History Past Questions And Answers
561
The most important conquest of Umar was that they establish the __________
- A. Timbuktu
- B. Bambara
- C. Tijaniyah
- D. Djallon
562
The Coup that took Shehu Shagari out from office was a __________ coup.
- A. Palace
- B. Bloody
- C. Conference
- D. Cohort
563
___________ constitution gave full blown to federalism in Nigeria.
- A. Oliver Lyttleton
- B. Hugh Clifford
- C. Macpherson
- D. Oliver Robertson
564
The division of Sokoto caliphates into emirates is due to ________
- A. the autocratic rule of Dan Fodio
- B. economical factors
- C. geographical reason
- D. Jihad war
565
Sayyid Said increased the volume of trade with the Europeans by
- A. allowing them to take control of the trade with the hinterland
- B. replacing Indian middlemen with Europeans
- C. allowing European consuls to reside in Zanzibar
- D. making English the lingua franca of Zanzibar.
566
The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved which of the following?
- A. encouragement of slave trade
- B. improvement of agriculture
- C. reorganization of the fiscal system
- D. revival of external trade
567
The Swazi composite is the modern ...
- A. Swaziland
- B. Southern Zibabwe
- C. Zulu Kingdom
- D. Southeastern Botswana
568
___________ was the governor of the protectorate of Lagos and Southern Nigeria in 1906.
- A. Sir Walter Raleigh
- B. Sir Walter Egerton
- C. Lord Lugard
- D. Sir William Robertson
569
Which one of the following is incorrect?
- A. Sarkin Fada was the head of Palace workers in the Hausa/Fulani Empire
- B. The Ajeles properly governed the districts in the Old Oyo Empire
- C. The Alkali Courts were headed by the Hakimis in the Hausa/Fulani Empire
- D. The Igbo precolonial era was acephalous in nature
570
The Mahdiyya Movement began with the declaration of the Mahdi in what year?
- A. 1878
- B. 1882
- C. 1890
- D. 1885