History Questions and Answers
Learn about past events in Nigeria and the world with these interesting and informative History questions and answers.
Learn about past events in Nigeria and the world with these interesting and informative History questions and answers.
The Igbo's active resistance to British colonial rule is particaularly because of the
Maladministration of the British indirect rule policy
Regressive taxation of their society
Egalitarian nature of their society
Impression that British officials favoured the Northers
Correct answer is C
The Igbos were living without a political head (acepherlous system), this was a great challenge for the British to use the imperial system.
The Nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameeroons
Action Group
Nigerian Youth Movement
Nigeria National Democratic Party
Correct answer is C
The NYM was the first nationalist movement with national colourization and it has some prominient members in it, the likes of Obafemi Awolowo, Ernest Ikoli etc.
The division of Sokoto caliphates into emirates is due to _______
The autocratic rule of Dan Fodio
Economical factors
Geographical reason
Jihad war
Correct answer is C
It was divided into various emirates (emirates system) which each emirate will be headed by an Emir.
All of these are independent Hausa city states in Nigeria except
Kano
Daura
Katsina
Kebbi
Correct answer is B
Daura is the second independent Hausa city states out of seven. The city states include: Biram, Daura, Kano, Katsina, Kano and Zaria.
The most important conquest of Umar was that they establish the __________
Timbuktu
Bambara
Tijaniyah
Djallon
Correct answer is C
Tijaniyah is an order of path originating in the Maghren but now wide spread into the Northern part of Sudan. One of Umar's achievement was establishing the Tijaniyah.