POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 71:

• JAMB 1980

The French policy of Assimilation

A. Enabled Europeans to assimilate and come to terms with African cultural values
B. Produced radical African leaders who were anixious to terminate cordial relationships with France
C. Was aimed at converting Africans into Frenchmen
D. Was the same in theory as the British policy of Indirect Rule
E. Was a device to transfer French technology to Africa

Question 72:

• JAMB 1980

The crisis in the....contributed to the breakdown of the Macpherson Constitution

A. Action Group
B. National Council of Nigeria and the
C. Cameroons Northern Elements Progressive Union
D. Northern People's Congress
E. United Middle Belt Congress

Question 73:

• JAMB 1980

It was through the activities of that the Niger area became a British sphere of influence

A. Lord Lugard
B. The United Africa Company
C. Herbert Macaulay
D. The Royal Niger Company
E. Aj'ayi Crowther

Question 74:

• JAMB 1980

The 1976 local government reforms provide for a...term of office

A. 4-year
B. 5-year
C. 2-year
D. Permanent
E. 3-year

Question 75:

• JAMB 1980

Under the regulations for the conduct of the 1979 elections in Nigeria a candidate could be declared ineligible if

A. He did not pay his tax as and when due
B. He did not pay his tax annually
C. He did not pay his Federal Tax
D. He did not pay his State Tax
E. None of the above