EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY,ADO-EKITI

DIRECTORATE OF GENERAL STUDIES

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS , 2014 / 2015 SESSION
COURSE CODE: GST 113 COURSE TITLE : NIGERIAN PEOPLE AND CULTURE
TIME ALLOWED : 40 MINUTES INTRODUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
MATRIC NO :………………………………. DEPARTMENT : ………………………………………….

1. Among the components of the socio-cultural values system of the country involves all of the
following except a)Education b)story telling c)political parties d)proverbs
2. Story telling is as old as humanity. It has to do with search for meaning with effort to discover or
impose a pattern in our experience . This assertion is credited to a) umez(1999) b)
hearne(1984) c) Adedayo(1998) d)Clinton(1997)
3. which of these is a non-material feature of culture a)food b)story telling c)music d)proverbs
4. ………………………… are standard of behaviours that are socially accepted of which people are
expected by others to follow a)laws b)mores c)norms d)opinion
5. which of these is not one of the four characteristics of culture a)it is a learned behaviours b)it
can be transmitted c)it is a pattern of life d)it cannot change
6. which of these is not true about deviance a)it exist only when it is so defined by others b)when
looked upon as beyond the bond of good manners c)when there is deviation in the opinion of
people on a particular action d)when everybody is saying the same thing the same issue or
action.
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7. The Action Group (AG) in the 1950’s was the leadership of ……………… a)Dr. R. D Dikko b)Dr.
Nnamdi Azikwe c)Chief Obafemi Awolowo d)Ezenwa Iweala
8. In the field of ………………….., Kinship to a model of social relationship, which any society
a)Antropology b)Archeology c)Humantology
9. ……………………. (2010) described connecting individuals either through marriage, blood,
relations or line of doctrine a)kolawole b)Ashnolde c)Ajayi d)olaogun.
10. The civil war in Nigeria started 19 and ended in ……………………… a)1968 b)1969 c)1970 d)1973
11. The first military coup de’ tat in Nigeria to the death of prominent Nigerians was in January 15
…………. a)1960 b)1963 c)1966 d)1976
12. ………………………. refers to the biological anatomica; characteristics that distinguish and fomalos
consisting of primary characteristics a)gender b)marriage c)image d)sex
13. ……………………………… on the other hand culturally constructed difference a)gender b)marriage
c)image d)sex
14. while ………………… is a form of social organization in which they dominate,oppress and exploit
women a)caneeptualization b)structuralization c)socialization d)patriarchy
15. …………………………. is a union that is legally and socially sanctioned between a man and a woman
a) wedding b) courtship c) marriage d) divorce.
16. mate selection could be between a young man and a young woman interested in each other and
love each other. This is referred to as ……………. a) friendship selection b) participant selection
c)character selection d)compatibility selection.
17. ……………………….. consists of various components such as ideas, norms, believes, folkways, mores
and laws. a)concept b)theory c)politics c)culture
18. Components of culture involves all of these except a) Norms b)folkways c)mores d)music
19. Nigeria,we used to have four regions: North, west, East and …….. a)south b)middle belt
c)Midwest d)south west
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20. …………….. has been defined as what are felt to legitimate, or expected modes of social
relationship. a)Education b)initiation c)Recreation d) culturalization
21. Nigeria is inarguably the biggest country in Africa indeed, it is recorded as one of the world
ruling ……………… among the countries in the world. a) 30th b) 31st c)32nd d) 33rd
22. Shortage of personnel to administer the vast area brought about the European decision to
amalgamate the Northen and southern protdetorate and ……………… colony in 1914. a) British
b) Calabar c) Lagos d) Western
23. The Benin massaere of …………….. destroyed the influence and property of the benin kingdom
a)1897 b)1917 c)1798 d)1879
24. The jihad of Usman Dan Fodio of the old order Islamization of the area and administrative
system in the North. a)1904 b)1804 c)1704 d)1604
25. Which of these is not a geopolitical zone in Nigeria a)North central b)North West c)South East
d)South central
26. …………….. and …………………. are the two main rules that condition marital choice a)Endogamy
and Exogamy b)Nomenclature and Nueleigeneosis c)Dienetomy and Dixogamy d)Fitogamy and
Fitrogamy .
27. All of these are the types of marriages except a)Monogamy b)Monyandry c)Polygamy
d)Polyandry