Here are the 50 likely questions on Gst
## Geography and General Knowledge
1. What is the approximate land area of Nigeria?
A. 1,200,000 km²
B. 923,768 km²
Answer: B. 923,768 km²
2. Which country bounds Nigeria to the west?
A. Ghana
B. Benin Republic
Answer: B. Benin Republic
3. Which direction does Nigeria share a border with Cameroon?
A. South
B. East
Answer: B. East
4. Through which state does the River Niger enter Nigeria?
A. Kogi State
B. Niger State
Answer: C. Niger State
5. Where do the Rivers Niger and Benue converge?
A. Onitsha
B. Lokoja
Answer: B. Lokoja
6. How many geopolitical zones does Nigeria have?
A. 4
B. 6
Answer: B. 6
7. What is the highest mountain in Nigeria?
A. Idanre Hills
B. Chappal Waddi
Answer: B. Chappal Waddi
8. Where is Nigeria located in Africa?
A. East Africa
B. West Africa
Answer: B. West Africa
9. Between which latitudes does Nigeria lie?
A. 5°N and 13°N
B. 4°N and 14°N
Answer: B. 4°N and 14°N
10. Who coined the name "Nigeria"?
A. Lord Lugard
B. Flora Shaw
Answer: B. Flora Shaw
## History
11. When did the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria take place?
A. 1900
B. 1914
Answer: B. 1914
12. Who carried out the amalgamation?
A. Hugh Clifford
B. Lord Lugard
Answer: B. Lord Lugard
13. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884/85?
A. Abolish slave trade
B. Partition Africa
Answer: B. Partition Africa
14. When was the Royal Niger Company chartered?
A. 1879
B. 1886
Answer: B. 1886
15. When did Nigeria gain independence?
A. 1957
B. 1960
Answer: B. 1960
## Culture and Politics
16. How many ethnic groups does Nigeria have?
A. 150
B. 250
Answer: B. 250
17. Which is NOT a major ethnic group in Nigeria?
A. Hausa
B. Tiv
Answer: B. Tiv
18. Where are the Kanuri people found?
A. Edo
B. Borno
Answer: B. Borno
19. What are the Fulani traditionally known as?
A. Farmers
B. Pastoralists
Answer: B. Pastoralists
20. Where are the Tiv predominantly located?
A. Benue
B. Kano
Answer: A. Benue
## Constitutional Development
21. What is an aspect of tangible culture?
A. Values
B. Clothing
Answer: B. Clothing
22. What is an aspect of intangible culture?
A. Sculpture
B. Music
Answer: B. Music
23. What is culture best described as?
A. A way of life of a people
B. The legal system
Answer: A. A way of life of a people
24. Who headed the Oyo Empire?
A. Oba
B. Alaafin
Answer: B. Alaafin
25. Who checked the Alaafin of Oyo?
A. Ogboni
B. Oyo Mesi
Answer: B. Oyo Mesi
## Political Parties and Nationalism
26. What was the Igbo political system described as?
A. Monarchical
B. Acephalous
Answer: B. Acephalous
27. Where was the Emirate system of government predominant?
A. East
B. North
Answer: B. North
28. Who founded the Sokoto Caliphate?
A. Ahmadu Bello
B. Usman dan Fodio
Answer: B. Usman dan Fodio
29. What role did the Ogboni society play in Yoruba land?
A. Economic role
B. Judicial role
Answer: B. Judicial role
30. Who introduced indirect rule in Nigeria?
A. Clifford
B. Lugard
Answer: B. Lugard
## Military and Civil War
31. Where was indirect rule most successful?
A. East
B. North
Answer: B. North
32. Where was indirect rule resisted?
A. Kano
B. Igbo land
Answer: B. Igbo land
33. When was the Clifford Constitution introduced?
A. 1914
B. 1922
Answer: B.
