Pre - colonial Polities - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1997

The crucial check on an autocratic Oba in the pre-Colonial Yoruba political system was

A. Presnting to him a suicide sysmbol
B. Avoiding the palace
C. Sending him on exite
D. Refusing to carry out his orders

Question 32:

• JAMB 1997

A major feature of the system of government in the Sokoto Caliphate was that

A. It was based on customs and traditions
B. It was theocratic
C. It was democratic
D. Power was effectively decentralized

Question 33:

• JAMB 1998

An acephalous, pre - colonial political system is best represented by the

A. Oyo empire
B. Igbo political organization
C. Ijo polictical organization
D. Benin empire

Question 34:

• JAMB 1998

The administration of the capital of the emirate under the pre-colonial Hausa Fulani political system was entrusted to the

A. Galadima
B. Waziri
C. Saekin fada
D. Sarkin pawa

Question 35:

• JAMB 1998

The Aro system in Igboland was a

A. Political organization
B. Commercial organization
C. Religious organization
D. Imperial organization