GST 114 First Semester 100 Level 2019 - 2020 Examination

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CITY CAMPUS, OFF ALARA STREET, YABA, LAGOS, NIGERIA.

TITLE OF EXAMINATION: B.Sc Examination


FACULTY: Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences.
DEPARTMENT: Department of Tourism SEMESTER: First
SESSION: 2019/2020 CREDIT UNIT: 2
COURSE TITLE: Nigerian Peoples and Cultures
COURSE CODE: GST 114 TIME: 2 Hours

OBJECTIVES
Answer all questions in this section.

1. The people of south Western Nigeria belong to what geographical region?


(a) Niger- Delta (b) Guinea savannah (c) Sudan savannah (d) Rain Forest region.
2. The Yoruba speaking people of Nigeria are concentrated in
____________________________________________________________________ states.
3. The Niger-Delta region consists of
____________________________________________________________________ states.
4. Which Origin version traces the origin of the Yoruba to the “East”?
(a) Rev. Samuel Johnson’s Version (b) Oke Oramfe’s Version (c) Rev. Samuel Jackson
(d) Oke Oranfe
5. The British government amalgamated Northern and Southern Nigeria in ___
(a) October 1914 (b) January 1914 (c) April 1914 (d) November 1914
6. After the Nigerian Independence, ____ became the major economic factor in Nigeria
(a) Commerce (b) Fishing (c) Petroleum (d) Farming
7. ____ is the kingdom that eventually emerged as an empire in Yoruba land
(a) Hausa (b) Bini (c) Edo (d) Oyo
8. The British government’s amalgamation f the Lagos Colony and Protectorate with the
protectorate of Southern Nigeria formed _____
(a) The Colony of Lagos (b) The Colony of West-Southern Nigeria
(c) The Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria (d) The Colony and Protectorate
of Nigeria
9. The Hausa People are predominant in the ________________________ culture region?
(a) Niger Delta (b) Rain forest (c) Sudan Savanna (d) Guinea Savanna
10. ________ and ________ are some brave and courageous Nigerians that resisted the
British usurpation of the independence and authority?
(a) Jaja of opopo and Nana of Itsekiri (b) Jaja of opoko and Nana of Itsekiri
(c) Jaja of Opobo and Nana of Itsekiri (d) Jaja of Opobo and Nene of Itsekiri
11. The confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers is at ___________________
(a) Lagos (b) Kaduna (c) Benue (d) Lokoja
12. The options are all major ethnic groups in the Middle belt except _______________
(a) The Igala (b) The Ebira (c)The Idoma (d) The Ibibio
13. The Hausa language is classified as a subgroup of the _____language family
(a) Afro-Asiatic or Hamito-Semitic family (b) Chadic (c) Chadic or Hamito-Semitic
Family (d) Afro-Asiatic or Chadic family
14. The Socio-political organisation of the traditional Igbo was based on ________________
(a) Achievement (b) Friendship (c) Age grade (d) Academic qualifications
15. The Nupe, the Koto and the Tiv constitute the _____ belt
(a) Guinea Savanna belt (b) Middle belt (c) West African yam belt
(d) Savannah
16. Before independence, _____ was the major economic factor in Nigeria
(a) Farming (b) Banking (c) Fishing (d) Mining
17. The Jukun are also known as _____
(a) Ekoi (b) Nupe (c) Kwararafa (d) Annang
18. The Mid Western region was created in _____
(a) 1983 (b) 1953 (c) 1973 (d) 1963
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19. In the 16 century, a deposed Alaafin was expected to ____
(a) Go into exile (b) Commit Suicide (c) Travel abroad (d) Resign honourably
20. In Isoko and Urhobo, The supreme God is called? _____
(a) Tamara (b) Olodumare (c) Abasi (d) Oghene
21. Monarchy as practised by the Rain Forest people is best represented by the _____
(a) Ibibio (b) Nupe (c) Yoruba (d) Igbo
22. One of the following option is NOT a deity in Igboland
(a) Idemili (b) Igwe (c) Orunmila (d) Ana
23. The first Europeans arrived in Nigeria through ______ kingdom
(a) Lagos (b) Bini (c) Bornu (d) Calabar
24. The middle belt of Nigeria is sometimes called ______
(a) Kasashen (b) West African yam (c) Montane (d) Fulbe
25. The ___________ were the first Europeans to arrive Nigeria.
(a) French (b) British (c) Portuguese (d) Americans
26. The Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) was formed by ____ and ____ to defend the
interests of the Northerners.
(a) Mallam El’Rufai and Mallam Ado Bayero (b) Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and
Mallam Atiku Abubarka (c) Mallam Aminu Kano and Mallam Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa (d) Mallam Aminu Samdo and Mallam Abu Bayero
27. The Fulani as an ethnic group speaks_____ language
(a) Hausa (b) Fulbe (c) Fulfulde (d) Fufu
28. The first ever amalgamation of the British in Nigeria was done in _____
(a) May 1906 (b) January 1914 (c) October 1960 (d) October 1963
29. State the two versions of the origin of the Yoruba people
(a) Rev. Samuel Johnson and Oke Oramfe Version (b) Rev. Samuel L. Jackson and Oke
Oramfe Version (c) Rev. Samuel Johnson and Oke Oranfe Version (d) Rev. Samuel
Jackson and Oke Oramfe Version
30. Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe and Chief Obafemi Awolowo joined the Nigerian Youth Movement
(NYM) in ____
(a) 1937 (b) 1938 (c) 1939 (d) 1940

THEORY
Answer ALL Questions
1. (a) The Trans-Atlantic slave trade that was the unfortunate channel that first put the
British in contact with Nigeria. Discuss (5 marks)
(b) Enumerate the processes involved in the evolution of Nigeria as a political unit.
(10marks)
(c) Narrate the aim of the first and Second amalgamation in Nigeria. (5marks)

2. Discuss the following regions in Nigeria:


(a) The Rain Forest Region (5 marks)
(b) Niger Delta Region. (5 marks)
(c) The Sudan Savannah Region. (5 marks)
(d) The Guine Savannah Region. (5 marks)

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