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GST 103
NIGERIAN PEOPLE’S AND CULTURE
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test questions

1. What guarantee the transmission of culture to every individual born into a

society?
A. Isolation
B. Socialization ✅
C. Independence
D. Family

2. Women made independent decisions to engage in both ______, which in turn

brought prosperity to the their family and local communities.
A. Fighting wars and family
B. Hunting and. Gathering
C. Blacksmithing and gold-smithing
D. Local and long distance trade ✅

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3. What is the basic difference between a communal society and an associational

society
A. A communal society is essentially small, simple and compact while an
association society is large, complex and cosmopolitan ✅
B. A communal society is large, simple and compact while an association society
is small, complex and cosmopolitan
C. A. Communal society is complex while association society simple
D. A communal society is cosmopolitan while association society is compact

4. Generally,……engaged in a variety of crafts such as dyeing, pottery, cosmetics,

bead-making
A. Women ✅
B. Men
C. Boys
D. Slaves

5. _____ define culture as the historically created design for living.

A. Cylde Kluckhohn ✅
B. E.b Taylor
C. E.M Igbo
D. Shakespeare

6. In the riverine areas, women were active

A. Fisher men and fish monger ✅
B. Farmers and hunters
C. Housewives and Housekeeper
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D. Children makers and nurses

7. The following were among the six states established by the sons of bawo except
A. Katsina
B. Daura
C. Biram ✅
D. Kano

8. Titles such as Erelu, Iyalode, Iyaloja, etc. were held by prominent.

A. Men
B. Boys
C. Women ✅
D. Men and women

9. Which of these Hausa states dominated Hausa politics in the 18th century
A. Zamfara
B. Gobir ✅
C. Kano
D. Daura

10. Of the many women leaders, the most outspoken, radical and prominent were:
a. Mrs. Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti, Mrs. Ekpo and Mrs G.I. Okoye. ✅
b. Mrs. Stella Obasanjo and Precious Magellan.
c. Mrs. Patience Ebele Jonathan and Mrs. Olufunke Alakija.

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d. Mrs. Flora Shaw and Mrs. R.T RichRichar

No

11. The women organizations protested discrimination, exploitation, inequality,

oppression, women’s taxation, high market dues and denial of
higher education under the:
a. Colonial government. ✅
b. Postcolonial administration.
c. Pre-colonial kings.
d. Obasanjo regime.

12.Ajayi Crowther wrote the Grammar and Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language
in:
a.1843 ✅
b. 1929
c. 1678
d. 1900

13. Which of the following ethnic group established the kanem-borno state
A. Fulani
B. Hausa
C. Kanuri ✅
D. Jukun

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14. In both old Oyo and new Oyo, with a centralized political system under the
omnipotent Alaafin, women as tithed office-holders played an important role in.
A. Economic activities
B. Farm Management
C. Household and administration
D. Palace administration ✅

15. The name Yoruba was first applied to which of the Yoruba sub-groups?
A. Ijebu
B. Oyo ✅
C. Ekiti
D. Egba

16. The sexual division of labour inevitably has caused

A. National integration in the society
B. Women empowerment in Nigeria
C. Gender stratification and an equal distribution of rights and resources ✅
D. Inequality and injustice in Nigeria

17. The process by which a child learns his or her culture, it’s symbols,
institutions, taboos and proverb is
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A. Acculturation
B. Development
C. Maturity
D. Socialization ✅

18. The Amanyanabo is associated with the political history of which of the
following people?
A. Efik
B. Ijaw ✅
C. Edo
D. Isekeri

18. Gender refers to cultural construction of

A. Towns and cities
B. Male and Female ✅
C. Father and Son
D. Mother and daughter

19. . Of all the Baptist missionaries that worked in Ogbomoso, Reverend C. E.

Smith had greater and lasting influence on:
A. N. D. Oyerinde. ✅
B. Eyo Ita.
C. Johnson.
D. Ajayi Crowther.

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20. Which of the following elements established the notion of ethnic groups in
Nigeria
A. Islam
B. Colonialism ✅
C. War
D. Migration

22. Colonial education and administrative policies favoured:

A. Men and neglected women. ✅
B. Considered women above men.
C. Promoted children and their mothers.
D. Encouraged both sexes.

23. Which did Islam become indigenous to most of its adherents in the Nigeria
area?
A. 18th century
B. 19th century ✅
C. 20th century
D. 21st century

24. Shitta Bey, a Muslim Creole gave a whopping 400 pounds for the building Of a
mosque in Lagos in the:
A. 1890s ✅
B. 1950
C. 1978

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D. 1980

25. In Islamic practices, men conducted prayers while women and the Children in a
separate section:
A. Were forbidden to pray.
B. Obeyed the instructions. ✅
C. Served as priests.
D. Collected offerings.

26. The Ogbomoso People’s Institute was formally opened in October 1938
with Eyo Ita as its:
A First principal ✅
B First teacher
C Deputy registrar
D Chief Librarian

27. Another individual who contributed greatly to the development of Western

Education in Nigeria is:
A Herbert Ogunde.
B King Kosoko.
C Tafawa Balewa.
D Nnamdi Azikiwe. ✅

28. While men dominated Christian services in various church and Denominations:
A. Young men managed the affairs of the house.
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B. Old men contested the acts.

C. Women played key roles in the traditional religion. ✅
D. Women also governed some churches.

29. Nnamdi Azikiwe argued that education should:

A. Be first point of reforms in post-war reconstruction in British West Africa. ✅
B. Be rejected in order to promote indigenous culture.
C. Be used only in the church and religious assemblies.
D. Be given only to the Igbos and the Nupe.

30. . Of the many women leaders, the most outspoken, radical and prominent were:
A. Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti, Mrs. Ekpo and Mrs G.I. Okoye. ✅
B. Stella Obasanjo and Precious Magellan.
C Mrs. Patience Ebele Jonathan and Mrs. Olufunke Alakija.
D Mrs. Flora Shaw and Mrs. R.T Richard.

31.The women organizations protested discrimination, exploitation, Inequality,

oppression, women’s taxation, high market dues and denial of Higher education
under the:
A Colonial government. ✅
B Postcolonial administration.
C Pre-colonial kings.
D Obasanjo regime.
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32. The General Babangida Administration did a lot to foster:

(a) The intimidation and oppression of the Nigerian women.
(b) The rights of the Nigerian women and enhance the image of the Nigerian
womanhood. ✅
(c) The prosecution of feminists and womanist organization in Nigeria.
(d) The exclusion women from political and economic affairs.

33. Education has enabled women to:

(a) Make lasting and meaningful contributions to national development. ✅
(b) Compete with the men in political issues.
(c) Destroy the society through various agencies.
(d) Dominate their husbands and male folks in the family.

34. The Declaration of an International Decade for Women 1975 –1985 and the
consequent debates on women’s status:

A. Impoverished Nigerian women.

B. Inhibited the political development of Nigerian women.
C. Aided the socio-economic development of Nigerian women. ✅
D. Created disharmony and crises in the family home-front.

35. The pre-colonial labour system in many communities in Nigeria did not attract:
a. Penalties and charges.
b. Wages or remuneration. ✅
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c. Honorarium and gifts.

d. Training and professionalism.

36. In the pre-colonial period, people kept large families and maintained
polygamous
families in order to:
a. Compete as the biggest family in their town.
b. Prepare for war against their enemies.
c. Promote brotherliness in kinship.
d. Ensure adequate labour supply.✅

37. Slavery was also an important ……………both for domestic and agricultural
activities.
a. means of labour recruitment. ✅
b.means of generating money.
c.means of accumulating wealth.
d.fighting wars and conquering neighbours.

38.. In the Hausa states, the peoples most often relegated to the tending and
harvesting of agricultural crops were:
a. Women.
b. Captives ✅
c. Boys.
d. Men

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39. In the pre-colonial period, skills for occupational development were acquired
through:
a. European universities and colleges.
b. The Universities of Lagos and Ibadan.
c. Professionals within the family and community. ✅
d. Spirits and goddesses of knowledge.

40. In spite of regional differences, traditional education among people especially

the Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo equipped individuals to:
A fit usefully into their society workspace. ✅
B. about their political leaders.
C among themselves.
D. defeat the Europeans when they came to Nigeria.

41. Diaspora refers to the physical and cultural presence of Nigerians:

a. Outside the homeland as well as the relationships between ✅
peoples of Nigerian extraction at home and those abroad.
b. As seen in the movement from one town to the other on daily basis.
c. As seen in the migration of men and women from their villages to the urban
centers.
d. In their motherland throughout their entire life.
42. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, millions of people were forced out of
the territory that later became known as Nigeria through:
a. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. ✅
b. Industrial revolution.
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c. Long distance trade.

d. Relocation to the urban centers.

43. The Brazilian returnees settled mainly in:

a. Abuja and Lagos
b. Lagos and Ibadan
c. Republic of Benin
d. Lagos and Abeokuta ✅

44. In the “Constitutional village monarchies” of Onitsha, Oguta, Osommari and

Aboh, the ruler is known as the
A. Okpara
B Obi ✅
C.Igwe
D. Oba

45. Samuel Johnson wrote his famous History of the Yorubas in:
a. 1912
b. 1897 ✅
c. 1906
d. 1898

46. Colonialism somehow freed women from domestic violence by introducing

and enforcing some laws at the district and provincial courts under the:
A. Slave trade.
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B. 1999 constitution.
C. Indirect Rule. ✅
D. Neoliberal era.

47. The structure of ownership of the means of production is termed:

A. Property relations. ✅
B. Wealth of nature.
C. Social capital.
D. Investment infrastructure.

48. Production system has a corresponding:

A. Political class.
B theory.
C. Cultural beliefs.
D. Political system. ✅

49. Economy as a discipline or method of inquiry recognizes:

A. The gross capital expenditures as the basis for development.
B. The primacy of the economy and material production as the foundation of
Society. ✅
C The monopolization of means of production in the hand of the lower class.
D The exploitation of group by another powerful group.

50. The transfer of ownership rights from the oil hosting communities to the
Federal government has deprived the communities of:

A. tond water for production of goods and services.

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B. Abled man power for economic development.

C. The fiscal revenue accruing from oil production. ✅
D. Judicious spending of the oil wealth.

51. Nigeria began petroleum production with the bold initiative of establishing
Refineries at:
A Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna ✅
B. Oyo Ondo and Port Harcourt
C. Abia, Imo and Lagos
D. Badagry, Kaduna and Niger

52. Crude oil was struck at Otuakeme village near Oloibiri in present-day Bayelsa
State in 1956, while production began in earnest in:
A.1958. ✅
B 1960
C 1970
D 1968

53. The involvement of people in production naturally led to:

A. exchange and trade. ✅
B. War and competition.
C. Corruption and nepotism.
D. Injustice and inequality.

54. Nigeria emerged as a country in:

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A.1914 after the amalgamation. ✅

B.1906 amalgamation of southern Nigeria.
C 1922 Clifford constitution.
D 1961 annexation of Lagos.

55. Crude oil was struck at Otuakeme village near Oloibiri in present-day Bayelsa
State in:
A. 1901
B. 1956 ✅
C. 2006
D. 1966

56. A dependent economy is a:

A. disarticulated one. ✅
B. developed economy.
C. articulated one.
D. neoliberal economy.

57. Before the colonization of Nigeria, the different peoples and empires:
A. Were already existing as federal republic of Nigeria.
B. Were members of the Ecowas and African Union.
C. Organised their production to meet their basic subsistence needs of food,
clothing and shelter. ✅
D. Had been waiting for the Europeans to come and teach them how to manage
their economy.
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58. The backbone of the colonial economy was:

A Manufacturing.
B. Oil and gas.
C Trading.
D. Agriculture ✅

59. The political economy of colonialism was:

a. Developmental and impactful.
b. Anti-indigenous culture and ethics.
c. exploitative, through and through. ✅
d. revolutionary for the Nigerian people.

60. One of the main feature of dependency is that the colony depended on:
a. the external or metropolitan economy, i.e., Britain, for the purchase of its
raw materials. ✅
b. Disregard the rules that govern international trade.
c. Decide to produce what it likes.
d. Promotes its traditional means of exchange.

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