JAMB UTME - History - 2008

The British policy of indirect rule sought to 

Islam was introduced in Kano during the reign of

Which of the following were former British colonies?

The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because 

The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the

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Civil strife broke out among rival claimants to the Benin throne thus weakening her central authority.

In the 18th century, Zaria was under the influence of

The early missionaries abandoned their work in Benin mainly because of

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The earliest missionaries to come to Benin were the catholics and as a result of shift opposition from the people, they left.

The Mahdiyya Movement in the sudan was principally a reaction against

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Khedwe Ismail of Egypt had attempted to suppress slave trade in Egypt and that would deal a devastating blow to the economy of the Sudan.

The dissatisfaction of the Boer with British reforms at the Cape Colony made them to

French delay in occupying Algeria was attributed to

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Britain also had vested interest to protect in Algeria and was likely not to welcome the French invasion.

In 1805, Muhammad Ali became the Pasha of Egypt as a result of

Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?

The British government took over the control of the Colony of Sierra Leone in 1807 in order to use it as a

The rise of Shaka the Zulu was a result
of the

Which of the following groups belongs to the Jos Plateau?

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The Idoma and Tiv can be found in the Benue area, the Nupe in present Niger state and the Juleun in present Taraba State.

Sabon Gari settlement in most parts of colonial Nigeria harboured mostly

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Strangers whether muslims or otherwise in each settlement were settle in quarters called Sabon Gari.

In the Ekine society of the Niger Delta, promotion was based on

The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
Abdulsalami regime was

The principal anti-apartheid party in South Africa was the

A major cause of depopulation in Nigeria in the 18th century was

The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were

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The other options are the effects of the selected answer.

In colonial Nigeria, export crop production was dominated by

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Indigenous middlemen purchased the crops from the peasant farmers and sold them to European merchants.

Politics in Nigeria’s First republic was characterized by

By 1700, the Portuguese had been expelled from all their coastal strongholds in East Africa by the

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Arab traders from all the East African coastal states came together to expel the Portuguese who had become weak at that time.

The collapse of Kanem under Dunama Debalemi was attributed to

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

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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.

The policy of separation of the races in South Africa was first adopted in the Cape by the

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The Boer – led government introduced the policy of apartheid- a policy of racial segregation.

Which of the following was referred to as 'Province of Freedom' in the 19th century?

The power that emerged after the First World War was

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Russia that was part of the Allied forces withdrew in 1917 while the USA joined the war that same year running the tide against Germany.

Nationalist’s resistance to colonialism in Africa was influenced by

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Leaders of Nationalist movements were educated elite who were charismatic and did not compromise their antagonism to colonialism.

The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were

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

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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.

The last European power to join the race for colonies in Africa was

The emergence of states in Hausaland was mainly attributed to

The women who wielded political influence in Borno were

The principal target of the Aba Women demonstrators of 1929 were the

The Richards Constitution of 1946 brought about

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It created three regions – the West, East and North.

The reign of Sayyid said in East Africa was marked by

A factor responsible for the growth of large towns among the Yoruba was the

The area later referred to as Cameroon was mandated toFrance and Britain

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A small strip of land in the North and West was given to Britain while the larger part was handed over the France.

The immediate cause of the Nigerian Civil War was the

The women who wielded political influence in Borno were

The nationalist leaders who played prominent roles during Zimbabwe’s struggle for independence were

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Banda led his country Malawi to independence, Neto was at the forefront of Angola’s nationalism, Nujoma in Namibia; Muzorewa and Sithole and were protégés of the Colonial Administration in Zimbabwe.

The Sokoto Jihad was

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The other Jihads wee offshoot of the Sokoto movement.

Which of the following pionnered Christian missionary activities in Calabar?

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Freeman pioneered Methodist missionary activity in Yorubaland; Baikie led the 1857 missionary expedition to the North; Skessor worked together to abolish some negative traditional practices in Calabar.

The Native Authority system in Northern Nigerian was established to

The Royal Niger Company was renamed

Anti-colonial movements in Nigeria before the World War II involved

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Those protests were mainly against the marginalization of the educated elite from participating in the colonial government.

Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to

One of the factors that attracted the Europeans to East Africa was the desire