JAMB - History (2002)
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The ethnic groups that occupy the hinterland of the Bight of Benin include the
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Edo, the Yoruba and the Urhobo
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The Nok culture is associated with the archaelogical findings at
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In the pre-colonial period, the Aku of Wukari derived his power mainly from
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his spiritual influence in the kingdom.
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The last ruler of the Ogiso dynasty in the Benin Empire was
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The Olu of Itsekiri was assisted in his administration by a council of chiefs
called
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In pre-colonial Nigeria, the Nsibidi form of writing was found in the
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The Bayajidda tradition suggests that
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women exercised political power in pre-Islamic Hausaland
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Which of the following rulers of Kano promoted Islam to a state religion?
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The correspondence between Sokoto and Borno during the jihad was entered on the
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justification of the jihad against an Islamic state
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The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were
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Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?
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The 1886 Treaty is significant in Yoruba history because it
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brought peace and stability to Yorubaland
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Intensified European activity along the coast in the nineteenth century led Benin to
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lose control of some vassal states
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It was difficult for the Nigerian coastal chiefs to give up the slave trade after its abolition because
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the trade was still crucial to the economy of their states.
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The ruler that was driven out of Lagos by the British was
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Which of the following played the greatest role in the British conquest of Nigeria?
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Chief Agho Obaseki is remembered is Benin history because
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he collaborated with the British to suppress the monarchy
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An influential advocate of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates was
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The Native Authority Ordinance of 1916 introduced direct taxation into Yorubaland and thereby
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gave greater administrative and judicial responsibilities to the Oba
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The colonial officer who was responsible for splitting the Southern Province in to Eastern and Western Provinces was
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The 1945 General Strike was led by
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The objective of the 1934 legislation imposing quotas on imported goods from non-British sources was to
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exclude cheap Japanese textiles
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The Tin Producers’ Association was formed in 1929 to
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regulate the supply of tin
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One major inadequacy of the Richards Constitution was that
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it was introduced without due and exhaustive consultations
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A major recommendation of the Henry Willink Commission was the
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inclusion of a bill of rights in the 1960 Constitution
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The political party with the most radical orientation in the First Republic was the
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The Premier of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1962 was
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The Nigerian National Alliance won the
1964 Federal Election by a landslide
because the
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party was popular with the masses
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Which of the following served as a commander of the ECOMOG?
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Samori Toure adopted the ‘scorched earth’ policy in his
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Sierra Leone was very important in the history of West Africa during the colonial period as a
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centre for the spread of Christianity
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Mohammed Ali was able to gain effective control of Egypt
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with the support of the Felahin
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The first Magherebian state to be detached from the Ottoman Empire by the French was
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Under the Qaramanli rulers, the economy of Libya depend on
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A major impact of the Omani on East Africa was the
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The prime minister in the kingdom of Buganda was known as
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The greatest achievement of Mutesa II in Buganda was his
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diplomacy in dealing with foreigners
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The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved the
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reorganization of the fiscal system
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The outbreak of the Mfecane is attributable to
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the flight of the Swazi northwards.
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The first Boer republic established as a result of the Great Trek was
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The European power that acquired the largest number of territories in West Africa was
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The French policy of assimilation failed primarily because
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it required total rejection of African culture
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The Mau Mau revolt in Kenya had its origin in the
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occupation of Kikuyu land by the British
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One of the achievements of the National congress of British West Africa was the
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introduction of the elective principle
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Amilcar Cabral led the liberation struggle against Portuguese domination is
