 - 1. Nigeria, located in West Africa, is the most populous country on the continent, boasting a rich tapestry of cultures, languages, and traditions. With over 200 million people, Nigeria is home to more than 250 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo. The country is characterized by its diverse landscapes, ranging from the coastal mangroves of the Niger Delta to the arid plains in the north, and the lush forests in the south. Nigeria's economy is one of the largest in Africa, primarily driven by oil exports, which account for a significant portion of its revenue. However, the country also has a vibrant agricultural sector, producing staple crops such as cassava, yams, and cocoa. Nigeria is known for its dynamic music and film industries, contributing significantly to global pop culture through its Nollywood films and Afrobeat music genre, pioneered by artists like Fela Kuti. Despite its wealth of resources, Nigeria faces challenges such as political instability, economic disparity, and infrastructural deficits. Yet, it remains a country of resilience and innovation, with a youthful population that drives a burgeoning tech scene, particularly in cities like Lagos and Abuja. Nigeria's rich history, cultural heritage, and economic potential make it a pivotal player in both regional and global contexts.
What is the capital city of Nigeria?
A) Lagos
B) Abuja
C) Kano
D) Port Harcourt
- 2. Which of the following is the official language of Nigeria?
A) Hausa
B) Yoruba
C) English
D) Igbo
- 3. What is the currency used in Nigeria?
A) Pound
B) Naira
C) Dollar
D) Euro
- 4. Who was the first President of Nigeria?
A) Goodluck Jonathan
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Muhammadu Buhari
D) Olusegun Obasanjo
- 5. Which Nigerian musician is known as the 'African Giant'?
A) Burna Boy
B) Tiwa Savage
C) Davido
D) Wizkid
- 6. In what year did Nigeria gain independence from British colonial rule?
A) 1950
B) 1970
C) 1960
D) 1980
- 7. What is the most populous city in Nigeria?
A) Abuja
B) Kano
C) Lagos
D) Ibadan
- 8. Which Nigerian author wrote the novel 'Things Fall Apart'?
A) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B) Chinua Achebe
C) Buchi Emecheta
D) Wole Soyinka
- 9. What is the nickname of the Nigerian national football team?
A) Black Stars
B) Lions of Africa
C) Indomitable Lions
D) Super Eagles
- 10. What is the largest ethnic group in Nigeria?
A) Fulani
B) Yoruba
C) Igbo
D) Hausa
- 11. What is the Nigerian dish made of ground cassava and served with a spicy stew?
A) Jollof Rice
B) Fufu
C) Suya
D) Pounded Yam
- 12. Which Nigerian actress won an Academy Award (Oscar) in 2014?
A) Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
B) Genevieve Nnaji
C) Lupita Nyong'o
D) Funke Akindele
- 13. Which Nigerian singer released the hit song 'Fall'?
A) Tiwa Savage
B) Wizkid
C) Davido
D) Burna Boy
- 14. What is the name of the river that forms a natural boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon?
A) Chad River
B) Niger River
C) Benue River
D) Cross River
- 15. Which famous Nigerian writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986?
A) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B) Chinua Achebe
C) Wole Soyinka
D) Buchi Emecheta
- 16. What is the name of the Nigerian traditional attire worn by men?
A) Buba and Sokoto
B) Agbada
C) Aso Oke
D) Gele
- 17. Which Nigerian city is known as the 'Garden City'?
A) Lagos
B) Kano
C) Port Harcourt
D) Ibadan
- 18. Which Nigerian musician collaborated with Beyoncé on the song 'Brown Skin Girl'?
A) Burna Boy
B) Wizkid
C) Tiwa Savage
D) Davido
- 19. What is the name of the famous Nigerian percussion instrument usually played during ceremonies?
A) Shekere
B) Talking Drum
C) Kalimba
D) Udu Drum
- 20. What is the Nigerian traditional wrestling sport called?
A) Judo
B) Sumo
C) Taekwondo
D) Dambe
- 21. Which Nigerian city is known for its ancient walls and gates?
A) Abuja
B) Kano
C) Ibadan
D) Lagos
- 22. Who is the current President of Nigeria?
A) Muhammadu Buhari
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Goodluck Jonathan
D) Olusegun Obasanjo
- 23. Which of the following is a popular Nigerian dish?
A) Poutine
B) Biryani
C) Jollof Rice
D) Sushi
- 24. Nigeria is located in which continent?
A) Asia
B) North America
C) Africa
D) Europe
- 25. The Nigerian film industry is commonly referred to as?
A) Lollywood
B) Hollywood
C) Bollywood
D) Nollywood
- 26. In which year did Nigeria become a republic?
A) 1970
B) 1963
C) 1995
D) 1980
- 27. Who is the first female finance minister of Nigeria?
A) Kemi Adeosun
B) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
C) Zainab Ahmed
D) Nenadi Usman
- 28. What is the name of the highest mountain in Nigeria?
A) Sukur Hill
B) Mount Cameroon
C) Chappal Waddi
D) Mount Nimba
- 29. What is the official name of Nigeria?
A) Nigerian Federation
B) West African Federal State
C) Republic of West Africa
D) Federal Republic of Nigeria
- 30. Where is Nigeria located in relation to the Atlantic Ocean?
A) South, along the Gulf of Guinea
B) North
C) East
D) West
- 31. What is the total number of states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory?
A) 20 states
B) 30 states
C) 40 states
D) 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
- 32. Which culture marks one of the earliest known civilizations in Nigeria around 1500 BC?
A) Nok culture
B) Sokoto Caliphate
C) Hausa Kingdoms
D) Oyo Empire
- 33. What was the name of the conflict that took place in Nigeria between 1967 and 1970?
A) Civil War
B) Fula Jihad
C) Nigerian Revolution
D) World War II
- 34. How many ethnic groups are there in Nigeria?
A) 500
B) 100
C) 50
D) More than 250
- 35. Which of these ethnic groups constitutes over 60% of Nigeria's population along with the Hausa and Yoruba?
A) Igbo
B) Fulani
C) Ewe
D) Tiv
- 36. Which part of Nigeria is predominantly inhabited by Muslims?
A) East
B) South
C) West
D) North
- 37. Which international organization is Nigeria a founding member of?
A) ASEAN
B) African Union
C) European Union
D) NAFTA
- 38. In terms of GDP by PPP, where does Nigeria rank globally?
A) 30th-largest
B) 19th-largest
C) 10th-largest
D) 50th-largest
- 39. Which group includes Nigeria as a member alongside Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey?
A) MINT group
B) BRICS
C) OECD
D) G7
- 40. Who coined the name 'Nigeria'?
A) A Nigerian king.
B) A Tuareg leader.
C) An explorer from the Royal Niger Company.
D) Flora Shaw, a British journalist.
- 41. Who was appointed as military head of state after the failed coup attempt in February 1976?
A) General Olusegun Obasanjo
B) General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
C) General Theophilus Danjuma
D) General Murtala Muhammed
- 42. Who succeeded Umaru Yar'Adua after his death in 2010?
A) Bola Ahmed Tinubu
B) Goodluck Jonathan
C) Muhammadu Buhari
D) Atiku Abubakar
- 43. What unique primate is found in the wild only in Nigeria's Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests and Cameroon?
A) Orangutan
B) Drill primate
C) Chimpanzee
D) Gorilla
- 44. Which empire was a major center for Islamic civilization in Nigeria?
A) The Yoruba kingdoms.
B) The Hausa city-states.
C) The Kingdom of Nri.
D) The Kanem–Bornu Empire.
- 45. What type of climate characterizes the far south of Nigeria?
A) Mediterranean climate
B) Tropical rainforest climate
C) Temperate climate
D) Desert climate
- 46. Which river is the main tributary of the Niger in Nigeria?
A) The Benue
B) The Nile
C) The Zambezi
D) The Congo
- 47. What major event marked Goodluck Jonathan's tenure related to terrorism?
A) The Kaduna massacre
B) The Lagos ferry disaster
C) The Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in 2014
D) The Abuja bombing
- 48. When did the Kano Chronicle date the history of the Hausa city-state of Kano?
A) After the British colonization.
B) During the Roman Empire.
C) Around 999 AD.
D) In the 5th century BC.
- 49. Who was the presidential candidate from the Social Democratic Party in the 1993 election?
A) Moshood Abiola
B) Bashir Tofa
C) Sani Abacha
D) Ernest Shonekan
- 50. What significant wetlands are associated with the Komadugu Yobe river system?
A) Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
B) Mandara Mountains wetlands
C) Niger Delta wetlands
D) Sambisa swamps
- 51. How long is Nigeria's coastline at least?
A) 853 km (530 mi)
B) 500 km (310 mi)
C) 1500 km (930 mi)
D) 1000 km (620 mi)
- 52. Which city did the forces of Ibadan checkmate at during their southern advance?
A) Lagos
B) Osogbo
C) Kano
D) Sokoto
- 53. What was one of the proposed names for Nigeria before it was named 'Nigeria'?
A) Iron Age Empire.
B) Royal Niger Company Territories.
C) West African Federation.
D) New Sudan.
- 54. Which party did Muhammadu Buhari represent in the 2015 presidential election?
A) Congress for Progressive Change
B) People's Democratic Party (PDP)
C) Action Congress of Nigeria
D) All Progressives Congress (APC)
- 55. Which European power sought to intercept illegal slave traders at sea?
A) Portugal
B) France
C) Britain
D) Spain
- 56. In which year did the military coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari occur?
A) 1985
B) 1993
C) 1983
D) 1984
- 57. Which Yoruba kingdom became prominent in the 12th century?
A) Zazzau.
B) Oyo.
C) Kano.
D) Ife.
- 58. Which region was nicknamed 'the Wild-Wild West' due to its chaotic era?
A) Northern Region
B) Central Region
C) Western Region
D) Eastern Region
- 59. Who declared the Eastern Region independent as the Republic of Biafra in May 1967?
A) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
B) Yakubu Gowon
C) Lt. Colonel Emeka Ojukwu
D) Ahmadu Bello
- 60. When did northern Nigeria officially outlaw slavery?
A) 1903
B) 1960
C) 1936
D) 1954
- 61. What has replaced much of the forest between the Niger and Cross Rivers due to development?
A) Grassland
B) Urban areas
C) Desert
D) Wetlands
- 62. Who became the military head of state after the counter-coup in 1966?
A) Murtala Muhammed
B) Emmanuel Ifeajuna
C) Yakubu Gowon
D) Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
- 63. Which region was known as the Slave Coast during early European contact?
A) Bonny Island
B) Calabar
C) Lagos
D) Badagry
- 64. Who led a successful jihad against the Hausa Kingdoms in the early 19th century?
A) Usman dan Fodio
B) Shehu Usuman
C) Abubakar Atiku
D) Muhammad Bello
- 65. Who overthrew Major General Muhammadu Buhari in the 1985 coup d'état?
A) Ibrahim Babangida
B) Sani Abacha
C) Ernest Shonekan
D) Olusegun Obasanjo
- 66. Which British general was tasked with moving north into the Sokoto Caliphate?
A) Sir George Taubman Goldie
B) Lord Frederick Lugard
C) General Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) General Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- 67. What was the name of the bureau established by Ibrahim Babangida in 1986 for transitioning to the Third Nigerian Republic?
A) Republic Planning Council
B) Federal Transition Committee
C) National Electoral Commission
D) Nigerian Political Bureau
- 68. Who was assassinated during Colonel Buka Suka Dimka's coup attempt in February 1976?
A) General Olusegun Obasanjo
B) General Theophilus Danjuma
C) General Yakubu Gowon
D) General Murtala Muhammed
- 69. Who was sworn in as the first President of Nigeria after the military planned the return to civilian rule?
A) Olusegun Obasanjo
B) Ibrahim Babangida
C) Muhammadu Buhari
D) Alhaji Shehu Shagari
- 70. Who gained more seats in parliament than the Eastern and Western regions combined at Nigeria's independence?
A) The Central Region
B) The Western Region
C) The Northern Region
D) The Eastern Region
- 71. How long was Nigeria under a period of short-lived democracies, civil war, and military dictatorship before the Fourth Nigerian Republic?
A) 50 years
B) 39 years
C) 25 years
D) 30 years
- 72. Who condemned the 2007 Nigerian elections as seriously flawed?
A) The United Nations
B) The African Union
C) The international community
D) The European Union
- 73. What was the official language of the Sokoto Caliphate?
A) Arabic
B) Hausa
C) Fulani
D) Yoruba
- 74. What was a significant aspect of Muhammadu Buhari's 2015 campaign?
A) His image as a staunch anti-corruption fighter
B) Prioritizing infrastructure development
C) Focusing on education reform
D) Promising to improve healthcare
- 75. What rank does Nigeria hold in terms of total area size worldwide?
A) 50th-largest country
B) 32nd-largest country
C) 10th-largest country
D) 5th-largest country
- 76. Which savannah zone in Nigeria consists of patches of grass and sand, found in the northeast?
A) Mangrove swamps
B) Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
C) Sudan savannah
D) Sahel savannah
- 77. Which of the following is not a bordering country of Nigeria?
A) Benin
B) Cameroon
C) Niger
D) Ghana
- 78. What was the symbolic position retained by the British after abolishing the caliphate?
A) Chief
B) Emir
C) King
D) Sultan
- 79. In what year did General Abdulsalami Abubakar adopt a new constitution providing for multiparty elections?
A) 2000
B) 1985
C) 1999
D) 1993
- 80. What was unique about the 2023 presidential election candidates?
A) The election was postponed due to security concerns
B) It was the first time women could vote
C) No former military ruler ran for president
D) All candidates were from the same party
- 81. Which European country was the first to begin important direct trade with southern Nigeria?
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Britain
D) France
- 82. What year was the Atlantic slave trade outlawed by European powers?
A) 1820
B) 1807
C) 1750
D) 1850
- 83. What significant transition occurred in the Niger River valley without intermediate bronze production?
A) From hunter-gatherer societies to farming communities.
B) The transition from Neolithic times to the Iron Age.
C) From agriculture to pastoralism.
D) From stone tools to copper tools.
- 84. Which plateau is the highest in Nigeria?
A) Obudu Plateau
B) Adamawa Plateau
C) Jos Plateau
D) Mambilla Plateau
- 85. Who became the first African bishop of the Anglican Church in 1864?
A) Samuel Ajayi Crowther
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- 86. What major trade marked the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade in Nigeria?
A) Inland trade with neighboring African states
B) Trade in gold and spices
C) Trade in ivory and timber
D) Coastal trade with Europeans
- 87. Who ruled the Kingdom of Nri?
A) The Eze Nri.
B) A military general.
C) A British governor.
D) A council of elders.
- 88. What system of government did Nigeria retain after gaining independence?
A) Monarchical system
B) Communist system
C) Presidential system
D) Westminster system
- 89. Who was accused of attempting to overthrow the government and subsequently convicted?
A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Ahmadu Bello
D) Samuel Akintola
- 90. When did ironworking begin in the Kainji Dam area?
A) By the 2nd century BC.
B) During the Roman Empire.
C) After European colonization.
D) In the 5th century AD.
- 91. In what year did Britain bombard Lagos, leading to a change in leadership?
A) 1851
B) 1885
C) 1861
D) 1903
- 92. Which ethnic group was dominant in the western region of Nigeria?
A) Yoruba
B) Igbo
C) Hausa
D) Fulani
- 93. Which organization did Nigeria join during the oil boom of the 1970s?
A) NATO
B) OPEC
C) EU
D) African Union
- 94. What is significant about Igbo-Ukwu in West African history?
A) It was the capital of the Kanem–Bornu Empire.
B) It produced the oldest bronzes made using the lost wax process.
C) It was the first city to adopt Islam.
D) It was a major center for iron smelting.
- 95. Who was Nigeria's Prime Minister at the time of independence?
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) Ahmadu Bello
- 96. Who won the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria?
A) Peter Obi
B) Bola Tinubu
C) Atiku Abubakar
D) Rabiu Kwankwaso
- 97. What percentage of Nigeria does the Niger catchment area cover?
A) 80%
B) 63%
C) 75%
D) 50%
- 98. Who was the Senate President that handed over government control to the Army after the first coup?
A) Ahmadu Bello
B) Nwafor Orizu
C) Emeka Ojukwu
D) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- 99. What was the name of the operation launched by the military triumvirate to fire officials from the civil service?
A) Operation Deadwood
B) Operation Restore Order
C) Operation Clean Sweep
D) Operation Iron Fist
- 100. Which British monarch was the nominal head of state at Nigerian independence?
A) Elizabeth II
B) Edward VIII
C) Victoria
D) George VI
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