JAMB and WAEC Government questions: Nigeria's foreign policy

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1. Question 21· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

   The centrepiece of Nigeria's foreign policy has been

   • AEurope
   • BAfrica
   • CAsia
   • DLatin America

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2. Question 22· Nigeria's foreign policy· WAEC

   Nigeria's financial and diplomatic support for Angola and Zimbabwe before their independence showed her commitment to

   • AOPEC price control
   • BEuropean unity
   • Cmilitary expansion
   • Ddecolonisation in Africa

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3. Question 23· Nigeria's foreign policy· WAEC

   The Technical Aid Corps scheme sends

   • Atraders to Asia
   • Bsoldiers to fight abroad
   • Cstudents to Europe
   • DNigerian professionals to work in other developing countries

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4. Question 24· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

   Economic diplomacy in Nigeria's foreign policy aims to

   • Aspread religion
   • Bfight wars
   • Cattract investment and promote trade
   • Dstop all foreign trade

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5. Question 25· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

   In 1961, Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with France in protest against

   • AFrench atomic tests in the Sahara
   • Bthe creation of ECOWAS
   • Cthe Nigerian civil war
   • Dapartheid

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6. Question 26· Nigeria's foreign policy· WAEC

   The Technical Aid Corps, set up by Nigeria in 1987, sends

   • Astudents to study in Europe
   • Bsoldiers on peacekeeping
   • CNigerian professionals to serve in other developing countries
   • Ddiplomats to the United Nations

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7. Question 27· Nigeria's foreign policy· WAEC

   The main objective of Nigeria's foreign policy since independence has been to

   • Acolonise other countries
   • Bprotect her national interest
   • Cisolate herself from Africa
   • Djoin only European alliances

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8. Question 28· Nigeria's foreign policy· WAEC

   The centrepiece of Nigeria's foreign policy is

   • AEurope
   • BAsia
   • CAfrica
   • Dthe Americas

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9. Question 29· Nigeria's foreign policy· JAMB

   Nigeria's foreign policy principle of non-alignment means

   • Atrading only with Africa
   • Bhaving no foreign relations
   • Cjoining all military alliances
   • Dnot joining either of the major power blocs

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