FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

CLASS: PRIMARY SIX

SUBJECT: HISTORY

NAME: ………………………………………………………

1. The civil rule started in Nigeria in the year (a) 1960 (b) 1963 (c) 1966 (d) 1979
2. Who was the president of Nigeria in the first republic (a) Sir Alhaji Tafawa Balewa (b) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe (c) Chief Obafemi Awolowo (d) Sir Herbert Macaulay
3. The first republic ended in the year (a) 1960 (b) 1963 (c) 1979 (d) 1966
4. The prime minister of Nigeria in the first republic was (a) ) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe (b) Olusegun Obasanjo (c) Ahmadu Bello (d) Sir Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
5. Civil rule simply refers to the _________ (a) civil war (b) civilian authority (c) military units (d) military laws
6. The second republic came into being in __________ and ended in ___________ (a) 1966-1979 (b) 1979-1983 (c)1983-1993 (d) 1979-1993
7. The two major political parties in the third republic were (a)NRC&UPN (b) SDR&NCR (c)NRC&SDP (d) UPN&PRP
8. __________ led the interim national government to the annulment of June 12 election (a) M.K.O Abiola (b) Chief Ernest Shonekan (c) Gen. Sani Abacha (d) Olusegun Obasanjo
9. ________ was referred to as one of the fairest election in Nigeria’s history (a) June 12,1993 (b) August 1983 (c) April 1999 (d) April 2015
10. Who became the executive president of Nigeria in 1979 (a) shehu shagari (b) Obafemi Awolowo (c) Olusegun Obasanjo (d) Musa Yar’ Adua
11. The third republic of Nigeria started in what year (a) 1990 (b) 1989 (c) 1993 (d)1979
12. Who is the man that won the 1993 presidential election (a) Bashir Tofa (b) M.K.O Abiola (c) Ibrahim Babangida (d) Sani Abacha
13. Democracy day in Nigeria is observed on (a) 29th May (b) 1st October (c) 12th June (d)16th January
14. Olusegun Obasanjo won the presidential election in 1999 on the platform of the (a) PDP (b) ANPP (c) AD (d) APC
15. How many periods of military rule have we held in Nigeria since 1960 (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
16. The head of state in Nigeria that had served for the longest number of years is (a) Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo (b) Gen. Sani Abacha (c) Gen. Yakubu Gowon (d) Gen. Ibrahim Babangida
17. Who was the first military head of state in Nigeria (a) Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi (b) Gen. Yakubu Gowon (c) Gen. Murtala Mohammed (d) Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo
18. Military rule in Nigeria began in (a) 1966 (b) 1967 (c) 1968 (d)1979
19. _________ succeeded Aguiyi-Ironsi after the second coup took place (a) Gen. Murtala Mohammed (b) Gen. Yakubu Gowon (c) Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo (d) Gen. Ibrahim Babangida
20. _________ was the last military head of state in Nigeria (a) Gen. Sani Abacha (b) Gen. Muhammad Buhari (c) Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (d) Gen. Ibrahim Babangida

SECTION B : THEORY

Answer all the questions in this section. Each question number is 4 marks.

1a. What period was the first republic in Nigeria?

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b. Mention two people who ruled during the first republic

i. _________________________________

ii. ________________________________

2a. Who was elected president in second republic?

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bi. What ended the second republic? __________________________________________________

bíi. why?____________________________________________________________________________________________________

3a. Who was the winner of the June 12 election? __________________________________________________

bi. The election was annulled by who? __________________________________________________

bii. Who was made the interim Government?__________________________________________________

4a. What is military rule? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. Who was the longest serving military president

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5a. Military rule started in what year and ended when?

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b. Who handed over government to civilian in 1999?

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