SECTION A
CAMEROON SINCE 1884
1. The European missionary often associated with the founding of Victoria in 1858 was …
A. John Clarke
B. Joseph Merrick
C. Alfred Saker
D. Thomas Fuller
2. Which European power established trading companies along the Cameroon coast in the period 1840s to 1850s?
A. Britain
B. Portugal
C. Germany
D. France
3. Identify the British Imperial Officer who was sent out in the 1880s to annex Cameroon but failed to do so.
A Gustav Nachtigal
B. Captain moore
C Captain Brooke
D Edward Hewett
4. Which of the following events made Cameroon a German colony?
A The arrival of Julius Von Soden as German Governor
B The establishment of the Court of Equity.
C The signing of the Kings’ Memorandum.
D The signing of the Germano- Duala Treaty.
5. The prominent Cameroonian traditional ruler who led an anti– German resistance that resulted in the killing of Gravenreuth in 1891 was…
A Chief Asonganyi
B Chief Kuva Likenye
C Chief Tambe
D Fon Sembumll
6. In which of the following coastal towns did the Germans establish the first plantation?
A Victoria
B Tiko
C Douala
D Lobe
7. Below is a list of Allied Military Commanders who participated in the Cameroon campaign, 1914 – 1916. Select the name of the commander of the French Allied Forces.
A General Charles Dobell
B Colonel Von Zimmermann
C General Joseph Aymerick
D Captain Von Raben
8. The most important reason for the German defeat in Cameroon during the First World War was …
A the Germans lacked foreign military support
B the Germans faced a war on many fronts
C the Germans wanted to avoid another bloody battle like Nsanakang
D top German military officers resigned and changed sides
9. The main reason why the auction sale of German estates in Cameroon that was organised in London in 1922 failed was …
A inadequate business security
B the high prices of the estates
C the absence of the German investors
D the creation of Custodian of Enemy Property
10. An important provision of the Clifford Constitution of 1922 that provoked the creation of pressure groups in Southern Cameroons in the 1930s and the early 1940s was…
A it encouraged the creation of political parties in Nigeria
B it granted Southern Cameroons a quasi regional status
C it divided Southern Cameroons into the Bamenda Province and the Cameroons Province
D the non representation of Southern Cameroons in the Legislative Council in Lagos
Question 11 is based on this historical opinion: “The revolt did not only result in the killing of its leaders, most importantly, it led to the end of Fulbe abuses and the creation of French administrative units in the area”, during the Mandate period
11. The above statement best describes …
A Pierre Boisson
B The Gbaya revolt
C The Douala revolt
D The Nso revolt D The Bane revolt
12. A prominent Cameroonian traditional ruler who resisted the French ,following reorganisation of chieftaincy institutions, was exiled and later died in Yaounde in 1933 was ..
A Charles Atangana of Ewondo land
B Sultan Njoya of Bamum
C Alexander Manga Bell of Douala
D Sembum II of Nso
13. An internal reason for the growth of nationalism in British Southern Cameroons after the Second World War was …
A the role of super powers
B the decolonisation campaign of the UNO
C the impact of the Atlantic Charter
D the formation of trade unions
14. In which year did British Southern Cameroons become a UN Trust Territory?
A 1940
B 1946
C 1952
D 1956
15. The Lyttleton Constitution of 1954 was so important to British Southern Cameroons because …
A it granted the territory a quasi regional status
B it created the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly
C it granted the territory independence
D it authorized the formation of political parties in Southern Cameroons
16. In which Southern Cameroons town was a meeting held in 1959 to deliberate on the plebiscite questions?
A Kumba
B Mamfe
C Bamenda
D Victoria
17. The French military official who visited Cameroon in 1940 to thank Cameroonians for their support of the Free French Movement was…
A Philippe Leclerc
B Richard Brunot
C Charles de Gaulle
D Pierre Boisson
18. The harsh French colonial policy which as a result of the Brazzaville Conference of 1944 was abolished in Cameroon in 1946 was:..
A Assimilation
B Misc cn Valeur
C Association
D Indigenat
19. The UPC leader who eventually joined the Ahidjo government in the 1960s was …
A Abel Kingue
B Mayi Matip
C Paul soppo Priso
D Felix Moumie
20. The political party and its leader that led French Cameroon to independence in January
1960 was…
A DC, Andre Marie Mbida
B UC, Ahmadou Ahidjo
C UPC, Felix Moumie
D GANC, Paul Soppo Priso
21. “ How nice it is to meet our brothers”. During which important conference did President Ahidjo make the above declaration?
A Mamfe Conference of December 1959
B Bamenda Conference of June 1961
C Foumban Conference of July 1961
D Yaounde Conference of August 1961
22. An important West Cameroon institution that ceased to exist after the introduction of the unitary system of government in 1972 was …
A The West Cameroon House of Chiefs
B The Cameroon Bank
C The Cameroon National Assembly
D POWERCAM
23. The political slogan of President Ahidjo aimed at encouraging greater agricultural productivityin Cameroon was…
A The Green Revolution
B Operation Feed the Nation
C Operation Green Sahel
D The New Deal Programme
24. ‘An important measure taken by the Biya administration to fight against corruption in Cameroon in the early 2000s was …
A The 1996 Constitution
B The Bi-cameral legislature
C Arrest of embezzlers of public funds
D Creation of six State Universities in 1993
25. Which international organisation provided a peaceful settlement to the dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsular?
A UN Secretariat
B UN Security-Council
C UN Trusteeship Council
D IC of Justice
SECTION B
AFRICA SINCE 1870
26. Which of the following was a political reason for the European scramble for Africa in the 19th Century?
A The quest for raw materials
B The quest for prestige
C The search for white settlement
D The desire to spread their culture
27. The World power that attended the Berlin West Africa Conference of 1884 to 1885 but failed to participate in the scramble and colonization of Africa was »…
A. Portugal
B. Switzerland
C. U S A
D Spain
28. Identify the trader, whose company’s activities greatly influenced the annexation of the Congo Basin by the Belgians.
A HM Stanley
B Cecil Rhodes
C De Brazza
D Karl Peters’
29. The French colonial policy that made use of traditional rulers in the colonial administration after 1905 was….
A Assimilation
B. Paternalism
C Differentiation
D Association
30. In which of the following European colonies was the policy of Assimilado successfully implimented? ..’
A Angola :
B Kenya
C Senegal
D Gold Coast
31. The African revolt of the 1890s often linked to the defeat of an imperial European power was .
A Mau Mau
B Abyssinia.
C Mandinka
D MajiMaji
32. Which one of the following was a major reason for African resistance to European colonial rule? ,
A Establishment of plantations
B The use of Africans as porters
C Abolition of middle man monopoly of trade
D Seizure of African lands
33. Identify an African colony which as a result of German defeat in the First World War became a Mandated territory of the League of Nations. . . . – •
A. Tanganyika
B. Southern Rhodesia
C Gold Coast
D Mozambique.
34. An important political effect of the Second World War on Africans was
A loss of lives and property
B widespread population displacement
C widespread inflation
D the growth of Nationalist sentiments.
35. Which African city hosted an important wartime conference in 1943?
A Algiers
B Addis Ababa
C Casablanca
D Tunis
36. Identify a French African colony which did not witness a peaceful decolonisation process.
A Guinea
B Ivory Coast
C Niger
D Senegal
37. Select the pair of African colonial territories in which nationalism became increasingly violent after 1945.
A Angola and Gold coast
B Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry
C Mozambique and Kenya
D Nigeria and Senegal
38. Civil wars occurred in the following African countries after independence except…
A Nigeria
B Senegal
C Congo
D Liberia
39.A Southern African country that practised the policy of racial discrimination and white minority rule right up to 1980 was …
A Southern Rhodesia
B Mozambique
C Northern Rhodesia
D Nyasaland
40. Identify the African country in which the first summit of the African Union (AU) tock place in 2002..
A Ethiopia
B Nigeria
C Libya
D South Africa
SECTION C
WORLD DIPLOMACY SINCE1870
41. The European alliance system which ended the isolation of France in 1904 was …
A Tripple Alliance
B Entente Cordiale
C Tripple Entente
D Dual Alliance
42. The European power that declared war on Serbia on 28lh July 1914 leading to the outbreak of the First World War was …
A Turkey
B Bulgaria
C Germany
D Austria -Hungary
43. Which of the Peace Treaties of 1919 was imposed on Austria?
A Treaty of St Germain
B Treaty of Trianon
C Treaty of Lausanne
D Treaty of Versailles
44. A territory of the former German Empire that as a result of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) was dimilitarised was…
A Sudetenland
B. Polish Corridor
C Rhineland
D Danzig
45. The policy of the 1930s that aimed at granting territorial concessions to Axis powers with the hope of preventing war in Europe was …
A Appeasement
B Isolationism
C Fascism
D Nazism
46. A European city that as a result of the Second World War was partitioned into zones of military occupation was
A Rome
B Prague
C Warsaw
D Berlin
47. The two cities that were linked by the HOT telephone line after the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 1960s to minimize the possibility of a nuclear war were …
A Washington and Moscow
B London and Moscow
C London and Washington
D Paris and London
48. Select the main organ of the League of Nations that was incorporated into the United Nations System as a Specialised Agency.
A Refugee Commission
B International Labour Organisation
C Health Organisation
D Mandate Commission
49. Identify the UN Secretary General who was very instrumental in the peaceful settlement of the dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsular.
A Boutros Boutros Ghali
B Dag Hammariskjold
C Kofi Atta Annan
D Javier Perez de cuellar
50. The following are symptoms of HIV/AIDS except….
A Persistent diarrhea
B diabetes
C weight loss
D persistent skin rash
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