JAMB History Past Questions & Answers - Page 64

316.

The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was the resultant merger of the

A.

Colony of Lagos and the Southern Protectorate

B.

Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate

C.

Northern Protectorate and the Colony of Western Nigeria

D.

Colony of Western Nigeria and the Protectorate of Southern and Northern Nigeria

Correct answer is B

Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate were the constituents of the area that later became Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria upon the amalgamation of Lord Lugard on January 1st 1914.

 

317.

One of the following is not credited with the General Obasanjo's military regime

A.

The Universal Primary Education Program

B.

The Operation Feed the Nation

C.

The Festival of Arts and Culture

D.

The Structural Adjustment Programme

Correct answer is D

The Structural Adjustment programme is the correct answer. It was a Programme inaugurated during the Ibrahim Babangida's regime.

318.

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.

 

319.

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.

320.

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.