History - Primary 4 - Exams

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

SUBJECT: HISTORY           CLASS: PRIMARY 4

SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTION: Choose the appropriate options to answer each of the following questions

1.) A particular area or part of a state on the earth’s surface is called __________

a.) masked throne        b. region    c. ration      d. reaction

2.) At independence, Nigeria was divided into _______

a.) two                 b. three                c. four                  d. five

3.) The federal district when Nigeria gained independence was ________

a.) Abuja    b. Kebbi     c. Gombe  d. Lagos

4.) In ______, two provinces were spilt to form the mid-western region

a.) 1961               b. 1962                c. 1963                d. 1964

5 & 6. The two provinces that were split was _______ and ________

a.) Lagos, Ibadan                  b. Bayelsa, Rivers        c. Gongola, Nassarawa         d. Benin Delta

7.) The Eastern region mainly consisted of the _________

a.) Hausas b. Yorubas c. Igbos               d. Ijaws

8.) The first Capital of the eastern region was __________

a.) Calabar b. Enugu    c. Anambra d. Ebonyi

9.) The second capital of the eastern region was ________

a.) Calabar b. Enugu    c. Umuahia d. Abakaliki

10.) The capital of the western region was ___________

a.) Lagos             b. Osogbo c. Abeokuta        d. Ibadan

11.) All these tribes were under the Northern region except ________

a.) Gwaris  b. Hausas  c. Fulanis   d. Isokos

12.) In 1967, __________ came to power via coup de’tat 

a.) Gen Yakubu Gowon        b. Gen Ibrahim Babangida    c. Dr Ernest Shonekan d. Major General Aguiyi Ironsi

13.) A total of _____ states were created in 1967

a.) two        b. ten c. twelve    d. fifteen

14.) It was in _______ that the Federal Capital Territory Abuja was formed

a.) 1901               b. 1967                c. 1976                d. 1901

15.) The Federal Capital Territory Abuja was formed from _______ state

a.) Kaduna b. Kano               c. Kastina  d. Niger

16.) A total of ______ states were formed in 1976

a.) three               b. five                  d. seven    d. nine

17-19.) The western region was divided into _______, _________ and _________ states in 1976

a.) Gongola, Bendel and Imo b. Cross river, Delta, Ekiti      c. Ondo, Oyo, Imo        c. Oyo, Ogun, Ondo

20.) Which of the past Head of states appears on the 20 naira note?

a.) Gen Yakubu Gowon        b. Gen Ibrahim Babangida    c. Gen Muritala Muhammed        d. Major General Aguiyi Ironsi

21.) From the North-eastern states, Bauchi, Gongola and _______ was formed

a.) Sokoto  b. Borno     c. Benue    d. Osun

22.) In 1987, _______ extra states were created

a.) two        b. five         c. eight       d. ten

23.) Akwa Ibom was created from ______ state

a.) Benin    b. Jigawa   c. Delta                d. Cross river

24.) On ___________, another nine states were added

a.) 2^nd September 1978         b. 2^nd August 1986       c. 27^th August 1991      d.) 13^th December 1996

25.) Which head of state was in power between the 1987-1991 year period?

a.) Gen Yakubu Gowon        b. Gen Ibrahim Babangida    c. Gen Ibrahim Babangida          d. Gen Sani Abacha

26 & 27.) Bendel state was broken into _________ and _________ states

a.) Benin, Benue          b. Benin, Delta              c. Edo, Delta                 d. Nassarawa, Yobe

28.) By 1991, Nigeria had a total of _________ states

a.) 22 b. 28 c. 30 d. 36

29 & 30.) In 1996, Gen _________ created _________ new states

a.) Ibrahim Babangida, nine  b. Sani Abacha, ten     c. Aguiyi Ironsi, twelve d.) Sani Abacha, six

SECTION B-ESSAY QUESTIONS
INSTRUCTION: Answer only THREE questions in this section

1. State the four early regions in Nigeria and their capitals
2. List the name of four past head of states of Nigeria that created states and the year they created them
3. Write short notes on the following

          i.) region

          ii.) state

4. From which states were the following created from

          i.) Abia

          ii.) Osun

          iii.) Ekiti

          iv.) Bayelsa

          v.) Nassarawa