History Second Term Examination 2021/2022

The Ekiti Parapo was an alliance against ______

• The Muslim incursion into Yorubaland

• The rising power of Ibadan

• Christian Missionary presence in Yorubaland

• the abolition of slave trade

Armed resistance to British rule in Northern Nigeria ended with the conquest of

• Kano and Sokoto

• Bida and Kano

• Kastina and Kano

• Bauchi and Kastina

The Colony and Protectorate of Lagos was amalgamated with the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in 1906 to form

• Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria

• Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

• Protectorate and Southern Nigeria

• Oil Rivers Protectorate

A reason for the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorate of Nigeria in 1914 was

• economic expediency

• territorial integration

• political balancing

• religious harmony

The Nigerian Council established in 1914 was ineffective because it

• was not designed to be so

• lacked sufficient funds

• had too many vocal members

• was dominated by hand-picked members

Two institutions of local government in Nigeria during the colonial period were native courts and

• legislative council

• regional treasury

• native treasury

• native police

Certain Chiefs in Eastern Nigeria were called warrant Chiefs because they

• had some royal connections

• were created by the British

• had warrants to arrest offenders

• were the first to receive Western education

Which of the following political parties was the first to be formed in Nigeria?

• National Council for Nigeria and Cameroon

• National Democratic Party

• National Party of Nigeria

• Nigerian National Democratic Party

The most important Trans-Sahara trade route in Nigeria was

• Borno

• Ibadan

• Kastina

• Zaria

In order to amalgamate the north and south, Sir Lord Fredrick Lugard was recalled from

• China

• India

• Sudan

• Hong Kong