JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1780

8,896.

Imperialist powers in Africa inbuilt antagonism by taking advantage of the cultural diversity of the people through the...

A.

Policy of Assimilation

B.

Divide-and-Rule Policy

C.

Indignant Policy

D.

Policy of Association

Correct answer is B

The Divide and Rule Policy is the correct answer. The imperialist powers made conscious efforts to create and/or turn to its own advantage of the ethnic, cultural, tribal or religious differences within the population of their subjugated colonies. The effects of this still lingers in Nigeria and even among African countries today.

8,897.

One of the following persons was not arrested over the May Day riots

A.

Arisekola Alao

B.

Comrade Ola Oni

C.

Chief Bola Ige

D.

Lam Adesina

Correct answer is A

Arisekola Alao is the correct answer. On May 13, 1998 under the Abacha's regime, Comrade Ola Oni, a legendary radical lecturer and activist, Chief Bola Ige, Lam Adesina were notable persons arrested over the May Day riots in Ibadan. They were arraigned before the Chief Magistrate's Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan.

8,898.

The most remarkable acheivement of the Buhari's Military regime is the

A.

War Against Intolerance

B.

Green Revolution Programme

C.

War Against Indiscipline

D.

Structural Adjustment Programme

Correct answer is C

War Against Indiscipline (WAI) is the correct answer. A programme instituted in 1984 to tackle social maladjustment and widespread corruption in Nigeria.

 

8,899.

The central agenda of the Muhammad Ali's hegemonic rule was the

A.

Enslavement of the Sudanese

B.

The exploitation of natural resources for development finance in Egypt

C.

Annexation of Sudan as an Ottoman-Egyptian Colony

D.

Political conquest of Sudan

Correct answer is B

Muhammad Ali and his successors sought after Sudan's natural and human resources to finance Egyptian modernizing projects, build a new army and develop agricultural and industrial enterprises.

 

8,900.

All the following except one were the motivating reasons behind the Great Trek

A.

The fear that the emigration might lead to a decline of civilisation

B.

Insecurity about the conflict on the Eastern frontier of South Africa

C.

Restoration of economic, cultural and political unity independent of the British power

D.

Threat of liberalism by the new colonial regime

Correct answer is A

The fear that the emigration might lead to a decline of civilization is the correct answer, as this was expressed by the Dutch Reformed Church in opposition to the Great Trek, seeing also as being an act of godlessness.