JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions: Islam in West Africa and Nigeria

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1. Question 1· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

   The capital of the Sokoto Caliphate was

   • AKano
   • BSokoto
   • CKukawa
   • DZaria

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2. Question 2· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

   Timbuktu was a famous centre of Islamic learning centred on the

   • AGreat Mosque of Kano
   • Bal-Azhar mosque
   • CSankore mosque
   • DQarawiyyin mosque

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3. Question 3· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

   Islam spread in Yorubaland mainly through

   • APortuguese sailors
   • Bthe British
   • Ctraders and scholars
   • Dthe Benin army

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4. Question 4· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

   A major contribution of the Sokoto jihad was

   • Athe end of Islam in Hausaland
   • Bthe spread of Islamic education and unified administration
   • Cthe introduction of Christianity
   • Dthe founding of Lagos

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5. Question 5· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

   The book 'Ihya al-Sunnah wa Ikhmad al-Bid'ah' was written by

   • AMuhammad Bello
   • BUthman dan Fodio
   • Cal-Maghili
   • DNana Asma'u

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6. Question 6· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

   The Tablighi and Izala movements in Nigeria are examples of

   • Apolitical parties
   • BIslamic reform and preaching groups
   • CSufi orders founded in Morocco
   • Dtrade unions

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7. Question 7· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

   Askia Muhammad of Songhai promoted Islam by

   • Abanning mosques
   • Bsupporting scholars and the university of Sankore
   • Cexpelling Muslims
   • Dadopting traditional religion

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8. Question 8· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

   The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria is headed by the

   • AEmir of Kano
   • BSultan of Sokoto
   • CShehu of Borno
   • DChief Imam of Lagos

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9. Question 9· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

   The first Hausa ruler of Kano said to have accepted Islam, in the fourteenth century, was

   • AIdris Alooma
   • BMuhammad Rumfa
   • CUsman dan Fodio
   • DAli Yaji

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10. Question 10· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    Islam first reached West Africa mainly through

    • Atrans-Saharan traders
    • BPortuguese sailors
    • CBritish colonialists
    • DChristian missionaries

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11. Question 11· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    Askia Muhammad of Songhai made his pilgrimage to Makkah in

    • A1804
    • B1324
    • C1496–1497
    • D1591

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12. Question 12· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    Islam spread into Yorubaland mainly through

    • APortuguese sailors
    • Btraders and clerics, with influence from the north
    • Ccolonial schools
    • DEuropean missionaries

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13. Question 13· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

    Al-Maghili, a North African scholar, advised

    • AMuhammad Rumfa of Kano and Askia Muhammad on Islamic government
    • Bthe British
    • CMansa Musa only
    • DUsman dan Fodio directly

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14. Question 14· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    Timbuktu became famous in the 15th and 16th centuries as

    • Aa slave fort
    • Ba Christian mission
    • Ca centre of Islamic learning and trade
    • Da European port

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15. Question 15· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    The Sokoto Jihad was led by

    • AShehu Usman dan Fodio
    • BMuhammad Bello
    • CEl-Kanemi
    • DSeku Ahmadu

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16. Question 16· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    The Sokoto Jihad began in

    • A1700
    • B1904
    • C1804
    • D1850

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17. Question 17· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

    Western-style schools combining Islamic and secular subjects were pioneered in Lagos by

    • Athe CMS
    • Bthe Ansar-Ud-Deen Society
    • Cthe Methodist mission
    • Dthe British army

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18. Question 18· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· WAEC

    Muhammad Bello was the son of

    • AAbdullahi
    • BAl-Kanemi
    • CUsman dan Fodio
    • DSeku Ahmadu

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19. Question 19· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

    Nana Asma'u, daughter of Uthman dan Fodio, is remembered for

    • Aeducating women through the 'Yan Taru movement
    • Bleading the army at Alkalawa
    • Cfounding the city of Kano
    • Druling Borno

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20. Question 20· Islam in West Africa and Nigeria· JAMB

    The Almoravids influenced West African Islam from their base in

    • APersia
    • BEgypt
    • CArabia
    • DMorocco and Mauritania

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