JAMB Government questions

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1. Question 161· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The treaty that established ECOWAS in 1975 was signed in

   • AAbuja
   • BAccra
   • CLagos
   • DDakar

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2. Question 162· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963 in

   • AAddis Ababa
   • BLagos
   • CAccra
   • DCairo

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3. Question 163· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The OAU's main achievement was

   • Acreating a single currency
   • Bsupport for decolonisation and ending apartheid
   • Cending all wars
   • Dbuilding railways

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4. Question 164· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The Pan-African Parliament is an organ of the

   • AOPEC
   • BECOWAS
   • CCommonwealth
   • DAfrican Union

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5. Question 165· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   ECOWAS was created by the Treaty of

   • AAddis Ababa in 1963
   • BRome in 1957
   • CLagos in 1975
   • DAbuja in 1991

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6. Question 166· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The principal judicial organ of the United Nations is the

   • ASecurity Council
   • BInternational Court of Justice
   • CGeneral Assembly
   • DSecretariat

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7. Question 167· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The symbolic head of the Commonwealth of Nations is the

   • APresident of Nigeria
   • BUN Secretary-General
   • CBritish monarch
   • DPrime Minister of India

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8. Question 168· Nigeria and international organisations· JAMB

   The International Court of Justice is located at

   • AParis
   • BNew York
   • CGeneva
   • DThe Hague

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9. Question 169· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

   Nigeria became a member of the United Nations in

   • A1945
   • B1960
   • C1963
   • D1975

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10. Question 170· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Nigeria's foreign policy is mainly formulated by the

    • Alocal councils
    • BSupreme Court
    • Cstate governors
    • DPresident with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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11. Question 171· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Nigeria played a leading role in Africa's struggle against

    • Athe formation of the UN
    • Bthe creation of ECOWAS
    • Capartheid in South Africa
    • Dindependence of Ghana

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12. Question 172· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Nigeria's foreign policy has consistently opposed

    • Acolonialism and apartheid
    • BAfrican unity
    • Cthe UN
    • DECOWAS

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13. Question 173· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Economic diplomacy as a foreign policy thrust aims to

    • Astop aid
    • Bfight wars
    • Cclose embassies
    • Dattract investment and trade

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14. Question 174· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Nigeria supported the liberation of southern Africa by

    • Asupporting apartheid
    • Bgiving aid to liberation movements and opposing apartheid
    • Csending no aid
    • Djoining colonial powers

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15. Question 175· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    The idea of 'concentric circles' in Nigeria's foreign policy places at the centre

    • AAsia
    • BEurope
    • Cthe United Nations
    • DNigeria's security and its immediate neighbours

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16. Question 176· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Nigeria's leadership role in ECOMOG was mainly to

    • Acontrol world oil prices
    • Bconquer neighbouring countries
    • Crestore peace in West African countries such as Liberia and Sierra Leone
    • Dpromote colonial rule

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17. Question 177· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Foreign policy is

    • Athe budget
    • Bdomestic policy
    • Cthe principles guiding a country's relations with other countries
    • Dlocal government rules

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18. Question 178· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Concentric circles policy in Nigeria's foreign relations places at the centre

    • AEurope
    • BNigeria's own security and neighbours
    • CAsia
    • DAmerica

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19. Question 179· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    Under the Technical Aid Corps scheme, Nigeria

    • Areceives aid from Europe
    • Bsends its professionals to work in other developing countries
    • Ctrains foreign soldiers in Nigeria
    • Dimports technical equipment

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20. Question 180· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

    The centrepiece of Nigeria's foreign policy has been

    • AEurope
    • BAfrica
    • CAsia
    • DLatin America

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