POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• JAMB 1979

The system of Indirect Rule failed in the former Eastern Nigeria Primary because

A. Of the fragmented political structure
B. The Chiefs refused to co-operate with colonial officers
C. Of the high incidence of taxation
D. The colonial officers imposed warrant chiefs on the people
E. Of the forced labour

Question 52:

• JAMB 1979

The three largest political parties in Nigeria between 1951 and 1966 were

A. Northern People's Congress (NPC), Action Group (AG), Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
B. United National Independent Party (UNIP),National Council of Nigerian Citizens(NCNC) and NPC
C. NCNC, NPC, and AG
D. Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), AG NEPU
E. United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC), NPC and NCNC

Question 53:

• JAMB 1979

Which of the following people was one of the founding members of the National Congress of British West Africa?

A. Bode Thomas
B. Osita Agwnda Savage
C. Nwafor Orizu
D. Dr Akiwande Savage
E. Aminu Kano

Question 54:

• JAMB 1979

The Mid- Western Region was created in Nigeria in

A. 1961
B. 1962
C. 1963
D. 1964
E. 1965

Question 55:

• JAMB 1979

Sir Henry Willinck of Britain was the chairman of a commission which investigated one of the following problems of Nigeria in 1958.

A. Commercial banking problems
B. Minority problems and fears
C. Problems of political parties
D. Problems of public corporations
E. Problems of higher education