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Key Facts: Bac A8 Niger Exam

Coefficient 4

French and Philosophy in Arabic (4 h each) carry coefficient 4 in Série A8

OBEECS 2025 Baccalauréat paper headers

3 h 30

Duration of the Série A8 History-Geography paper, set in Arabic (coefficient 3)

OBEECS 2025 Baccalauréat paper header

89,158

Candidates registered for the 2026 Baccalauréat session across 41 series and filières

Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, reported by ActuNiger and Le Sahel (July 2026)

Written second group

OBEECS publishes written second-group papers for candidates not admitted after the first group

OBEECS Banque de sujets (2025)

Free independent practice for Niger's Baccalauréat Série A8 (OBEECS): English-language MCQs on Arabic nahw, sarf, balagha and 'arud, classical and modern Arabic literature, Islamic philosophy, French grammar and literature, history-geography and Terminale A mathematics. The real papers are written in Arabic and French, so pair this bank with past OBEECS papers.

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1In Arabic syntax (Nahw), what is the grammatical case (I'rab) and inflection marker of the dual subject (al-Muthanna) in the sentence 'Hadara al-mu'allimani' (حَضَرَ المُعَلِّمَانِ)?
A.Accusative (Mansub) marked by the letter Ya'
B.Genitive (Majrur) marked by the letter Kasrah
C.Nominative (Marfu') marked by an apparent Dammah
D.Nominative (Marfu') marked by the letter Alif
Explanation: In classical Arabic grammar, the dual noun (al-Muthanna) is declined through letters (al-I'rab bi-l-huruf) rather than short vowels. As the subject (Fa'il) of the verb 'hadara', 'al-mu'allimani' is in the nominative state (Marfu') and takes the letter Alif as its primary marker of Raf'. The concluding Nun with kasrah is a substitute for tanwin and drops upon idafah.
2When an incomplete verb of being from the family of Kana (كان وأخواتها) governs a nominal sentence, what syntactic change does it impose on the predicate (Khabar)?
A.It transforms the predicate into the accusative state (Mansub)
B.It places the predicate into the genitive state (Majrur)
C.It places the predicate into the jussive state (Majzum)
D.It leaves the predicate in its original nominative state (Marfu')
Explanation: Kana and its sisters (such as Asbaha, Amsa, Zalla, and Laysa) are abrogating verbs (Af'al Nasikhah) that operate on nominal sentences. They preserve or place the subject (Ism Kana) in the nominative case (Marfu') while governing the predicate (Khabar Kana) in the accusative case (Mansub).
3In the sentence 'Inna al-nasra ma'a al-sabri' (إِنَّ النَّصْرَ مَعَ الصَّبْرِ), which type of predicate (Khabar Inna) is exemplified by 'ma'a al-sabri'?
A.Khabar Jumla Fi'liyyah (verbal sentence clause)
B.Khabar Mufrad (single nominal word)
C.Khabar Shibh Jumla (quasi-sentence consisting of an adverbial phrase)
D.Khabar Jumla Ismiyyah (nominal clause with a resumptive pronoun)
Explanation: A predicate in Arabic can be a single noun (Mufrad), a sentence (Jumla), or a quasi-sentence (Shibh Jumla). The construction 'ma'a al-sabri' consists of a locative/temporal adverb (Zarf) governing a genitive noun, which forms a Shibh Jumla functioning semantically and syntactically in the place of Raf' (fi mahalli raf') as the Khabar of Inna.
4When the active sentence 'Kataba al-tilmidhu al-darsa' (كَتَبَ التِّلْمِيذُ الدَّرْسَ) is transformed into the passive voice (al-mabni li-l-majhul), which form does it take?
A.Kutiba al-darsu (كُتِبَ الدَّرْسُ)
B.Yaktubu al-darsa (يَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ)
C.Kataba al-darsu (كَتَبَ الدَّرْسُ)
D.Kutiba al-darsa (كُتِبَ الدَّرْسَ)
Explanation: To construct the passive voice for a triliteral past verb, the first letter is vowelled with a dammah and the penultimate with a kasrah (Kutiba). The original subject is omitted, and the original direct object (al-Dars) is promoted to become the deputy agent (Na'ib al-Fa'il), which receives the nominative case (Marfu') marked here by a dammah: 'Kutiba al-darsu'.
5What is the syntactic function (I'rab) of the word 'laylan' (لَيْلًا) in the sentence 'Safara al-musafiru laylan' (سَافَرَ المُسَافِرُ لَيْلًا)?
A.Maf'ul fihi (zarf zaman), an accusative adverb of time
B.Maf'ul li-ajlihi (accusative noun of cause or motive)
C.Hal (circumstantial qualifier) indicating state
D.Maf'ul mutlaq (absolute cognate accusative) confirming the action
Explanation: In Arabic syntax, words indicating the time or place in which the action occurs are classified as Maf'ul fihi (مفعول فيه) or Zarf. Because 'laylan' specifies the temporal interval during which the traveling occurred and is in the accusative case (Mansub), it is analyzed as Zarf Zaman.
6Which of the following sentences correctly demonstrates a Tamyiz (specification) that clarifies an ambiguous quantity or measurement?
A.Qara'tu al-kitaba qira'atan sari'atan (قَرَأْتُ الكِتَابَ قِرَاءَةً سَرِيعَةً)
B.Ishtaraytu 'ishrina kitaban (اشْتَرَيْتُ عِشْرِينَ كِتَابًا)
C.Ja'a al-qa'idu daahikan (جَاءَ القَائِدُ ضَاحِكًا)
D.Waqafa al-tullabu ijtihadan (وَقَفَ الطُّلَّابُ اجْتِهَادًا)
Explanation: Tamyiz (تَمْيِيز) is an indefinite accusative noun that removes ambiguity from a preceding number, measure, weight, or distance (Dhat), or from a sentence relationship (Nisbah). In 'Ishtaraytu 'ishrina kitaban', the number 'twenty' is inherently ambiguous until 'kitaban' specifies the counted item.
7In the negative exception sentence 'Ma hadara illa Zaydun' (مَا حَضَرَ إِلَّا زَيْدٌ), how is 'Zaydun' parsed?
A.Mustathna mansub (mandatory accusative excepted noun)
B.Maf'ul bihi mansub (direct object in the accusative case)
C.Fa'il marfu' (agent of the verb in the nominative case)
D.Badal majrur (appositive noun in the genitive case)
Explanation: When an exceptional sentence with 'illa' is both negative and lacks an explicit general category from which the exception is made (kalam manfiyy naqis / istithna' mufarragh), the particle 'illa' acts purely as an instrument of restriction (Adat Hasr/Mulghah). The noun following it is parsed strictly according to the grammatical demand of the verb; here, 'Zaydun' is the Fa'il (nominative subject) of 'hadara'.
8A noun classified as diptote (al-Mamnu' min al-Sarf) normally takes a fatha in place of a kasrah when in the genitive state. Under which condition does it take a standard kasrah instead?
A.When it follows an oath particle such as wa- or ta-
B.When it is placed in the vocative case with 'ya'
C.When it occurs as an indefinite adjective modifying a plural noun
D.When it is definite (with al-) or the first term of an idafa
Explanation: A diptote noun (such as Masajid or Afdal) is barred from receiving tanwin and receives a fatha in the genitive state. However, classical grammar stipulates that if the diptote takes the definite article 'al-' (e.g., 'fi al-masajidi') or becomes the first term of an annexation (Mudaf, e.g., 'fi masajidi al-madinati'), it reverts to triptotic declension and receives a genuine kasrah.
9What is the syntactic sign of the jussive case (Jazm) for the 'Five Verbs' (al-Af'al al-Khamsah), such as in the clause 'Lam yaktubu' (لَمْ يَكْتُبُوا)?
A.Substitution of Dammah with Fatha on the weak radical
B.Omission of the final Nun (Hadhf al-Nun)
C.Omission of the vocalic root vowel (Hadhf Harf al-'Illah)
D.Fixed ending with Sukun on the final root radical
Explanation: The 'Five Verbs' are imperfect verbs connected to the dual Alif, the plural Waw, or the second-person feminine Ya' (e.g., yaktubani, taktubuuna, taktubiina). Their indicative marker of Raf' is the retention of Nun (Thubut al-Nun), whereas both their subjunctive (Nasb) and jussive (Jazm) states are marked by the deletion of that Nun (Hadhf al-Nun), leaving 'lam yaktubu'.
10Which of the following conditional tools (Adawat al-Shart) is classified as an uninflected particle (Harf) that places two imperfect verbs into the jussive state (Jazm)?
A.Lamma (لَمَّا)
B.Kayfa (كَيْفَ)
C.In (إِنْ)
D.Law (لَوْ)
Explanation: In Arabic conditional syntax, conditional instruments that put two verbs into the jussive (Fi'l al-Shart and Jawab al-Shart) are divided into nouns (Asma') and particles (Huruf). 'In' (إِنْ) is unanimously classified by grammarians as a true particle (Harf Shart Jazim) with no independent syntactic position in I'rab, unlike nouns such as Man or Mahma.

About the Bac A8 Niger Exam

Série A8 is the Arabic-option literary baccalauréat organized by OBEECS, in which philosophy and history-geography are examined in Arabic alongside Arabic and French papers. This independent bank offers English-language MCQs on Arabic grammar, rhetoric and prosody, Arabic-Islamic literature and thought, French, history-geography and mathematics, keeping Arabic and French examples where they are the skill being tested.

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Assessment

First-group written papers listed in the OBEECS paper bank for Série A8: French (coeff. 4, 4 h, shared with the A series), Arabic, History-Geography in Arabic (coeff. 3, 3 h 30), Philosophy in Arabic (coeff. 4, 4 h), Mathematics (coeff. 2, 3 h, shared with A4); a Dessin-Couture paper also appears in the A8 paper list. Candidates who are not admitted after the first group may sit a second group of written papers.

Time Limit

Written papers of 2 to 4 hours each over several days

Passing Score

Marked out of 20 on a coefficient-weighted average; the admission and second-group thresholds are not published on OBEECS's public pages

Exam / Certification Fees

Not published on OBEECS's public pages; fees are set for each session and paid during online pre-registration (officebacniger.com)

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30% of this local bank (30 questions)

Arabic Language (Nahw, Sarf, Balagha, 'Arud)

Case endings and sentence analysis, derived verb forms and patterns, rhetoric (simile, metaphor, metonymy, figures of embellishment) and prosody

20% of this local bank (20 questions)

Arabic and Islamic Literature

Pre-Islamic, Umayyad, Abbasid and Andalusian poetry and prose, the Nahda and modern poetry, and West African Islamic scholarship

20% of this local bank (20 questions)

Philosophy and Islamic Thought

Falsafa (al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd), kalam, al-Ghazali, ethics, Ibn Khaldun and modern reform thought

15% of this local bank (15 questions)

French Language and Literature

French grammar, figures of speech, registers and text types, and African francophone and classical French works

10% of this local bank (10 questions)

History and Geography

Trans-Saharan trade, Kanem-Bornu, Songhai and Sokoto, contemporary Niger and the AES, and Niger's physical and human geography

5% of this local bank (5 questions)

Mathematics

Percentages, logarithms, probability and sequences of the Terminale A programme

Preparing for the Bac A8 Niger Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Marked out of 20 on a coefficient-weighted average; the admission and second-group thresholds are not published on OBEECS's public pages
  • Assessment: First-group written papers listed in the OBEECS paper bank for Série A8: French (coeff. 4, 4 h, shared with the A series), Arabic, History-Geography in Arabic (coeff. 3, 3 h 30), Philosophy in Arabic (coeff. 4, 4 h), Mathematics (coeff. 2, 3 h, shared with A4); a Dessin-Couture paper also appears in the A8 paper list. Candidates who are not admitted after the first group may sit a second group of written papers.
  • Time limit: Written papers of 2 to 4 hours each over several days
  • Exam / certification fees: Not published on OBEECS's public pages; fees are set for each session and paid during online pre-registration (officebacniger.com) Official sources

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Bac A8 Niger: Suggested Study Strategy

1Practise full papers from the OBEECS paper bank in Arabic, especially philosophy and history-geography in 4 h and 3 h 30.
2Drill i'rab (sentence analysis) daily: case endings of duals, plurals, diptotes and the Five Verbs.
3Learn the main rhetorical figures with a classical example for each (tashbih, isti'ara, kinaya, jinas, tibaq, muqabala).
4Build short files on major poets and thinkers, from Imru' al-Qais to al-Sayyab and from al-Kindi to Ibn Khaldun.
5Keep practising French grammar and literature: the French paper carries coefficient 4.

Frequently Asked Questions

In which languages is the Bac A8 written?

The OBEECS paper bank lists Arabic, History-Geography in Arabic and Philosophy in Arabic for Série A8, together with a French paper shared with the other A series and a mathematics paper. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official translation, and keeps Arabic and French examples where they are what is being tested.

How is A8 different from A4?

Both are philosophy-and-letters series, but A8 is the Arabic option: philosophy and history-geography are examined in Arabic and Arabic is a major subject, whereas A4 examines these subjects in French and adds foreign-language papers such as English, German or Spanish.

Which papers weigh most in Série A8?

On the OBEECS 2025 headers, French and Philosophy in Arabic each carry coefficient 4 and History-Geography in Arabic coefficient 3; the Arabic paper is a core subject of the series.