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Topic: The French colonial administrative policy

Jamb Government Questions - The French colonial administrative policy

Question 1:
The French idea of assimilation as applied in their colonies
  • A Was to make Frenchment out of African subjects
  • B Would have been allowed to produce more Frenchmen in the colonies than in traditional African
  • C Recognised real value in traditional African culture and was merely aimed at upgrading it
  • D Produced nothing but African puppets in the colonies
  • E Was abandoned within a couple of years of its operation
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Question 2:
The French policy of Assimilation
  • A Enabled Europeans to assimilate and come to terms with African cultural values
  • B Produced radical African leaders who were anixious to terminate cordial relationships with France
  • C Was aimed at converting Africans into Frenchmen
  • D Was the same in theory as the British policy of Indirect Rule
  • E Was a device to transfer French technology to Africa
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Question 3:
Cultural assimilation was a feature of
  • A French colonial policy in Africa
  • B The Portuguese rule in Angola
  • C The British rule in Africa
  • D King Leopold's rule in the Congo
  • E A and B
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Question 4:
The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association was
  • A Casely Hayford
  • B Herbert Macaulay
  • C Marcus Garvey
  • D W.E.B. Du Bois
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Question 5:
The administration of the capital of the emirate under the pre-colonial Hausa Fulani political system was entrusted to the
  • A Galadima
  • B Waziri
  • C Saekin fada
  • D Sarkin pawa
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