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PAST QUESTIONS ON  GST 103: NIGERIA PEOPLE AND CULTURE

WARNING: The questions provided here are selected from previously and Frequently Asked Questions on GST 103 and should NOT be taking for questions that will be asked in your CA. Using the FAQ analysis in selecting the questions, there are possibilities though of coming across similar questions here in your CA BUT our aim is to give everyone the opportunity to practice and understand the subject under discuss rather than relying on EXPOnents for your success.

 

One of the following is considered to be part of environmental problems in Nigeria

Noncompliance to the rule of law

Military intervention

Abuse of power

Deforestation

All the following are environmental problems except one

Planting

Oil pollution

Soil erosion

Ecological problem

Dumping of wasted products

The greatest threats of the forest in Nigeria have been

Maintenance of wild life

Excess rainfall

Bush burning

Lack forest policy

Lack of forest officials

A peoples’ perception of the world is as result of their _____

Life

Ideas

World

Practical observation

Discovery

Various ideas are put together to give us a picture of Nigerians perception of ____

Africa

The moon

Heaven

The star

The world

 

 In many Nigeria languages, the name given to God normally _____him as creator

Portray

Recognizes

Qualifies

All of the above

 

Self-reliance according to August(_____) implies a decision by oneself

1929

1928

1979

207

1980

 

A country is said to be self-reliance if the following criteria is met except one

Educational balanced

Economically sound

Politically stable

Technologically advanced

Inability to feed her citizen

 

The following are characteristics features of self-reliance

Competence

Dedication

Confidence

Originality

All of the above

The heavenly part is the home of the following except one

The stars

Oceans

Sun

Moon

Thunder

 

The unification of both northern and southern protectorates is called ___

Unity in diversity

United Nigeria

Amalgamation

Nigeria as a nation

City State of Niger Delta

 

The following clans can be located in the savannah zone of Nigeria except one

Nose

Hausa

Kanuri

Ijaw

Gwari

 

What is cultural pattern?

Cultural features

Acculturation

Enculturation

Mode of conduct and behaviour

Cultural accumulation

In your own opinion, do you think corruption is an important value in Nigeria society?

True

False

Not always

None of the above

All of the above

 

Listed below are four components of culture except

Economic system

Belief system

Kinship system

Political system

Social system

Language determines perception and shape the world view of people

True

False

Not always

None of the above

All of the above

The superiority of man over animal is exhibited by the use of ___

Language

Symbol

Culture

Tradition

Knowledge

_____is one of the Greek philosophers that preaches justice

Adamu

Peter

Isiah

Emmanuel

Socrates

The following ethnic group can be traced to the forest zone except one

Hausa

Igbo

Yoruba

Ekitis

Ibibios

General Yakubu Gowom (Rt) created ____ states in Nigeria

14

12

36

19

20

 

No culture is superior to the other since each is adapted to its own

Technology

Cultural heritage

Purpose

Environment

Function

 

Culture is a system of knowledge more or less shared by the member of a __

Household

Kinship

Extended family

Society

Nuclear family

 

Nok culture is so far the oldest iron working in ____

West Africa

Nigeria

Africa

Asia

Europe

 

In the year _____ an object (Roped pot on a sand) was unearthened by one Isiah Anozie in a village called Igbo-Ukwu

1927

1928

1930

1937

1938

 

All sort of abstraction design were made use of by the artist as the ornamentation of the surface. This statement is accredited to____

Nok culture

Igbo-Ukwu

Ife culture

Benin culture

Diama Culture

 

One of the characteristics of ____culture is that attention was not paid to human figure

Ife

Nupe

Igbo-Ukwu

Benin

Nok

 

Archaeological excavation with the prove of radiocarbon dating support the fact that the ancient city of Ille-Ife

had been in existence before

500AD

600AD

700AD

800AD

900AD

One of the function of culture is procreation. What is procreation?

To procure

To recreate

To give birth

To manufacture

To replenish

 

Ife art came into limelight when a German Ethnologist, Leo Frobenius in ____excavated a good number of artifact

1905

1910

1915

1920

1930

 

Historical, ethnological and archaeological accounts of the ancient city of Ille-Ife showed that there was an

 organized kingdom with substantial urban settlement with evidence of ____industries

Food

Wood

Iron

Glass

Brass

 

Culture is not genetically transmitted but rather it is ____

Learned

Transferred

Transposed

Accumulated

Transcend

 

Culture changes in response to ___ needs and to ecological demands as evidence in the manner of dresses, hairstyle and pattern of behaviour of the people

Society

Family

Industry

People

Individual

 

What is Ethnocentrism?

Superior culture

Inferior culture

Diffusion of traits of culture

Favour of the culture of ones own society

Integrated content of behaviour which is characteristics of a society

 

Nok terracotta pieces was found deep in alluvial deposit accidentally through the activities of the Tin miners in _

1920

1930

1935

1940

1947

 

The method in which the Nok sculptures were produced is commonly referred too as

Carving

Molding

Additive

Subtractive

Lost wax technique

 

The phonecians were noted sea traders and manufactures of ____

Bronze

Copper

Cowries

Gold

Shells

 

Double coincidence of wants means____

To locate buyers easily

Ready market to sell off items

Difficulty of bringing two people of different needs

Difficulty in disposing goods

Easy access to market place

 

African culture exchange grains and other agricultural products such as the following except one

Rice

Yam

Palm oil

Beans

Apple

 

Listed below are factors that militate against the attainment of self-reliance except one

Agricultural and food crises

Education crises

Income factor

Leadership crises

Civilization

 

Moral obligation of citizens according to Johnson (1988) is the standards of behaviour and duties which is perform by____

Men

Women

Children

Frailties

Citizens

 

Most ethnic group in Nigeria were politically organized into empires and kingdom independent of one another. Listed below are some of the group except one

Sokoto caliphate

Oyo empire

Ibibio Kingdom

Kanam Bornu Empire

Benin Kingdom

 

The Hausa Fulani were noted ----- in the pre-colonial period

Hunters and traders

Farmers and traders

Travelers

Coal miners

Fishermen

 

The Yoruba people lived in large town under the leadership of ____

Chiefs

Emirs

Obongs

Obas

Obis

 

Power is not ____distributed in Nigeria

Equally

Equitably

Passionately

Rightly

Conveniently

 

The largest community that had not central authority before 1800 was the ___

Hausa

Igbo

Kanuri

Nupe

Bornu Empire

 

What right does the Nigeria constitution recognizes?  

Justice

Political

Social

Economic

Judicial

 

Trade by barter was the earliest form of____

Business

Occupation

Exchange

Trade

Transaction

 

The problem of barter led to the discovery of items that was regarded as currency such as the following except

cowries

copper

bronze

shells

currency note

 

Which part of Nigeria resisted conquest

Middle belt

Northern region

Southern region

Lokoja people

Okene people

 

Nigeria maintains a parallel system of traditional governance  which include_____

Emirate council

Chieftaincies council

Kinship council

Traditional council

Chieftaincy and emirates

 

Social justice is a condition where ____ exist

Opportunity and respect

Human dignity

Truth

Fairness, equal opportunity and respect for human dignity

Fairness, human dignity, truth and opportunities exists

 

____holds that justice is the first virtue of institution

John Paul

Rewe

Socrates

Tomas

 

Irrational kind of justice that takes laws into their hand by executing judgment is known as

Social justice

Jungle justice

Retributive justice

Economic justice

Peace justice

 

“An elderly person will not be in the market place and see the head of a small child bending in awkward way” which culture is this proverb associated with

Yoruba

Hausa

Ibibio

Igbo

Nupe

 

The following people propounded famous justice except one

S.M. Honore

Alf Rose

Gregory Vlasio

Bradi R. B

Paulo John

 

In the system of indirect rule in Nigeria. The British officials acted as ____

Adjudicators

Advisers

Chiefs

Ministers

 

The following served as Nigeria environmental problem except one

Soil erosion

Desertification

Ecological

Good environment

 

Fedrick Lugard left, and he was succeeded in person of___

Madam Flora Shaw

Dr. Mrs. Ladi Kwali

Mrs. Maryam Babangida

Mrs. Stella Obasanjo

 

A network of relationship exist among the various institution of culture listed below except one

Technology

Economic

Social

Politics

Religion

 

Hunter/Gatherer there society could be classified under ___age culture

Iron

Bronze

Silver

Stone

Industrial

 

Culture system evolves in stages which can be constructed through the examination of archaeological evidence such as_____

Fossils

Relics

Artifacts

Pollens

Culture traits

 

Non-material culture consists of the following except one

Knowledge

Philosophy

Moral

Technology

Science

 

With reference to Nok culture, subtractive method is applicable to ____works

Rock painting

Clay

Wood

Brass

Bronze

 

Terracotta means

Mixed clay

Wet clay

Fired clay

Dried clay

Alluvial deposit

 

Power is not _____distributed in Nigeria

Equally

Equitably

Passionately

Divided

Shared

 

How many local government do we have in Nigeria

777

771

772

774

747

 

Justice is___ to all mankind

Peace

Joy

Equality

Compensation

Equitable

 

Thraymachus is one of the contemporaries of _____

Plato

Socrate

Simonides

 

Igbo-Ukwu culture could be traced back when ___ dug a pit at the back of his house in a village called Igbo-Ukwu

James Anozie

Isaiah Amaze

Samuel Anozie

Emmanuel Okafor

 

In cowries type of trade, ____ were only use as a means of trading

Bronze

Cowry

Currency

Gold

Silver and Bronze

 

The characteristics features of self reliance include the following except one

Confidence

Originality

Dedication

Patriotism

Creativity

 

One may become a citizen of another country by satisfying the following except one

Naturalization

Registration

Oath

Residence

Marriage

 

The similarities between Nok culture and Yoruba Gelede Mask is

Treatment of eye in form of triangle or capital letter V

The pupil marked with hole

The head

Mouth and bearded

Modeled hair style

 

The formal investigation of Igbo-Ukwu site was undertaken by Prof. Thursday Shaw in ____

1950

1956

1959

1960

1961

 

In Ife culture, striation is referred to as ____

Parallel marking

Body marking

Horizontal marking

Face marking

Head marking

 

Art often serve as people values for expressing thoughts and feelings which manifest their type of _____life

Cultural

Political

Economic

Religion

Social

 

Which of these had no centralized government before the coming of British Colonial administration?

Igbo

Hausa

Yoruba

Fulani

Nupe

 

The system of indirect rule was first accepted in the

West

South

North

East

Middle belt

 

During stone age, the material used for creating jewelry were traded with____

Mediterranean sea

Egypt

India

Sumerian

South Africa

 

One of the problems of self-reliance is

Fundamental values

Competence

Dedication

Nation awareness

Exploitation

 

Barter form of trade is still being practice in one of these countries___

Indonesia

America

Ghana

Nigeria

China

 

The use of currency during the stone age was introduced in ____

3000BC

2000BC

1000BC

5000BC

 

According to Choma Mao self-reliance is _____

Relaying on oneself

Decision by oneself

Distribution of wealth of a country

Regeneration of our own effort

Standing on ones feet

 

Capital letter V is the characteristics feature of___

Igbo-Ukwu culture

Ile-Ife Culture

Akwa-Ukwu culture

Isele-Ukwu culture

Nok culture

 

A business transacted in Sokoto in the Northern part of the county to Illorin in the Kwara state Nigeria is called?

Foreign trade

Home trade

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

 

The exchange of goods for goods in the concept of trade is called_____

Trade

Exchange of goods

Barter

Retail trade

 

All the following were among early empires except one

Kneme Borno Empire

Oyo Empire

Sokoto Kingdom

Benin Kingdom

 

Spiritual leaders of the Oyo people was the

Emir

Ala Afin

Oni of Ife

GwomGwom

 

The tradition of the Tiv people in Benue state of Nigeria is called____?

 

Igbo-Ukwu culture is found in which state of the country?

Enugu

Anambra

Imo

River


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