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1. On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon and stars for the following purposes except

• To seperate the day from the night
• For signs of season, days and years
• To give light upon the earth
• To dry up flood from the face of the earth

2. Which of the following was not a river flowing from the Garden of Eden

• Gihon
• Tigris
• Euphrates
• Kishon

3. When Eve was about to be created, God did all the following except

• Causing a deep sleep to fall on Adam
• Taking a rib from Adam’s side
• Covering where he removed the rib with a bone
• Using the rib to create Eve.

4. “You shall be my own possession among all people.” God made this promise to the Isrealites on condition that they

• Drove the canaanites out of the land
• Kept away from foreign women
• Obeyed God’s voice and kept His covenant
• Taught their children to obey God

5. Jacob’s special robe for joseph portrayed him as a

• Prince
• Heir
• Prophet
• Priest

6. The names of the sons of Jacob listed in the book of Exodus excluded Joseph because

• Joseph was represented by his two sons
• The Isrealites thought Josepg had died
• The list covered only those who came to Egypt with Jacob
• It was an oversight on the part of the write
• 7. The boy Moses was hidden for three months because
• He was destined to become a great leader
• He was attacked by an abominable disease
• Pharaoh feared the growth of the Hebrew population
• Pharoah had decreed the murder of Hebrew male borns

8. The sons of Samuel misused their priviledged positions by

• Not allowing the fats of animals to burn first to God
• Sleeping with women who came to sacrifice
• Bribery and false judgement
• Stealing from the offering

9. “Put me, I pray you, in one of the priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread”. Who made this prophecy and to whom was it made

• Eli to Hophni and Phinehas
• A man of God to Eli
• Samuel to Eli the priest
• A prophet to Eli’s sons

10. Saul lied to Samuel when he (Saul)

• Allowed the soldiers to bring the booties of the war home
• Said that he had utterly destroyed the Amalekites
• Failed to kill the king of the Amelekites
• Spared the Kenites in the war against the Amelekites

11. Solomon told Hiram, King of Tyre, that he had decided to build temple for the Lord because

• The Lord had given him peace and all good things
• His father, David never intended to build one
• He wanted to force Hiram to come to his aid
• Hiram had entered into a marriage alliance with his father

12. During the Ammonite war, Uriah disobeyed King David by refusing to go to his house to sleep because

• It was wrong to go home drunk
• His wife would regard him as a coward
• It would be unpatroitic to break military vow
• He suspected that the king had lost interest in the battle

13. Nathan annouced all the following forms of punishment for David’s sin except that

• God will raise up up evil against his own house
• His wives will be taken away from him
• The sword will never depart from his house
• His son Abasalom will challenge him

14. The wife of Phinehas named her prematured child Ichabod because

• Isreal had lost the Ark and her husband
• The Philistines suffered a lot of casualties
• Her husband treated the Lord’s sacrifice with contempt
• Eli failed to restrain his children

15. The main lesson to be learnt from Elijah’s victory at Mount Carmel is

• God empowers his prophets
• The failure of false prophets
• God’s supremacy over false gods
• Ability to bring fire from heaven

16. When Elijah confronted Ahab over the killing of Naboth, Ahab

• Rejected any responsibility for it
• Blamed Jezebel for the murder
• Repented with sackcloth and fasting
• Reluctantly accepted responsibility for it

17. Gehazi became a leper because of his

• Deceitfulness
• Greed
• Wickedness
• Lies

18. Which of the following events could be attributed to Josaiah

• Establishing relationship with Assyria
• Reconstruction of the valley of Hinnon
• Revival of the feast of the passover
• Building walls around jerusalem

19. Huldah, the prophetess annouced evil upon Judah and its inhabitants because people

• Had burned incense to other gods
• Were marrying foreign women
• Were disobedient to the law of God
• Had failed to keep the sabbath

20. According to Ezra, the return of the Jews from exile was prophesied by

• Ezekiel
• Amos
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah

21. Nebuchadnezzar allowed the Chaldeans, Syrians and Moabites to attak Judah so that Judah might

• Learn a lesson
• Be destroyed
• Face famine
• Ransack the temple

22. Which of the following distinctly demonstrates the episode of Shedrack, Meshack and Abednego

• Complete trust in God
• God’s ability to save his servants
• Weakness of an earthly king
• Failure of a king’s dictatorship

23. The indigenous official of king Darius were unhappy with Daniel because he

• Often reported them to the king
• Was a Jewish exile
• Had an excellent spirit
• Refused to worship the golden image

24. “I gave you cleaness of teeth in all your cities”. This statement means God gave them

• Victory upon the enemies of Isreal
• Punishment to come unto the royal house
• God losing his patience for Isreal
• Breaking the covenant relationship with Isreal
• seer go, flee away to the land of Judah and eat bread”. This means Amos was to
• sea named his first son Jezreel as a sign of

25. “Don’t be afraid, henceforth you will be catching men”. “Catching men” means capturing men

• To the new faith
• Who oppose the Gospel
• Who are sinful
• Who are spiritual

26. The man who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus was

• Joseph of Arimathea
• Nichodemus
• Simon of Cyrene
• Simon the Zealot

27. Golgotha means the place of

• There was the need for a new curtain
• Gentiles would now enter the Holy of Holies
• All men would now worship freely in the temple
• There was now open access to God
• e tearing of the temple curtain into two meant

28. Cleopas’s heart burnt within him on the road to Emmaus when Jesus

• Appeared to them
• Taught them in scriptures
• Broke bread with them
• Walked with them

29. According to Matthew, when the women met the risen Jesus, they

• Anointed him with spices
• Took hold of his feet and worshipped him
• Told him the whereabouts of his disciples
• Asked him to accompany them

30. Life in the early church was characterised by

• Fasting and alms-giving
• Prophetic activities
• Communal spirit
• Honesty and peace

31. The appointment of deacons in the early church was meant to check

• Discrimination and favouritism
• Dishonesty and stealing
• Cheating and tribalism
• Greediness and lying

32. One remarkable thing about the feast of pentecost for christians was that it

• Attracted many foreigners into Isreal
• Enabled people to speak in tongues
• Marked the celebration of grain harvest
• Brought home many Jewish nationals

33. The charge of drunkenness was levelled against the apostles on Pentecost day because

• They were drunk before 9 O’clock
• They spoke in other tongues
• A power descended on them
• They made an unintelligible noise

34. Which prophet did Peter quote when he preached on Pentecost day about the spirit falling on all men

• Amos
• Hosea
• Joel
• Jonah

35. The boldness of Peter and John before the Sanhedrin was attributed to

• Their having great influence
• Possession of great strength
• Their being with Jesus
• Their ability to defend themselves

36. Peter’s tour of Lydia led to the

• Development of the church in Caesarea
• Conversion of the residents of Sharon
• Conversion of Conelius and his household
• Healing of Dorcas and her family

37. “Dress yourself and put on your sandals”. Obedience to this instruction led to

• An angel’s destruction of Herod
• Peter’s arrest and imprisonment
• Peter’s release from prison
• The disciple’s escape from Herod

38. Partially, according to James, is practised in the church by

• Neglecting the poor
• Misusing the church funds
• Respecting the educated members
• Offering service to non-believers

39. “Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”. James used this text to highlight his teaching on

• Effective prayer
• Faith and works
• Counselling
• Impartiality

40. James thought that christians should offer prayers of thanksgiving when they are

• Remorseful
• Sick
• Interceding
• Cheerful

41. James advised against looking down on the poor because they are

• The rightful heirs of the kingdom
• Those who spend time on the Lord
• For peace and self sacrifice
• Those who contribute little but do a lot

42. As they were sharing Christ’s offerings, Peter advised Christaians to

• Be prayerful
• Rejoice
• Be truthful
• Persevere

43. Peter described Christians as a chosen race of God because they

• Declare God’s wonderful deeds
• Had all become ordained men
• Had continued to give the usual lives
• Had displaced the jews completely in God’s rating

44. “Live as free men,yet without using your freedom as pretext for evil” Peter by this text was calling on christians to

• Resist the devil always
• Do what is right
• Fight for their freedom
• Endure pain while suffering

45. Peter believed that God appreciates and gives credit to servants who

• Pray without ceasing
• Keep their tongues shut
• Fail to honor wicked masters
• Suffer for wrongs not done

46. Peter admonished church leaders to take care of the flock of Christ in order to

• Restrain men from degrading the church
• Obtain God’s crown of glory
• Build a vibrant church
• Ensure discipline in the church

ANSWERS

1. D
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. D
21. A
22. A
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. A
29. B
30. C
31. A
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. C
36. B
37. C
38. A
39. B
40. D
41. A
42. B
43. A
44. B
45. D
46. D