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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The whole journey of communication started with the
Cave Man
Iron Age man
Tree Man
Water man
In the early years of Man, people gathered around ............. to discuss
Fire
Water
Tree
Mountain
Gathering of people to discuss in those days is similar to today's technology of .......
Video
Cinema
Telegram
When the Caveman decided to write, he began by
Sending information by air
Writing on Caves
Sending letters by Post
Sending Telegram
What do you liken the inscriptions on the caves to in modern day communication?
Blogging
Radio
Telephone
Telex
The major problem of inscription on rocks and caves was that....
It was localised
It was internationalised
It was regionalised
It was nationalised
Which of the following was the first long distance form of communication?
Smoke Signal
Water Signal
Drum Signal
Town crier
Fire or smoke signal on top of the hill signified
Danger
Good hunting expedition
Peace
Famine
Smoke signal can be used to send signals of danger for about
750 kilometers
750 meters
7 miles
7 kilometers
Tribes of .......... and .......... used smoke signals greatly in their history
North America and Ancient China
Indians and South Americans
Vietnam and Peru
Africa and Europe
Which animals were used for communicating in those days
Pigeons and quails
Donkeys and horses
Monkeys and donkeys
Horses and cats
Which Pigeon was awarded medal by the French for her exceptional services during World War 1
Cher Ami
Pigeon
Piglet
White snow
Which was regarded as the world’s first currier service
Pony Express
American Express
British Express
Japanese Express
........................ is a system of using visual graphic signals, hand held flags to communicate
Semaphore flag
Button
Paper
Cloth
Which is regarded as the greatest breakthrough in the sphere of communication
Telegraph
Telephone
Television
Telex
When did USA end Telegraph?
2006
1960
2016
1986
When did India end the use of Telegraph
2013
2014
2015
2016
What is the world's last existing true electronic commercial telegraphic system
Telegraph
Telephone
Telex
Television
Which event in the world accelerated the use of Radio for effective communication
World War 1
Industrial revolution
Colonialism
Imperialism
When did commercial radio service begin
1920
1930
1940
1950
Which wars accelerated the development of radio for military, aircraft and land communication
World War 1 and 2
American civil war
Nigerian civil war
Gulf War
Who invented the the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Banbury
What year was the telephone invented
1876
1886
1896
1906
In the 19th century, which of the following was the fastest one-to-one communication used by common people?
Telegram
Radio
Television
Telex
In the 18th century Africa, which of the following was a means of communication
Drum
Telephone
Telegram
Radio
Which part of the world was the services of a town crier more pronounced even up to 1990s
Africa
Europe
America
Asia
In the 14th century South Africa, which of the following was the earliest forms of communication?
Drawing on rocks
Telephone
Television
Telex
Telegraph lines were introduced to Africa to help
Africans develop
Aid colonial masters business
African education
Missionary activities
Telegraph lines were made along
Railway tracks
Feeder roads
Palaces of chiefs
Warfs
What was the sophisticated form of telegram?
Telex
Telephone
Television
Radio
Fax could take both
Text and graphics
Numbers and words
Text and numbers
Pictures and videos
Africans communicated with other countries in the 19th centuries by writing letters which was carried by
Ships
Trains
Aeroplanes
Vehicles
What particular discovery drastically changed communication system in the world?
Electricity
Water transport
Air transport
Road transport
Who are known as the pioneers of aviation
The Wright Brothers
The Lander Brothers
The Lever Brothers
The Cussing Brothers
Which world event helped in the fast development of the Aviation industry
World War One and World War Two
Industrial Revolution
Market Economy
Colonial Economy
What of the following can you say led to the death of Nigeria Airways
Mismanagement and corruption
Lack of communication equipment
Lack of manpower
Lack of technical support
Where did the first aircraft land in Nigeria?
Maiduguri and Kano
Enugu and Calabar
Ikeja and Ibadan
Jos and Abuja
Where did the first aircraft land in Nigeria
November 1, 1925.
December 1, 1925
October 1, 1925
September 1, 1925
When did the 1st transatlantic phone call become a reality?
March 1926
April 1926
May 1926
June 1926
Where was the first transatlantic phone call made from, and to where?
London to New York
Cairo to Lagos
Paris to Istanbul
Cape Town to Zurich
What year was the first mobile (cellular) phone introduced?
1973
1983
1993
2003
............................. was recognized as “father of mobile phone” and he was the first individual who made a handheld mobile phone call in public.
Martin Cooper
Graham Bells
Wright
Lawrence Cooper
Which company was the "father of cell phone" working with?
Motorola
Nokia
Samsung
Sagem
2G technology (second-generation wireless telephone technology) was introduced for the very first time in
Finland
Germany
Britain
USA
Which year was the world's first 2G first introduced?
1991
1992
1993
1994
In which year was the first SMS message was sent from pc to mobile device through Vodafone’s GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) in England?
1992
1991
1993
1994
The first person to fly as a passenger was
Leone Delagrange
British Prime minister
American president
German Chancellor
The Nigerian Railway Corporation traces its history to the year ..............................., when the first railroad in Nigeria was constructed by the British colonial government.
1898
1899
1900
1901
When were the Lagos Government Railway and the Baro-Kano Railway amalgamated, starting nationwide rail service under the name Government Department of Railways
October 3, 1912
October 3, 1913
October 3, 1914
October 3, 1915
What was the main reason for the construction of Railway in Nigeria by the colonialists
To bring cash crops and raw materials from the hinterland to the seaports in the south for onward transmission to Europe
To bring modernisation to Nigeria
To create alternative means of Transportation to Nigerians.
To create a means of making huge profit to the Nigerian government
