JAMB History Past Questions & Answers - Page 91

451.

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

A.

Liberia

B.

Ghana

C.

The Gambia

D.

Sierra Leone

Correct answer is A

Freed slaves from the United States were brought down and settled in Liberia. They were never colonized but remained free.

452.

The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were

A.

Queuing culture and environmental sanitation

B.

Public flogging and payment of fines

C.

Arrest of offenders and imprisonment of convicts

D.

High slogans and beating of drums

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

453.

The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
Abdulsalami regime was

A.

Promulgate the 1999 Constitution

B.

Handing over power to a civilian government

C.

The release of political prisoners

D.

Organizing successful general elections

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

454.

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

A.

Bearing the burden of the war’s refugees

B.

Losing her investments in Liberia

C.

Losing her citizens in Liberia

D.

Losing her position as a regional power

Correct answer is A

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.

455.

The immediate cause of the Nigerian Civil War was the

A.

Coup detat of January 1966

B.

Crisis in the Western region

C.

Poor social policy of the First Republic

D.

Crisis of the 1962 Census

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.