The British colonial administrative policy - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• 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 7:

• 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

Question 8:

• JAMB 1979

Colonialism was successfully imposed on West Africa because

A. The colonial people thought colonialism was divinely inspired and therefore readily welcomed the imperial power with open arms
B. The colonial people believed the witeman to be superior to the blaceman and they were in Africa on a civilizing mission
C. The colonial people believed they were being liberated from the autocratic rule of the indigenous ruling elite
D. All of the above
E. The colonial people could not withstand the technologyical superiority of the colonial power

Question 9:

• JAMB 1979

In the history of Nigeria 1914 was the

A. Year of British established their rule over Nigeria
B. Beginning of the First World War
C. Year Lugard effected the amalgamation of Nigeria
D. Year of the first election into the legislative council
E. Year the railway system was completed

Question 10:

• JAMB 1980

The concept of Indirect Rule in Nigeria is usually associated with

A. Sir George T. Goldie
B. Sir Donald Cameron
C. Major Claude Macdonald
D. Lord Lugard
E. Sir Arthur Richards