Waec Government Past Questions For Year 2002

Question 36

What is detente in international relations?

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  • A. Detention of war prisoners
  • B. Posting of ambassador
  • C. Military alliance between nations
  • D. Peace agreement between nations
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Question 37

In the per-colonial period traditional rulers in most parts of West Africa were appointed by the

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  • A. Oracle priest
  • B. Ogboni
  • C. Kingmakers
  • D. age-grade
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Question 38

Indirect Rule failed in some areas of West Africa because of the

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  • A. creation of the institution of warrant chiefs
  • B. introduction of kingmakers
  • C. non-inclusion of chiefs in administration
  • D. exploitation of resources in some communities
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Question 39

The ultimate goal of the nationalists in Africa was to

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  • A. recover the resources exploited by the colonialists
  • B. improve the status of the traditional rulers
  • C. stop export trade
  • D. obtain political independence
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Question 40

With which of the following did the French attempt to the change African culture?

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  • A. Associaton
  • B. Socialization
  • C. Assimilation
  • D. Indirect rule
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