JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1798

8,986.

The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
Abdulsalami regime was

A.

Promulgate the 1999 Constitution

B.

Handing over power to a civilian government

C.

The release of political prisoners

D.

Organizing successful general elections

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

8,987.

The major reason for Nigeria’s interest in the Liberian Civil War was to save herself from

A.

Bearing the burden of the war’s refugees

B.

Losing her investments in Liberia

C.

Losing her citizens in Liberia

D.

Losing her position as a regional power

Correct answer is A

Nigeria was of the opinion that many of those displayed by the civil strife would stream to Nigeria as refuges and eventually overstretch her economy.

8,988.

The immediate cause of the Nigerian Civil War was the

A.

Coup detat of January 1966

B.

Crisis in the Western region

C.

Poor social policy of the First Republic

D.

Crisis of the 1962 Census

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

8,989.

In 1963, the Eastern region of Nigeria went to the supreme court over the

A.

Decision of the federal government to conduct a fresh census

B.

Exclusion of Easterners resident in the North from the census

C.

The population figures of the national census

D.

Exclusion of women in the national census

Correct answer is C

The result of the census had shown that the population of the North was larger than the addition of the figures of both the East and the West.

8,990.

Politics in Nigeria’s First republic was characterized by

A.

Religion and ethnicity

B.

Religion and regionalism

C.

Ethnicity and regionalism

D.

Regionalism and despotism

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.