GST 103 Past Questions And Answers

Hey, as you may know the Ebonyi State University(Ebsu) year one exam is CBT BASED which means it will be written with computer, and today we will be drop only 11 Past Questions here to practice more use our STUDENTSDASH Practice code to Practice more on STUDENTSDASH APP.

GST 103 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1: Aside oil, Nigeria has over 50 different minerals deposited in various states of the country
True
False

ANS – True

2: Nigerians have made their marks in the following areas (s)
Football
Medicine
Business
Information technology
All of the above

ANS – All of the above

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3: One of the challenges facing Nigeria as a nation state is political leadership which is a product of the nation’s colonial antecedent sparing
True
False

ANS – True

4: The following are defects in the colonial policy of the Nigerian Nation except
Independence
Lopsidedness of the political geography
Unification of people who are diverse in history, culture, and level of economic development
All of the above
None of the above

ANS – Independence

5: The following(s) is/are flash points in the amalgamation of the country
Unity in diversity
Economics of large scale
Large market
Psychological advantage of strategic location of Nigeria
All of the above

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ANS – All of the above

6: The amalgation of Nigeria was dated
1964
1914
1960
1963

ANS – 1914

7: Emmy: _ Analysis the Lagos colony and
Southern protectorate and the Northern
Protectorate in 1914
Shehu Shagari
Nnamdi Azikwe
Lord Lugard
Mohammed Buhari

ANS – ~ Lord Lugard

8: In 1914, Lord Lugard created a central legislature called Nigerian council as an advisory and deliberative body.
True
False

ANS – True
9: The constitutional instrument of Nigeria council of 1914 include all except
Order-in (1912)
Letters patent (1913)
Nigerian Protectorate order-in council (1913)
Nigerian protectorate letters patent (1914)

ANS – Nigerian protectorate letters patent (1914)

10: The Federal republic of Nigeria derived her name from the Ngier river
True
False

ANS – True

1. Nigeria is located between latitudes 40N and longitudes 30E and 150E of meridian;
   A. True
   B. False
   Answer: A
2. Nigeria is bounded in the west by
   A. Republic of Benin
   B. Niger republic
   C. Cameroon
   D. Gulf of Guinea
   Answer: A
3. Nigeria is bounded in the North by
   A. Republic of Benin
   B. Niger republic
   C. Cameroon
   D. Gulf of Guinea
   Answer: B
4. Nigeria is bounded in the East by
   A. Republic of Benin
   B. Niger Republic
   C. Cameroon republic
   D. Gulf of Guinea
   Answer: C
5. Nigeria is bounded in the south by
   A. Republic of Benin
   B. Nigeria republic
   C. Cameroon republic
   D. Gulf of Guinea
   Answer: D
6. Nigeria is made up on about __ Language
   A. 395
   B. 200
   C. 500
   D. 20
   Answer: A
7. Official Language in Nigeria is
   A. Igbo Language
   B. Yoruba language
   C. Hausa language
   D. English language
   Answer: D
8. Nigeria is located in South African sub-region
   A. True
   B. False
   Answer: B
9. The following are Yoruba states except
   A. Ekiti
   B. Ogun
   C. Ondo
   D. Osun
   E. Plateau
   Answer: E
10. The Hausas are regarded as descendant of Bayifida
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
11. The Fulanis are known to have originated in
    A. Middle Senegal valley
    B. Bayijida
    C. Azalak Mountain
    D. None of the above
    Answer: A
12. The majority of Igbo people today live in the following areas except
    A. Abia
    B. Anambra
    C. Ebonyi
    D. Lagos
    E. Imo
    Answer: D
13. Igbos belong to the Kwa sub family
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
14. The Kamiri people are found in
    A. Lake Chad Basin
    B. Cameroon
    C. Benin Republic
    D. None of the above
    Answer: A
15. The middle Belt areas includes all except
    A. Jukun
    B. Igala
    C. Igbira
    D. Idoma
    E. Kanuri
    Answer: E
16. Among the Niger Delta area include city state(s) such as
    A. Hsekiri
    B. Urhobo
    C. Ijaw
    D. Ibibio
    E. All of the above
    Answer: E
17. One reflection of the cultural unity of the Hausa people is the similarlity of their systems of government
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
18. Hausa states were divided into emirates and at the helm of affairs is
    A. Oba
    B. Emir
    C. Oluwa
    D. Jihad
    Answer: B
19. Offices in Hausa emirates and districts include the following except
    A. Galadima
    B. Emir
    C. Waziri
    D. Magaji
    E. None of the above
    Answer: E
20. The key political unit on which government was based in all the Yoruba kingdoms was the town flu
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
21. Yoruba political system is ruled by
    A. Emir
    B. Oba
    C. Oluwa
    D. None of the above
    Answer: B
22. Head chief not entitled to wear a crown in Yoruba local government is called
    A. Bale
    B. Emir
    C. Oba
    D. Oluwa
    Answer: A
23. The following are correctly matched except
    A. Oni of Ife
    B. Alaafir of Oyo
    C. Alake of Ake
    D. Ewi of Ado Ekiti
    E. Oragun of Ikole
    Answer: E
24. The Kanuri government was headed by a king called
    A. Oni
    B. Mai
    C. Alake
    D. Ewi
    Answer: B
25. Yorubas practise which system of government
    A. Patriarchy
    B. Monarchial
    C. Autocracy
    D. None of the above
    Answer: B
26. The following are army groups under 4 chief’s officers of Kanuri and Benin Kingdoms
    A. Yerima
    B. Mestreme
    C. Kaigama
    D. Galadima
    E. Magara
    Answer: E
27. The following practice monarchial system of government except
    A. Kanuri
    B. Yoruba
    C. Edo
    D. None of the above
    Answer: D
28. The Oba was advised by a council, made up of seven members called Uzame
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
29. In addition to the Uzame, the king also depended on a number officials which include all except
    A. Unwagwe
    B. Erubo
    C. Iyasere
    D. Ebohon
    E. Gwom
    Answer: E
30. The centralized societies of middle Belt zone include the following except
    A. Jukun
    B. Igala
    C. Northern Idome
    D. Iyasere
    E. Igbira Pand
    Answer: D
31. The indigenous political and governmental systems of middle Belts were based on hierarchy of authority of apex of which was the king or paramount chief
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
32. The political organization of Delta-city states include
    A. Itsekiri
    B. Ijaw
    C. Kalahari
    D. Ibibio
    E. All of the above
    Answer: E
33. The second phase of the British conquest of Nigeria the turn of the century until 1914
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
34. The first phase of British conquest of Nigeria captured, Ijebu in 182, Niger Delta and Benin kingdoms
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
35. The most significant events during the second phase of British conquest of Nigeria were/was the occupations of
    A. Sokoto Laliphate
    B. Borno (Kanuri)
    C. Northern Nigeria’s central belt
    D. All of the above
    Answer: D
36. Niger company’s royal charter was withdrawn in
    A. 1899
    B. 1990
    C. 1900
    D. 1880
    Answer: A
37. Oba of Benin Kingdom lost much of the financial basis of traditional as revenue accruing from the direct taxation introduced in 1919 went directly to the British officer
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
38. The Northern emirs of sokoto caliphate and Borno under the British “indirect rule” were not different from their predecessors
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: B
39. For the Yoruba speaking peoples and Edo people kingship was a common political institution
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
40. Yoruba and Benin Kingdoms were organized into kingdoms centered on the
    A. Oba
    B. Emir
    C. Jihad
    D. Oluwa
    Answer: A
41. The British adopted a piecemeal fashion of administration in Yoruba land
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
42. From 1898, British government sought to establish and maintain a colonial state in Nigeria
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
43. By 1914, Britain had succeeded in making herself a new paramount ruler over most Nigeria
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
44. The British conquest of Nigeria began with all attack on Lagos
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
45. Key Northern areas include the following except
    A. Borno
    B. Kano
    C. Sokoto
    D. Lagos
    Answer: D
46. The following are strong monarchial areas except
    A. Ibeno
    B. Buguma
    C. Itsekiri
    D. All of the above
    E. None of the above
    Answer: E
47. The following are uncentralized middle Belt zone except
    A. Southern Idoma
    B. Northern Idoma
    C. Taro
    D. TIV
    Answer: B
48. The Oba of Kanuri and Benin Kingdom ruled as a divine authority and was held in high esteem by the subjects
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
49. Birom of the plateau area, provided the only example of a political system which was truly a mixed bag of hierarchial and segmentary system
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
50. In Nigeria, before the arrival of the European to Africa, various groups with distinct political system include
    A. Hausa –Fulani
    B. Igbo
    C. Yoruba
    D. Kanuri and Benin Kingdom
    E. All of the above
    Answer: E
    . The Federal Republic of Nigeria is the most populated country in sub-Sahara Africa.
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
51. Nigeria is located in the North of Sahara desert
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: B
52. In what year was the Berlin West African conference held?
    A. 1985
    B. 1786
    C. 1885
    D. 1785
    Answer: C
53. When was the mouth of river Niger discovered?
    A. 1823
    B. 1830
    C. 1933
    D. 1930
    Answer: B
54. Which of these state was used as a slave port
    A. Lagos
    B. Oyo
    C. Enugu
    D. Kaduna
    Answer: A
55. It is believed that Kosoko and Akintoye were involved in the slave trade;
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
56. Which of these states was declared the crown colony of the British inversion?
    A. Calabar
    B. Lagos
    C. Port-Harcourt
    D. Zamfara
    Answer: B
57. In what year was Lagos separated from the Gold coast and giver a separate government of its own.
    A. 1780
    B. 1896
    C. 1886
    D. 1898
    Answer: C
58. The Nigerian council was made up of 24 official and 12 unofficial members
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
59. Who abolished the Nigerian council and replaced it with a new legislative council?
    A. Lord Lugard
    B. Nnamdi Azikiwe
    C. Sir High Clifford
    D. Sir Henry Bretford
    Answer: C
60. The first political party to emerge in Nigeria was?
    A. People democratic party (PDP)
    B. All progressive party (APP)
    C. APGA
    D. Nigerian National Democratic party (NNDP)
    Answer: D
61. Which of these organization is considered a more militant anti-colonial organization?
    A. National congress of British West Africa
    B. NNDP
    C. Peoples Union
    D. African revolution congress
    Answer: A
62. Who was the first British Colonial Governor in West Africa to propose to the colonial office the need to introduce African elected representative in the legislative council in Lagos?
    A. Lord Lugard
    B. High Clifford
    C. Lord Miner
    D. Sir Henry Ford
    Answer: B
63. The Lagos Daily News which was a very effective organ of the NNDP was foundation the year
    A. 1923
    B. 1928
    C. 1828
    D. 1933
    Answer: B
64. The departure from the NNDP was marked by the emergence of the Nigeria Youth Movement (NYM)
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
65. The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) was formed in the year
    A. 1923
    B. 1933
    C. 1936
    D. 1956
    Answer: C
66. Unlike the NNDP, the Nigerian Youth Movement never restricted itself to Lagos
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
67. It was evident that part of the reasons for the general and in particular, the electoral successes of the NYM had to do with its association with Nnamdi Azikiwe
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
68. With the exit of Azikiwe, the NYM lost its powerful organ.
    A. True
    B. False
69. It is believed that Azikiwe came with a burning zeal to liberate his people from the vice prejudice he had experienced in the United States
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
70. While Zik’s Contemporaries were concerned with restrictive agitation in terms of territorial space and issues of policy, zik was focused on a pan-Nigerian nationalism that was aimed at immediate transfer of power to indigenous Nigerians
    A. False
    B. True
    Answer: B
71. Who stated that if the new Africa must be realized, then the old Africa must be destroyed
    A. Tafawa Balewa
    B. Ibrahim Babangida
    C. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
    D. Azikiwe
    Answer: D
72. The resentment for Zik soon began to be extended to the Igbo as a group as they constituted Zik’s principal supporters and followers;
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
73. It was the alterations and animosity towards Zik and his followers that largely contributed to the fall of the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM)
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
74. The Northern people congress was formed by
    A. Western-educated northern Muslims
    B. Western-educated southern Muslims
    C. Western-educated northern Christians
    D. Western-educated southern Christians
    Answer: A
75. Political culture is a positive disposition for the ordering of political life
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
76. The manifestation of violence in an electoral process depicts a clear lack of political culture
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
77. The Nigerian state was not created by Nigerians
    A. True
    B. False
    Answer: A
78. The Northern People congress was backed majorly by
    A. Yoruba
    B. Ibibio
    C. Igbo
    D. Hausa-Fulani
    Answer: D
79. Which of these ethnic groups dominated the National council of Nigerian citizens (NCNC)?
    A. Yoruba
    B. Hausa
    C. Igbo
    D. Fulani
    Answer: C

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