JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1771

8,851.

The Swazi composite is the modern ...

A.

Swaziland

B.

Southern Zimbabwe

C.

Zulu Kingdom

D.

Southeastern Botswana

Correct answer is A

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.

 

8,852.

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

Correct answer is D

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.

8,853.

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

Correct answer is A

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.

 

8,854.

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

Correct answer is A

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.

 

8,855.

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

Correct answer is B

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.