O Level Cameroon GCE quiz on History 2021 part 3

20 Questions

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1:

The colonial rule that make use of Warrant Chiefs in areas where traditional institutions were not firmly established was called


Correct
  • 1:
    Assimilation
  • 2:
    Association
  • 3:
    Paternalism
  • 4:
    Indirect rule
2:

The following Africans countries served as battleground for the allies and the German forces during the first world war except


Correct
  • 1:
    Togo
  • 2:
    Ethiopia
  • 3:
    South west Africa
  • 4:
    Tanganyika
3:

Which of the following African territories was placed under the mandate system of the league of nations after the first world war?


Correct
  • 1:
    Kenya
  • 2:
    Tanganyika
  • 3:
    Southern Rhodesia
  • 4:
    Nyasaland
4:

The African leader whose nation was a member of the league of nations and was conquered in the 1930s but regained his throne in the course of world war II was?


Correct
  • 1:
    King Farouk of Egypt
  • 2:
    Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
  • 3:
    King Mohammed II of Morocco
  • 4:
    Emperor Haile Selassie II of Ethiopia
5:

The immediate blessing of the second world war on Africa between 1945 and 1955 was?


Correct
  • 1:
    Outright independence
  • 2:
    The creation of OAU
  • 3:
    The growth of nationalism
  • 4:
    Neo colonialism
6:

An important internal factor that promoted African nationalism after 1945 was


Correct
  • 1:
    Rise of pressure groups and political parties
  • 2:
    Creation of UNO in 1945
  • 3:
    Promise of independence to Africa by colonial masters
  • 4:
    Formation of west African students’ union
7:

Which group of Africans as a result of the second world war mounted pressure on the colonial powers for the decolonization pf their territories?


Correct
  • 1:
    Missionaries
  • 2:
    Market women
  • 3:
    Western Educated Elites
  • 4:
    Farmers
8:

Identify the Biafran leader whose political activities contributed to the outbreak of a bloody civil war in his country in the 1960s


Correct
  • 1:
    Colonel Ojukwu
  • 2:
    Colonel Effiong
  • 3:
    General Ironsi
  • 4:
    General Gowon
9:

The following Ghanian heads of state headed military regimes. Identify the one who headed both military and civilian regimes


Correct
  • 1:
    Kofi Busa
  • 2:
    J.J Rawlings
  • 3:
    Joseph Ankrah
  • 4:
    Ignatius Acheampong
10:

The pan African organisation that replaced the O.A.U by 2002 was


Correct
  • 1:
    United states of America
  • 2:
    African union
  • 3:
    African community
  • 4:
    Union of African states
11:

Which of the following European countries had not acquired an industrialised economy by 1870?


Correct
  • 1:
    Britain
  • 2:
    Germany
  • 3:
    France
  • 4:
    Portugal
12:

The Bismarckian alliance system of isolating France suffered a setback in 1892 with the formation of


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  • 1:
    The Austro-German dual alliance
  • 2:
    The triple Entente
  • 3:
    The Franco-Russian dual alliance
  • 4:
    The triple alliance
13:

Identify the particular new type of battleship whose contribution in the 1900s sparked-off the naval race between Germany and Britain that contributed to the outbreak of the first world war


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  • 1:
    U-Boats
  • 2:
    Dreadnoughts
  • 3:
    Aircraft carriers
  • 4:
    Gun Boats
14:

44 In which city did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand take place on 28th June 1914 leading to the outbreak of the first world war?


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  • 1:
    Sarajevo
  • 2:
    Belgrade
  • 3:
    Vienna
  • 4:
    Berlin
15:

The European power, who prior to the outbreak of the first world war was at the centre of European diplomacy but suffered defeat during the war and humiliation at the Paris Peace settlement was


Correct
  • 1:
    Austria
  • 2:
    Germany
  • 3:
    Bulgaria
  • 4:
    Turkey
16:

The international agreement which paved the way for the admission of Germany into the league of nations in the 1920s was


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  • 1:
    The treaty of Rapallo
  • 2:
    The Dawes plan
  • 3:
    The Locarno-treaty
  • 4:
    The Briand-Kellogg Pact
17:


The two Japanese cities that were devastated by the dropping of atomic bombs in August 1945, bringing the second world war o an end were


Correct
  • 1:
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • 2:
    Yokohama and Nagasaki
  • 3:
    Tokyo and Hiroshima
  • 4:
    Okinawa and Nagasaki
18:

The European diplomate who served as the first secretary general of the league of nations at its creation in 1919 was


Correct
  • 1:
    Jan Smuts
  • 2:
    Albert Thomas
  • 3:
    Eric Drummond
  • 4:
    Fritz Nansen
19:

Which agency of the united nations organisation is concerned mainly with war against illiteracy and cultural decadence?


Correct
  • 1:
    UNESCO
  • 2:
    FAO
  • 3:
    UNICEF
  • 4:
    WHO
20:

A refugee is all of the following except


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  • 1:
    One who flees his country because of a natural disaster
  • 2:
    Migrant worker seeking for better opportunities in another country
  • 3:
    One who finds refuge in another country because of political persecution
  • 4:
    One who flees his country because of war

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O Level Cameroon GCE quiz on History 2021 part 3