WASSCE Government · Paper 1 style

Nigeria

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Nigeria became independent on

A1 October 1960
B6 March 1957
C1 October 1963
D27 April 1961

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Answer: A

Nigeria: 1 October 1960.

Trap B Confuses Ghanaian constitutional history: Burns 1946: African unofficial majority in Legislative Council. Coussey 1951: led to Nkrumah as Leader of Government Business. 1957 independence; 1960 republic (Nkrumah president); 1992 Fourth Republic.

Trap C Picks a neighbouring date: Learn key dates as a timeline with the event attached (1957 Ghana independence; 1960 republic; 1963 OAU). Check the event, not just a familiar year.

Trap D Picks the wrong country or place: Learn the place with its distinguishing fact (OPEC HQ: Vienna; founded in Baghdad). Read whether the stem asks where something began or where it is now.

Traps in Nigeria

Confuses Ghanaian constitutional history
Burns 1946: African unofficial majority in Legislative Council. Coussey 1951: led to Nkrumah as Leader of Government Business. 1957 independence; 1960 republic (Nkrumah president); 1992 Fourth Republic.
Picks a neighbouring date
Learn key dates as a timeline with the event attached (1957 Ghana independence; 1960 republic; 1963 OAU). Check the event, not just a familiar year.
Picks the wrong country or place
Learn the place with its distinguishing fact (OPEC HQ: Vienna; founded in Baghdad). Read whether the stem asks where something began or where it is now.
Gives only one part of the concept
Recall the full definition and check the option covers it, not just one component.
Confuses Nigerian constitutional history
Clifford 1922: elective principle (Lagos, Calabar). Richards 1946: regionalism. Macpherson 1951: wider consultation, central council of ministers. Lyttleton 1954: true federalism. 1960: independence; 1963: republic.

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