JAMB History Past Questions & Answers - Page 37

181.

________ preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa.

A.

Thabo Mbeki

B.

Frederik Willem de Klerk

C.

Jan Christiaan Heunis

D.

Pieter Willem Botha

Correct answer is B

De Klerk was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a conservative and an economic liberal, he led the National Party (NP) from 1989 to 1997.

182.

The __________ were the first missionaries to arrive Nigeria

A.

Anglicans

B.

Catholics

C.

Witnesses

D.

Apostolic

Correct answer is B

The Catholics, through the influence of the Portuguese traders, were the first missionaries to set foot on Nigerian soil. The primary objective of the early Christian missionaries was to convert the 'heathen' or the benighted African to Christianity via education.

183.

The Nigerian second republic began in the year ___

A.

1983

B.

1979

C.

1963

D.

1966

Correct answer is B

The Second Nigerian Republic was a brief formation of the Nigerian state which succeeded the military governments formed after the overthrow of the first republic. It lasted from 1979-1983.

184.

Emperor Menelik II defeated Italian troops in the battle of

A.

Adwa

B.

Mfecane

C.

Kiriji

D.

None of the above

Correct answer is A

The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian forces defeated the Italian invading force.

185.

Who established the Tukulor empire?

A.

Cedric Senghor

B.

Mohammad Ali

C.

Al-Ḥajj ʿUmar

D.

None of the above

Correct answer is C

Tukulor empire, Tukulor also spelled Tukolor, or Toucouleur, Muslim theocracy that flourished in the 19th century in western Africa from Senegal eastward to Timbuktu (Tombouctou). The founder of the empire is Al-Ḥajj ʿUmar.