Year : 
2019
Title : 
History
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

61 - 68 of 68 Questions

# Question Ans
61.

The system of imperial military rule had its deepest roots in ...

A. Ethiopia

B. Egypt

C. Sierra Leone

D. Gambia

Detailed Solution

Egypt is the correct answer. The Ottoman Power conquered the Sultanate in 1517 and took over as the operating institution since the 13th century. Upon this, the system of military rule had its deepest roots in Egypt.
62.

Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory

A. Igbo and Nupe

B. Ibibio and Igbo

C. Uruan and Ibibio

D. Biase and Annang

Detailed Solution

Ibibio and Igbo is the correct answer. Although the actual origins of the Efik people are unknown. However, historical oral traditions provide accounts of their migration from Igbo and Ibibio territory (to the North-west of Calabar) to their present location.
63.

Regionalism notable with ... may be said to have laid the foundational basis for the latter state creation in Nigeria

A. Authur Richard

B. John Macpherson

C. Oliver Lyttleton

D. Hugh Clifford

Detailed Solution

Authur Richard is the correct answer. The 1946 Richard Constitution established three regional councils, one each in the North, East and West. This historically forms one of the basic foundational existence upon the Nigerian Federal structure relied subsequently in terms of states creation during the military era.
64.

The Ife Civilization is most remarkable for its

A. use of terra cotta and bronze heads

B. multiplicity of idols and gods

C. its discovery of terra cotta (burnt clay)

D. use of carved woods and ivory

Detailed Solution

Use of terra cotta and bronze heads is the correct answer. Objects such as stools and figures were carved on hard stone called quartz while animal and humanity figures were carved from granite and decorated with iron nails.
65.

Baptists, Methodists and the ... were among the first to engage in the Liberiian Christian Mission

A. Presbyterian Church

B. United Church of Christ

C. Catholic Christian Mission

D. Episcopal Church

Detailed Solution

Episcopal Church is the correct answer. The Baptists, Methodists and Episcopalians were among the first to engage in Liberian Mission as a result of the missionary fervour that gripped Western Europe and America in the 19th Century.
66.

The Swazi composite is the modern ...

A. Swaziland

B. Southern Zibabwe

C. Zulu Kingdom

D. Southeastern Botswana

Detailed Solution

Swaziland is the correct answer. The Swazi composite is also now what modern Swaziland is, which means that some modern day countries in Southern and Central Africa can trace their roots to the Mfecane.
67.

One of the following is not credited with the General Obasanjo's military regime

A. the Universal Primary Education Program

B. the Operation Feed the Nation

C. the Festival of Arts and Culture

D. the Structural Adjustment Programme

Detailed Solution

The Structural Adjustment programme is the correct answer. It was a Programme inaugurated during the Ibrahim Babangida's regime.
68.

The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was the resultant merger of the

A. Colony of Lagos and the Southern Protectorate

B. Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate

C. Northern Protectorate and the Colony of Western Nigeria

D. Colony of Western Nigeria and the Protectorate of Southern and Northern Nigeria

Detailed Solution

Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate were the constituents of the area that later became Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria upon the amalgamation of Lord Lugard on January 1st 1914.
61.

The system of imperial military rule had its deepest roots in ...

A. Ethiopia

B. Egypt

C. Sierra Leone

D. Gambia

Detailed Solution

Egypt is the correct answer. The Ottoman Power conquered the Sultanate in 1517 and took over as the operating institution since the 13th century. Upon this, the system of military rule had its deepest roots in Egypt.
62.

Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory

A. Igbo and Nupe

B. Ibibio and Igbo

C. Uruan and Ibibio

D. Biase and Annang

Detailed Solution

Ibibio and Igbo is the correct answer. Although the actual origins of the Efik people are unknown. However, historical oral traditions provide accounts of their migration from Igbo and Ibibio territory (to the North-west of Calabar) to their present location.
63.

Regionalism notable with ... may be said to have laid the foundational basis for the latter state creation in Nigeria

A. Authur Richard

B. John Macpherson

C. Oliver Lyttleton

D. Hugh Clifford

Detailed Solution

Authur Richard is the correct answer. The 1946 Richard Constitution established three regional councils, one each in the North, East and West. This historically forms one of the basic foundational existence upon the Nigerian Federal structure relied subsequently in terms of states creation during the military era.
64.

The Ife Civilization is most remarkable for its

A. use of terra cotta and bronze heads

B. multiplicity of idols and gods

C. its discovery of terra cotta (burnt clay)

D. use of carved woods and ivory

Detailed Solution

Use of terra cotta and bronze heads is the correct answer. Objects such as stools and figures were carved on hard stone called quartz while animal and humanity figures were carved from granite and decorated with iron nails.
65.

Baptists, Methodists and the ... were among the first to engage in the Liberiian Christian Mission

A. Presbyterian Church

B. United Church of Christ

C. Catholic Christian Mission

D. Episcopal Church

Detailed Solution

Episcopal Church is the correct answer. The Baptists, Methodists and Episcopalians were among the first to engage in Liberian Mission as a result of the missionary fervour that gripped Western Europe and America in the 19th Century.
66.

The Swazi composite is the modern ...

A. Swaziland

B. Southern Zibabwe

C. Zulu Kingdom

D. Southeastern Botswana

Detailed Solution

Swaziland is the correct answer. The Swazi composite is also now what modern Swaziland is, which means that some modern day countries in Southern and Central Africa can trace their roots to the Mfecane.
67.

One of the following is not credited with the General Obasanjo's military regime

A. the Universal Primary Education Program

B. the Operation Feed the Nation

C. the Festival of Arts and Culture

D. the Structural Adjustment Programme

Detailed Solution

The Structural Adjustment programme is the correct answer. It was a Programme inaugurated during the Ibrahim Babangida's regime.
68.

The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was the resultant merger of the

A. Colony of Lagos and the Southern Protectorate

B. Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate

C. Northern Protectorate and the Colony of Western Nigeria

D. Colony of Western Nigeria and the Protectorate of Southern and Northern Nigeria

Detailed Solution

Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate were the constituents of the area that later became Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria upon the amalgamation of Lord Lugard on January 1st 1914.