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