JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1773

8,861.

One of the following is attributable to the Great Trek

A.

The expansion of white communities in South Africa

B.

The agitation for black-white equality in South Africa

C.

The annexation of white communities by the Africans

D.

Restriction of movement of the whites in South Africa

Correct answer is A

The expansion of white communities in South Africa is the correct answer. The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of Southern Africa in search of land to establish their own homeland, independent of British rule.

8,862.

.... has primarily led to the growth of Islamic reform movements in many sub-Saharan African countries

A.

The crisis of modernisation of the 20th Century

B.

The new discoveries on the inadequacies of Islam

C.

The shift in the belief and religious system of Islam

D.

The rigidity in the use of Arabic language

Correct answer is A

The crisis of modernisation of the 20th century is the correct answer. Islamic reform movements developed majorly in response to the challenges of social development (e.g. the Mosques are often known as platforms for criticism of the shortcomings of the African government regimes), educational reform (e.g. training as religious scholars), and the popularisation of Islamic values.

8,863.

The Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan overthrew the ....

A.

Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s

B.

Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s

C.

Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s

D.

Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s

Correct answer is C

Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s is the correct answer. In Sudan, the Mahdiyya Movement was the revolutionary movement that overthrew the Ottoman-Egyptian regime which conquered Sudan in 1820-1822.

 

8,864.

One critical factor which spurred the abrupt termination of the Nigerian fledging democracy in the First Republic was the

A.

Nationwide corruption by the politicians

B.

Urge for sectional military representation in government

C.

Issue of tribalism and nepotism

D.

Use of the soldiers to quell civil unrests and riots

Correct answer is A

The correct answer is the nationwide corruption by the politicians. This gave the military coup plotters the leverage to overthrow the ruling government. N.B: The question tests your knowledge on what most importantly inspired the military disruption of the Nigerian growing democracy in the 1st Republic.

8,865.

In Sierra Leone, the ... was the first established Christian Church for British freed slaves among others

A.

Methodists

B.

Roman Catholics

C.

Church Missionary Society

D.

Anglican Church

Correct answer is C

The Church Missionary Society (CMS) is the correct answer. The CMS, an offshoot of the Anglican Church was the first to become firmly established mainly among the freed slave settlers from Britain, Nova, Scotia and other parts of the New World.