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Question 11
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The 1979 Constitution introduced:

 

Aunicameral legislature
Bmilitary rule
Cparliamentary system
Dpresidential system
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Question 12
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The world organisation that replaced GATT is:

 

AOPEC
BWTO
CUNCTAD
DIMF
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Question 13
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The term "Dark Ages" refers to:

 

ARenaissance period
B1st century Rome
C5th-15th century Europe
DIndustrial Revolution
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Question 14
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The Supreme Military Council in Nigeria was established by:

 

AMuhammadu Buhari
BAguiyi Ironsi
CYakubu Gowon
DMurtala Mohammed
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Question 15
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The Bolshevik Revolution took place in:

 

A1919
B1915
C1917
D1921
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Question 16
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The Aro Confederacy was defeated by the British in:

 

A1901
B1904
C1902
D1899
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Question 17
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The title "Shehu" in Sokoto Caliphate refers to:

 

Athe Imam
Bthe war commander
Cthe Caliph
Dthe district head
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Question 18
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in:

 

A1921
B1918
C1920
D1919
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Question 19
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The  Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 was fought in:

 

AZimbabwe
BSouth Africa
CKenya
DAngola
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Question 20
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The first African country to gain independence was:

 

AGhana
BLiberia
CAlgeria
DEgypt
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Question 21
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The leader of the Algerian independence struggle was:

 

APatrice Lumumba
BAhmed Ben Bella
CLeopold Senghor
DHouari Boumediene
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Question 22
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The term apartheid means:

 

Afreedom
Bunity
Cseparation
Dreconciliation
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Question 23
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The first political party in Nigeria was:

 

ANPC
BNNDP
CAG
DNCNC
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Question 24
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Patrice Lumumba was the first Prime Minister of:

 

AAngola
B
CMozambique
DCongo (Kinshasa)
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Question 25
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The Pearl Harbor attack happened in:

 

A1941
B1940
C1939
D1942
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Question 26
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Who among the following was not a military leader in Nigeria?

 

ATafawa Balewa
BIbrahim Babangida
CSani Abacha
DYakubu Gowon
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Question 27
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The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in:

 

A1958
B1964
C1962
D1960
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Question 28
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The oldest form of historical record is:

 

Awritten records
Bphotography
Carchaeology
Doral tradition
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Question 29
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Who defined history as "the unending dialogue between the present and the past"?

 

AThucydides
BHerodotus
CE.H. Carr
DArnold Toynbee
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Question 30
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The study of past societies through their written records is:

 

AArchaeology
BPalaeography
CHistoriography
DPhilology
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