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Topic: Imperialist Penetration

Jamb Government Questions - Imperialist Penetration

Question 6:
The French pattern of colonial administration in West Africa
  • A Was basically the same as the British
  • B Had as its primary objective, the development of colonial territories
  • C Was based on the principle of assimilation
  • D Included the policy of indriect rule
  • E Involved the settlement of a very large number of French people in West Africa
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Question 7:
In the organization of British colonial rule in West Africa, which of these was the lowest level of government and administration?
  • A The District Commissioner
  • B The Lieutenant Governor
  • C Chief Secretary
  • D The Provincial Commissioner
  • E The Governor
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Question 8:
The system of Indirect Rule failed in the former Eastern Nigeria Primary because
  • A Of the fragmented political structure
  • B The Chiefs refused to co-operate with colonial officers
  • C Of the high incidence of taxation
  • D The colonial officers imposed warrant chiefs on the people
  • E Of the forced labour
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Question 9:
Colonialism was successfully imposed on West Africa because
  • A The colonial people thought colonialism was divinely inspired and therefore readily welcomed the imperial power with open arms
  • B The colonial people believed the witeman to be superior to the blaceman and they were in Africa on a civilizing mission
  • C The colonial people believed they were being liberated from the autocratic rule of the indigenous ruling elite
  • D All of the above
  • E The colonial people could not withstand the technologyical superiority of the colonial power
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Question 10:
The concept of Indirect Rule in Nigeria is usually associated with
  • A Sir George T. Goldie
  • B Sir Donald Cameron
  • C Major Claude Macdonald
  • D Lord Lugard
  • E Sir Arthur Richards
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