O level Cameroon GCE quiz 2017 on History Part 1

15 Questions

Quiz Description

In this quiz, we will be seeing the first 15 questions of GCE 2017 on History.
History has always been known to mankind  be the study of  past events. We will see that, Economic, scientific, technical, medical, cultural, intellectual, religious, and military advances all have a role in the course of history.
Professional historians usually specialize on a certain facet of history, a specific time period, a specific historical style, or a specific geographical place.

When non-historians believe that things were better in the past, they often romanticize the past and speak of the "good old days." Others, on the other hand, regard history solely as a chronicle of progress, with everything always becoming better. People of all eras have made great achievements and committed terrible blunders; so processes of historical change cannot be categorized as either simple.

With these quizzes, you will be able to revise in preparation for your upcoming exams, do well to study well.
Good luck

1:

The European Official who was unable to annex Cameroon for his country in the 1880s was___


Correct
  • 1:
    Edward Hewett
  • 2:
    Captain Brooke
  • 3:
    Captain Moore
  • 4:
    William Gladstone
2:

In which Douala township was the German flag not hoisted in July 1884 because its chief refused German annexation?


Correct
  • 1:
    Bell Town
  • 2:
    Akwa Town
  • 3:
    Bonaberi Town
  • 4:
    Diedo Town
3:

The polish national who signed treaties with the natives in the 1880s on behalf of the British was:


Correct
  • 1:
    Captain Brooke
  • 2:
    Consul Hewett
  • 3:
    John Holt
  • 4:
    Rogozinski
4:

The coastal town of Cameroon over which German colonial administration gained full authority after negotiations with English missionaries was___


Correct
  • 1:
    Bimbia
  • 2:
    Rio del Rey
  • 3:
    Hickory town
  • 4:
    Victoria
5:

The most important effect of the Berlin Conference on Cameroon in 1887 was?


Correct
  • 1:
    The Pallotine fathers arrived Cameroon
  • 2:
    The transfer of Victoria to the Germans
  • 3:
    France withdrew from Cameroon
  • 4:
    Germany created inland military stations
6:

The following tribes were subdued by the German colonial administration in the 1890s except___


Correct
  • 1:
    Bakweri
  • 2:
    Bangwa
  • 3:
    Banso
  • 4:
    Bassa
7:

Which of the following was an economic effect of German plantations on Cameroonians?


Correct
  • 1:
    Provision of Health facilities
  • 2:
    Payment of monthly wages
  • 3:
    High birth rate among natives
  • 4:
    Construction of elementary schools
8:

The Cameroonian chief who actively collaborated with the Germans and escaped with them to Spanish Equatorial Guinea in 1916 was ____


Correct
  • 1:
    Chief Atangana
  • 2:
    Fon Galega
  • 3:
    Sultan Njoya
  • 4:
    Chief Asonganyi
9:

Identify the pair of officials who respectively led British and French sections of Cameroon immediately after the partition of 1916


Correct
  • 1:
    Dobell and marchand
  • 2:
    Bruno and Arnette
  • 3:
    Dobell and Aymerich
  • 4:
    gaston Ruxon and Henri Carde
10:

Question 10 is based on the following events numbered 1-4 which occurred between 1916 and 1922:

1. Battle of Yaounde
2. Simon-Milner Agreement
3. Establishment of League of Nations Mandate
3. Oliphant-Picot Agreement

In which chronological order, beginning with the earliest, did these events occur?



Correct
  • 1:
    1, 2,3,4
  • 2:
    1,3,4,2
  • 3:
    1,4,2,3
  • 4:
    2,3,4,1
11:

The following were reasons for the introduction of policy of Indirect Rule in British Southern Cameroons after 1922 except____


Correct
  • 1:
    to ease the task of administration
  • 2:
    to reduce the cost of administration
  • 3:
    to preserve the indigenous culture
  • 4:
    to prepare the indigenes towards self government
12:

All the following traditional rulers were appointed native Authorities by the British during the mandate period to maintain law and order within their local areas except____


Correct
  • 1:
    Chief Gustav Endeley of Buea
  • 2:
    Chief Asonganyi of Fontem
  • 3:
    Chief Ebanja of Mukonje
  • 4:
    Chief galega 1 of bali
13:

The traditional rulers who was dismissed (dethroned) and imprisoned by French during the Mandate period and later died in 1933 was___


Correct
  • 1:
    Chief of Betoke Akwa
  • 2:
    Sultan Ibrahim Njoya
  • 3:
    Charles Atangana
  • 4:
    Karnou
14:

All the following nationalists were active members of the Cameroon Youth League founded in 1940 except____


Correct
  • 1:
    N.N. Mbile
  • 2:
    E.M.L Endeley
  • 3:
    P.M. Kale
  • 4:
    J.N. Foncha
15:

Question 15 is based on this statement made by a prominent  Southern Cameroon traditional ruler during the mamfe conference of 1959. 

''We ran away from Emdeley because he wanted to take us to Nigeria ....... If Mr Foncha wants to take us to French Cameroon, we shall also run away from him. For me, French Cameroon is fire while Nigeria is water which quenches thirst''

The traditional ruler referred to above was _____


Correct
  • 1:
    Fon Achirimbi of Bafut
  • 2:
    Chief manga Williams of Victoria
  • 3:
    Fon Galega ii of Bali
  • 4:
    Chief Mukete of Kumba

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