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Question 21
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In what year did Britain invade Egypt?

A1882
B1884
C1886
D1888
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Question 22
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Who is the father of nationalism in Nigeria?

AObafemi Awolowo
BNnamdi Azikiwe
CHebert Macaulay
DAhmadu Bello
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Question 23
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Who brought Christianity to Liberia?

AMissionaries
BBritish Consuls
CFreed American slaves
DFreed British slaves
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Question 24
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What are the Kingmakers in Oyo called?

AOgoni
BIwarefa
CEunuchs
DOyomesi
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Question 25
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Who was known as the Napoleon of West Africa?

ACedric Senghor
BMohammad Ali
CSamori Toure
DNone of the above
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Question 26
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The Lagos colony and the Southern Protectorate was almagamated in _____.

A1905
B1906
C1907
D1908
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Question 27
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In what year was the Oil River protectorate established?

A1885
B1886
C1887
D1888
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Question 28
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How many states did General Murtala Mohammed create?

A5
B7
C9
D11
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Question 29
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Clothe dyeing started in what part of Nigeria?

ASouth-East
BSouth-West
CNorth-East
DNorth-Central
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Question 30
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Which of these was not an effect of the Great Trek?

AAfrikaners remained politically divided for many years
BThe Trek resulted in the cultural and economic isolation of the Boers.
CThe Great Trek led directly to the founding of several autonomous Boer republics
DIt reduced trade between black and white groups
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Question 31
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The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved which of the following?

Aencouragement of slave trade
Bimprovement of agriculture
Creorganization of the fiscal system
Drevival of external trade
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Question 32
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Nigeria's vice president in the second republic was

AShehu Yar'adua
BTunde Idiagbon
CAlex Ekwueme
DMohammed Goni
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Question 33
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The first school in Nigeria was __________.

ACMS grammar school
BYaba higher school
CNursery of Infant Church
DNone of the above
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Question 34
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Islam came to Nigeria in the ______ century.

A11th
B12th
C17th
D18th
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Question 35
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When did Christianity start in Sierra Leone?

A1729
B1793
C1794
D1795
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Question 36
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When was the Census crisis in Nigeria?

A1962/1963
B1964/1965
C1965/1966
D1968/1969
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Question 37
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The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was abolished in Britain in what year?

A1806
B1807
C1808
D1809
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Question 38
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Who was the first state president of the republic of South Africa?

ACharles Robberts Swart
BTheophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges
CNelson Mandela
DThabo Mbeki
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Question 39
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Nigeria joined UNO as the ___ member.

A99th
B100th
C98th
D90th
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Question 40
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When did the Madhist war begin?

A1880
B1881
C1882
D1883
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