All 60 questions from the Basic Education Certificate Examination (Junior WAEC) (BECE) Cultural and Creative Arts 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation for each. Free, no signup needed.
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The accidental sign which restores a raised or lowered note to its original pitch is ____.
The natural sign (♮) cancels an earlier sharp or flat and restores the note to its original pitch.
Which of the following is a simple duple time?
Simple time has beats that divide into 2; duple means 2 beats per bar. 2/2 has 2 beats per bar. 3/4 is triple, 4/4 quadruple, 6/8 compound duple, 9/8 compound triple.
What alphabet is the ledger line with a note in Fig. 2.1?
The note sits on the third ledger line below the treble stave: first line = C, second = A, third = F.
What ‘major key’ is the scale in Fig. 2.2?
The scale has one flat (B♭) in the signature/accidental and runs F–G–A–B♭–C–D–E–F, i.e. F major.
The letter-names of bass stave spaces are ____.
Bass stave spaces from bottom to top: A, C, E, G (lines are G B D F A).
The dotted note in Fig. 2.3 can also be written as ____.
A dotted minim (3 beats) equals a minim tied to a crotchet; option C shows a minim tied to a crotchet.
Which of the following groupings represents the notes in Fig. 2.4?
Four semiquavers are beamed together with a double beam; the matching grouping is the option with four notes under double beams.
A major triad consists of the ____
A triad is built on the root, third and fifth notes of the scale.
The interval in Fig. 2.5 is a ____.
Count the letter names from the lower to the upper note, including both: the two notes are a third apart.
What ‘major key’ is represented in Fig. 2.6?
The signature has two flats, B♭ and E♭, which is B♭ major.
Which of the following rest signs is same as the rest sign shown in the diagram?
The rest in the question is matched by the option showing the same symbol.
The minim rest has ____ beats.
A minim is worth 2 crotchet beats, so its rest also lasts 2 beats.
The second tetrachord of the scale in Fig. 2.7 starts from ____.
A major scale splits into two tetrachords of 4 notes; the second one starts on the 5th degree of the scale.
How many semiquavers equal one minim?
Minim = 2 crotchets = 4 quavers = 8 semiquavers.
Identify the musical sign in Fig. 2.8.
The hairpin narrows to the right (>), meaning gradually softer: decrescendo.
Social music is used for ____.
Social music is performed at social gatherings for enjoyment and entertainment.
Therapeutic music is mainly for ____.
Therapeutic music is used to heal and relax.
The technical name for ‘fah’ is ____.
In tonic sol-fa, fah is the 4th degree, the subdominant.
Which of the following cadences has chord progression ‘V-I’?
V–I is the perfect cadence (IV–I is plagal, V–VI interrupted, I–V imperfect).
The term ‘Allegro’ means ____.
Allegro is an Italian tempo term meaning fast and lively.
The musical instrument in Fig. 2.9 is a/an
The gourd shaker with a net of beads (shekere) makes sound by its own body vibrating, so it is an idiophone.
Which of the following instruments is of the same classification as ‘Ekwe’?
Ekwe (wooden slit drum) is an idiophone. Ishaka (shaker) is also an idiophone; Bata is a membranophone, Goge and Molo chordophones, Oja an aerophone.
Identify the instrument in Fig. 2.10.
A one-string bowed lute with a calabash resonator and bow is the goje.
Which of the following is a brass instrument?
The trumpet is a brass instrument; clarinet is woodwind, marimba is percussion, viola and violin are strings.
What key is represented by the recorder fingering chart in Fig. 2.11?
Read the filled holes against the recorder fingering chart to identify the note/key.
The first professor of music in Nigeria is ____.
Laz Ekwueme became Nigeria's first professor of music.
Who among the following is a Nigerian “popular musician”?
Tiwa Savage performs popular music; the others are art/classical composers.
Baroque period was dated ____.
The Baroque period ran from about 1600 to 1750.
The full name of a popular classical composer, Beethoven was ____.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
The song ‘BUGA’ is accredited to ____.
‘Buga’ is a song by Kizz Daniel.
A playwright is also known as a/an ____.
A playwright writes plays, so is also called a dramatist.
Theatre for development can bring about ____ in the society.
Theatre for development is used to promote positive social change.
Which of the following is not a member of play production?
Costumier and script writer are production crew; the audience only watches and is not part of the production team.
A speech delivered by a single character on stage is ____.
A speech by one character is a monologue (a dialogue is between two or more).
A distinctive feature of drama is ____.
Dialogue (speech between characters) is the feature that distinguishes drama from other literary forms.
Objects used by actors to enhance performance are ____.
Properties (props) are objects handled by actors on stage.
The part closest to the audience in theatre is ____ stage.
Down stage is the area nearest the audience.
An African playwright in this list is ____.
J. P. Clark is a Nigerian playwright; the others are American or British.
The highest point of conflict in a play is ____.
Climax.
Old-age design in theatrical performance is an example of ____.
Making an actor look old is character makeup.
A professional who creates and applies cosmetics suitable to the characters’ roles is a ____.
Makeup artist.
Which of the following is a type of drama?
Tragedy is a main type of drama; biography, elegy and letter are other literary forms.
The following are types of stage in the theatre except ____.
The stage types are arena, proscenium, thrust and transverse; ‘protruded’ is not one.
Drama originated from ____.
Drama began in ancient Greece.
The last rehearsal before production is ____.
The dress/tech rehearsal is the final one before performance.
Wole Soyinka is a/an ____ playwright.
Soyinka is a contemporary (20th/21st-century) playwright.
A dramatic action that ends light-heartedly is ____.
A comedy ends happily.
Another name for unscripted drama is ____.
Improvisation.
One of the importance of theatre for development is ____.
TfD uses drama to improve communication and awareness in a community.
A performance that is full of gestures and speechless actions is ____.
Mime tells a story through gestures without words.
Whose responsibility is it to oversee a dance production?
The choreographer designs and supervises the dance production.
A major way of eliminating monotony in dance is to ____ the movement.
Varying the movement removes monotony.
The speed of beats to a dance movement is ____.
Tempo is the speed of the beat.
The highpoint of a dance performance is ____.
Climax.
A major feature of contemporary dance movement is the act of ____.
Contemporary dance relies on free, improvised movement.
Which of the following is not a dance creating part of the body?
Hands, hips, legs and neck create dance movement; the eye is not a dance-creating part.
Modern dance movement is very ____.
Modern dance is energetic.
The popular breakdance originated from ____.
Breakdance began in New York, USA.
Ukwata dance is a popular dance from ____ State.
Ukwata is a popular dance of Delta State.
Which of the following is an African dance?
Bata is a Yoruba (Nigerian) dance; haka is Māori, polka Czech, salsa Latin American and samba Brazilian.
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