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 immediate reaction of the Commonwealth to the Sharpeville massacre was the
Expulsion of South Africa from the organization
Invitation of South Africa to a negotiation
Organization of anti-apartheid conferences
Declaration of an anti-apartheid year
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Amilcar Cabral led the liberation struggle against Portuguese domination is
Angola
Mozambique
Guinea Bissau
Cape Verde
Correct answer is C
Angola was led by Agostinho neto and Mozambique by Samora Machel and Cape Verde by Aristides Pereira.
One of the achievements of the National congress of British West Africa was the
Introduction of the elective principle
Establishment of democracy
Propagation of Christianity
Establishment of newspapers
Correct answer is A
The Hugh Clifford constitution introduced the elective principle which allowed three members of the Legislative Council in Nigeria to be elected from Lagos and one in Calabar.
The Mau Mau revolt in Kenya had its origin in the
Colonial government’s inability to provide essential services to the people
Imprisonment of Jomo Kenyatta by the colonial administration
Occupation of Kikuyu land by the British
Inherent militancy of the Kikuyu
Correct answer is C
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The French policy of assimilation failed primarily because
Africans lacked the required level of education
It was expensive to implement
It required total rejection of African culture
No African sought to be assimilated
Correct answer is C
African culture hand become part and parcel of the black man’s life; he found it difficult to totally abandon such a culture which he had been used to over many years to embrace a totally different one.