During the colonial period, agricultural policy in Nigeria was designed to

• A. raise the financial base of the country
• B. make the economy compete favourably in the world market
• C. provide raw materials for British industries
• D. demonstrate Britain

The completion of the 36 states in Nigeria was done by ____________ in __________ year

• A. Ibrahim Babangida, 1991
• B. Abacha, 1996
• C. Yakubu Gowon, 1975
• D. Murtala/Obasanjo, 1976

Ismail Pasha was removed as the Khedive of Egypt at the behest of Great Britain in____________

• A. 1878
• B. 1879
• C. 1880
• D. 1881

Anti-colonial movements Nigeria before the World War II involved

• A. attempts to violently chase the British out of the country
• B. collaboration with the British authority
• C. peaceful protests through petitions and conferences
• D. the establishment of pressure groups by traditional rulers.

Which of the following played the greatest role in the British conquest of Nigeria?

• A. The John Holt Company
• B. The Royal Niger Company
• C. The Church Missionary Society
• D. The Roman Catholic Mission.

At the bide of Benin, the ethnic group that occupied the interland include __________

• A. Edo, Yoruba, Urhobo
• B. Itsekiri, Igbo, and Idoma
• C. Yoruba, The jukun, The Efik
• D. The Ibibio, Igbo, Tiv

Nigeria became the ________ member of United nation organization in 1960.

• A. 90th
• B. 15th
• C. 99th
• D. 120th

The 1945 General Strike was led by

• A. Herbert Macaulay
• B. Michael Imoudu
• C. Wahab Goodluck
• D. Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti.

Freetown was use to facilitate ________ from 1822 to early 20th century.

• A. Farm Produce
• B. Religious activities
• C. Freed slave settlement
• D. Social activities

Igbo's active resistance to the British Colonial rule is particularly because of the

• A. impression that the British officials favoured the Northerners
• B. maladministration of the British Indirect rule Policy
• C. regressive taxation of their society
• D. egalitarian nature of their society