POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 351:

• 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 352:

• 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 353:

• JAMB 1997

The people of Southern Nigeria first came in contact with Europeans through

A. Military expeditions
B. Church missions
C. Gunboat diplomacy
D. Peaceful trade

Question 354:

• JAMB 1997

Nigeria's first law-making body after the amalgamation was known as the

A. Nigerian Council
B. National Assembly
C. Nigeria National Assembly
D. Legislative Council

Question 355:

• JAMB 1997

One major flaw of the British Indirect Rule in Nigeria was that the system

A. Made use of traditional institution
B. Championed ethnocentrism
C. Encouraged the use of European administrators
D. Was not centralized