JAMB History Past Questions & Answers - Page 66

326.

The ... headed under the Chairmanship Muhammadu Buhari was the governing body in Nigeria

A.

Armed Forces Ruling Council

B.

Supreme Military Council

C.

Provisional Ruling Council

D.

Transitional Military Council

Correct answer is B

The Supreme Military Council is the correct answer. The Provisional Ruling Council was adopted by Abacha and the Armed Forces ruling Council by Babangida.

327.

Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to

A.

Obtain recognition for his government

B.

Introduce heavy taxation

C.

Rebuild the Sudanese territories

D.

Fight against lucrative slave trade

Correct answer is D

Fight against lucrative slave trade is the correct answer. The British officers - Samuel Baker and Charles Gordon were appointed by Khedive Ismail in order to spread Ottoman-Egyptian control over the upper reaches of the White Nile and fight against the slave trade.

 

328.

One of the following is attributable to the Great Trek

A.

The expansion of white communities in South Africa

B.

The agitation for black-white equality in South Africa

C.

The annexation of white communities by the Africans

D.

Restriction of movement of the whites in South Africa

Correct answer is A

The expansion of white communities in South Africa is the correct answer. The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of Southern Africa in search of land to establish their own homeland, independent of British rule.

329.

.... has primarily led to the growth of Islamic reform movements in many sub-Saharan African countries

A.

The crisis of modernisation of the 20th Century

B.

The new discoveries on the inadequacies of Islam

C.

The shift in the belief and religious system of Islam

D.

The rigidity in the use of Arabic language

Correct answer is A

The crisis of modernisation of the 20th century is the correct answer. Islamic reform movements developed majorly in response to the challenges of social development (e.g. the Mosques are often known as platforms for criticism of the shortcomings of the African government regimes), educational reform (e.g. training as religious scholars), and the popularisation of Islamic values.

330.

The Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan overthrew the ....

A.

Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s

B.

Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s

C.

Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s

D.

Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s

Correct answer is C

Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s is the correct answer. In Sudan, the Mahdiyya Movement was the revolutionary movement that overthrew the Ottoman-Egyptian regime which conquered Sudan in 1820-1822.