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Question 1

jamb 1990

In international relations, countries have a right to

Aexport oil

Bcreate more states

Cdiplomatic immunity of their envoys

Down a police force

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Question 2

jamb 1990

Which of these countries is NOT a member of New Commonwealth of Nations?

APapua New Guinea

BSri Lanka

CGrenada

DRwanda

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Question 3

jamb 1990

The first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement was held in

ABelgrade

BBandung

CHavana

DHarare

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Question 4

jamb 1990

Nigeria's first external affairs minister was

AAlhaji Nuhu Ramali

BProf. Ishaya Audu

CDr Okoi Arikpo

DDr Jaja Wachukwu

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Question 5

jamb 1990

Which of the following groups advocated political union of African states?

Athe congo group

Bthe brazzaville group

Cthe casablanca group

Dthe monrovia group

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Question 6

jamb 1990

The headquarters of the OAU Liberation Committee is located in

ALagos

BAddis Ababa

CDar es Salaam

DHarare

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Question 7

jamb 1990

Which of the following pairs of countries were trust territories of the United Nations?

ATanganyika and Ghana

BCameroon and Niger

CTogo and Namibia

DBotwana and Zaire

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Question 8

jamb 1990

The Economic Commission for Africa is agency of

AThe OAU

BECOWAS

CThe EEC

DThe UNO

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Question 9

jamb 1990

The ECOWAS trade liberalization programme excludes trade in

Aunprocessed goods

Bcrude oil

Ctraditional crafts

Dindustrial products

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Question 10

jamb 1990

In which of the following states was governor impeached during the second republic?

ABorno

BBendel

CKaduna

DAnambra

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Question 11

jamb 1990

Which of the following had a centralized administration in pre-colonial Nigeria?

Athe Igbos

Bthe Tivs

Cthe Ibibios

Dthe Yorubas

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Question 12

jamb 1990

The motion for self-government was moved in 1953 by the

ANorthern People's Congress

BAction Group

CNational Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons

DNorthern Elements Progressive Union

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Question 13

jamb 1990

Indirect election was first introduced in Nigeria by the

ALyttleton Constitution

BMacpherson Constitution

CRichards Constitution

DClifford Constitution

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Question 14

jamb 1990

The two nationalist leaders who led the tour of Northern Nigeria in 1946 to campaign against the Richards Constitution were

AAhmadu Bello and Abubakar Tawafa Balewa

BNnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo

CAhmadu Bello and Samuel Ladoke Akintola

DHerbert Macaulay and Nnamdi Azikiwe

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Question 15

jamb 1990

One of the agreements of the 1957 constitutional conference was that

ASouthern cameroons should constitute a separate region

Ba house of Chiefs was to be created in the Western Region

Cthe office of the speaker of the house of representatives was to be created

Dthe police was to be regionalized

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Question 16

jamb 1990

Which of the following was the LEAST important rationale for Nigerian federalism?

AThe vastness of the territory and the size of the population

BDiverse cultures

CEconomic benefits

DBicameral legislature

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Question 17

jamb 1990

Which of the following is an autonomous governmental agency?

Athe Civil Service Commission

Bthe Manpower Advisory Committee

Cthe National Emergency Relief Agency

Dthe National Security Council

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Question 18

jamb 1990

The legislative organ of the federal government in the first republic was the

Aparliament

Bjudiciary

Clegislative council

Dnational assembly

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Question 19

jamb 1990

The major problem of the Nigerian federal structure in the first republic was

Aethnicity

Bpoliticization of the mlitary

Clopsided size of the component units

Drigging of elections

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Question 20

jamb 1990

The first political party in Nigeria was the

ANigerian National Democratic party

BNigerian Youth Movement

CAction Group

DNational Council of Nigeria and the Carneroons

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