JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1774

8,866.

All the following except one led to the re-emergence of old trade patterns under Omani rule

A.

Availability of capital from India

B.

Increased demand for slaves

C.

Attack on the Portuguese in the 1640s

D.

Willingness of Africans in the interior to take slaves to the coast

Correct answer is C

Attack on the Portugese in the 1649s is the correct answer as this attack was carried as a revenge on the Portuguese who had sought to control their strategic position of the Straits of Hormuz at the entrance of the Persian Gulf.

 

8,867.

A Policy central to the Kanem-Borno Empire was that of

A.

The British hegemony

B.

Imperial expansion and firearms trading

C.

Nomadic orientation of its people

D.

State-led land reforms

Correct answer is B

Imperial expansion and firearms trading is the correct answer. Kanem-Borno Empire believed in the expansion of its imperial territories and in the same vein, traded in firearms and horses for the purpose of creating a sophisticated cavalry.

8,868.

In 17th Century, the Dutch settlers largely relied on ... to build up South Africa

A.

Natural resources

B.

Government proceeds

C.

Black South African slaves

D.

Basic social infrastructures

Correct answer is C

Black South African slaves is the correct answer. Apartheid system was rooted in the enslavement of the black South Africans as instruments to build up South Africa. This was in the 17th Century. At the end of slave trade in 1863, the base was shifted to the discovery of diamonds and gold.

 

8,869.

The connections between Kano and the province of Nupe was notable in the reign of Kano's

A.

Sarkin Dauda

B.

Sarkin Ruwa

C.

Sarkin Fada

D.

Sarkin Yandoka

Correct answer is A

Sarkin Dauda is the correct answer. In the reign of Kano's Sarkin Dauda (c. 1421-38), the connection between Kano and Nupe was visible and the major power between them was Zaria, which conquered a large expanse of land.

 

8,870.

Unarguably, the abolition of the slave trade in Britain directly stimulated the

A.

Penetration of European merchants capital into Nigeria

B.

Spread of missionary activities into Nigeria

C.

Growth of nationalist movements in Nigeria

D.

Pace of the amalgamation of Nigeria

Correct answer is A

Penetration of European merchants capital into Nigeria is the correct answer. As slave trade was abolished, legitimate trade started and this encouraged the European merchants agenda for imperialism (i.e to establish industries, extract and trade natural resources) to smoothly penetrate Nigeria.