Jamb History Past Questions For Year 2008
Question 31
The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
Abdulsalami regime was
- A. promulgate the 1999 Constitution
- B. handing over power to a civilian government
- C. the release of political prisoners
- D. organizing successful general elections.
Question 32
The major reason for Nigeria’s interest in the Liberian Civil War was to save herself from
- A. bearing the burden of the warâs refugees
- B. losing her investments in Liberia
- C. losing her citizens in Liberia
- D. losing her position as a regional power.
Question 33
By 1700, the Portuguese had been expelled from all their coastal strongholds in East Africa by the
- A. Arab traders
- B. English traders
- C. Belgium traders
- D. Indian traders.
Question 34
The reign of Sayyid said in East Africa was marked by
- A. a gradual growth in Portuguese influence
- B. decline in the slave trade
- C. crises at home and pirates at sea
- D. the loss of Pate to the Mazrui.
Question 35
The Mahdiyya Movement in the sudan was principally a reaction against
- A. internal oppression
- B. northern domination
- C. foreign pressures
- D. economic difficulties.
