ‘A’n. These should all be the same containing 7.7g of KMnO4 per dm³ of solution.
(b) 150cm³ of iron(II)chloride solution in a corked flask or bottle labelled ‘Nn’. These should all be the same containing 19.1g of FeCl2 per dm³ of solution.

NB- FeCl2 solution should be freshly prepared.
– Each candidate should be provided with 150cm³ 2M H2SO4.

(c) One spatulaful of copper(II)chloride in a specimen bottle labelled ‘Cn’ and one spatulaful of ammonia carbonate in a specimen bottle labelled ‘Dn’.

BIOLOGY SPECIMEN:
Group I ( For all candidates)
Specimen A – Fresh/wet preserved mosquito larva in a petri dish containing water.
Specimen B – Fresh/wet preserved maggot in a petri dish containing water.
Specimen C – Gill of fish (freshly procured) in a petri dish containing water.
Specimen D – Lung of a small mammal(freshly preserved).
Specimen E – Dicotyledonous leaf (freshly plucked).
Specimen F – Membranous wing of a cockroac

Group III (For candidates in Nigeria and the Gambia only)
Specimen K – Flower of pride of Barbados or caesalpinia
Specimen L – Mature Elephant grass or Guinea grass.
Specimen M – Flower of Hibiscus plant.

NB:
(i) All specimens can be provided as group specimens for five(5) to ten(10) candidates.
(ii) All specimens in each group must carry individual labels (Eg A, B, C, D, E and F in Group I)

+It is essential that each candidate should be provided with the following materials;
(i) glass jar cover or petri dish,
(ii) a beaker containing water,
(iii) a pair of forceps,
(iv) a hand of lens/magnifying lens,
(v) scalpel OR razor blade/knife

AGRIC SPECIMEN:
LIST OF SPECIMEN:
A: Axe
B: Spade
C: Sickle
D: Hand trowel
E: Shears
F: Hand fork

For specimens G, H and I, you are requested to get some quantity of Sandy soil. Divide the quantity of Sandy soil into three portions.
Wash the first portion which is to be labelled G with a neutral solution(water) until the soup is neither acidic nor alkaline then air-dry the soil.
To the second portion which is to be labelled H, add some quantity of Hydrochloric acid(HCL) and air-dry.
To the third portion which is to be labelled I, add some quantity of sodium Hydroxide(NaOH) solution and air-dry.
Then supply to each candidate, samples of specimens G, H and I each in a beaker, some quantity of water, blue litmus paper, red litmus paper and a
stirrer.
J: Maize grain damaged by weevils
K: Yam tuber damaged by yam beetles
L: Cassava leaves showing mosaic disease symptoms
M: Tomato fruits showing fruit rot symptoms
N: Liver fluke(preserved/picture/diagram)
O: Tick
P: Trypanosome parasite(diagram/picture)
Q: Rat
R: Bird
S: Grasshopper