JAMB History 2002 Past Questions

The ethnic groups that occupy the hinterland of the Bight of Benin include the

The Nok culture is associated with the archaelogical findings at

In the pre-colonial period, the Aku of Wukari derived his power mainly from

The last ruler of the Ogiso dynasty in the Benin Empire was

The Olu of Itsekiri was assisted in his administration by a council of chiefs
called

In pre-colonial Nigeria, the Nsibidi form of writing was found in the

The Bayajidda tradition suggests that

Which of the following rulers of Kano promoted Islam to a state religion?

The correspondence between Sokoto and Borno during the jihad was entered on the

The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were

Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?

The 1886 Treaty is significant in Yoruba history because it

Intensified European activity along the coast in the nineteenth century led Benin to

It was difficult for the Nigerian coastal chiefs to give up the slave trade after its abolition because

The ruler that was driven out of Lagos by the British was

Which of the following played the greatest role in the British conquest of Nigeria?

Chief Agho Obaseki is remembered is Benin history because

An influential advocate of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates was

The Native Authority Ordinance of 1916 introduced direct taxation into Yorubaland and thereby

The colonial officer who was responsible for splitting the Southern Province in to Eastern and Western Provinces was

The 1945 General Strike was led by

The objective of the 1934 legislation imposing quotas on imported goods from non-British sources was to

The Tin Producers’ Association was formed in 1929 to

One major inadequacy of the Richards Constitution was that

A major recommendation of the Henry Willink Commission was the

The political party with the most radical orientation in the First Republic was the

The Premier of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1962 was

The Nigerian National Alliance won the
1964 Federal Election by a landslide
because the

Which of the following served as a commander of the ECOMOG?

Samori Toure adopted the ‘scorched earth’ policy in his

Sierra Leone was very important in the history of West Africa during the colonial period as a

Mohammed Ali was able to gain effective control of Egypt

The first Magherebian state to be detached from the Ottoman Empire by the French was

Under the Qaramanli rulers, the economy of Libya depend on

A major impact of the Omani on East Africa was the

The prime minister in the kingdom of Buganda was known as

The greatest achievement of Mutesa II in Buganda was his

The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved the

The outbreak of the Mfecane is attributable to

The first Boer republic established as a result of the Great Trek was

The European power that acquired the largest number of territories in West Africa was

The French policy of assimilation failed primarily because

The Mau Mau revolt in Kenya had its origin in the

One of the achievements of the National congress of British West Africa was the

Amilcar Cabral led the liberation struggle against Portuguese domination is

The immediate reaction of the Commonwealth to the Sharpeville massacre was the

The leader of the South African Black consciousness Movement who died in detention in 1977 was

The president Transvaal who led the Boers against the Britist was