JAMB Government 2009 Question 10

Question 10

Nationalism

The participation of Nigerians in the Second World War created in the nationalists the awareness that the

  1. A.Africans were superior
  2. B.Africans were more qualified to rule
  3. C.Europeans were not superior
  4. D.Europeans were less tactful in warfare.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (Europeans were not superior)

Explanation

Fighting beside Europeans, African soldiers saw that they were ordinary people who could be beaten, which destroyed the myth of white superiority.