JAMB - History (2010)
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The savannah region of Nigeria is
characterized by
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A major economic activity among the Nupe was
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The main features of the economy of the forest zone of Nigeria in the eighteenth century were
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The spread of Islam between the 11th and 14th centuries in Nigeria was largely due to
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A significant effect of the Christian missionary activity in Nigeria was the
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introduction of formal education
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An outstanding reason for the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade was
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A major factor that led to the success of the Sokoto jihad was
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lack of unity among the Hausa states
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Which of the following was a part of the Sokoto Caliphate?
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The legendary founder of the Kanuri was
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The Queen mother, Magira, played a prominent role in the government of the
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The Ekiti Parapo was an alliance against
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the rising power of Ibadan
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The Oyo Empire collapsed as a result of
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internal and external crises
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The failure of the Ogiso dynasty in Benin was attributed to
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weakness and dependence of the rulers
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The greatest ruler in the history of Benin Kingdom was
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Armed resistance to British rule in Northern Nigeria ended with the conquest of
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The Colony and Protectorate of Lagos was amalgameted with the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in 1906 to form the
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Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
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A reason for the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria in 1914 was
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The Nigerian Council established in 1914 was ineffective because it
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was dominated by hand-picked members.
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Two institutions of local government in Nigeria during the colonial period were native courts and
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Certain chiefs in Eastern Nigeria were called warrant chiefs because they
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were created by the British
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In colonial Nigeria, mining industry was promoted in order to
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The colonial government in Nigeria laid more emphasis on the production of export crops because
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such crops were desperately needed abroad
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The Yaba Higher College did not meet the aspirations of the nationalists because
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it was meant to train assistants to Europeans
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The 1922 Clifford Constitution restricted the franchise to
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The political parties that formed the opposition during the First Republic in Nigeria were the
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The creation of Mid-Western region in 1963 was through
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The immediate cause of the January 1966 coup d’etat was
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the breakdown of law and order in the West
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Which of the following countries did the Murtala/Obasanjo regime assist during their struggle for independence?
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The Second Republic in Nigeria refers to
the period
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Which of the following political parties
formed an alliance in the Second
Republic?
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The political party that controlled the Federal Government during the Second Republic in Nigeria was the
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National Party of Nigeria.
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The main aim of the formation of ECOMOG was to
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foster stability in West Africa
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A major contribution of Nigeria to
ECOWAS is in the area of
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Samori Toure is often described as the “African Napoleon” because he
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was a great military tactician
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A major similarity of the 19th century jihads in West Africa was that
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they had a common objective
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The greatest contribution of the Christian Missionary Society in West Africa was in
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the emergence of educated elite
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Egypt became the centre of international rivalry because of the
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strategic importance of the country.
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Muhammad es Sadek was a 19th century ruler of
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Muhammad Ahmad was easily accepted as the Mahdi in the Sudan because
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he came at a time the people were expecting to be delivered from the Egyptian rulers
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After leaving Oman for East Africa, Sayyid Said established his headquarters in
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In 1887, a plot to depose Kabaka Mwanga was hatched by
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An Ethiopian monarch that committed suicide in a battle field was
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The white settlers in Southern Africa were known as
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The Mfecane occured as a result of
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inter-group struggles for natural resources
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The Fashoda incident of 1898 resulted in a rift between
