NIGERIA NAVY

PAST QUESTIONS
Q. When is the date of establishment of the Nigeria Navy?
A: 1956

Q. WHAT IS THE MISSION STATEMENT OF

THE NIGERIAN NAVY?
A: TO DEPLOY A NAVAL FORCE THAT IS
WELL TRAINED, ORGANISED AND HIGHLY
MOTIVATED TO DISCHARGE ITS
CONSTITUTIONAL ROLES
PROFESSIONALLY AND EFFICIENTLY FOR
THE DEFENCE OF NIGERIA IN ENSURING
HER ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

Q. WHO IS THE CURRENT CHIEF OF NAVY

STAFF?
A: VICE ADMIRAL, IBOK ETE EKWE IBAS

Q. WHAT IS THE MOTTO OF THE NIGERIA

NAVY?
A: ONWARD TOGETHER
Q.THE PRESENT CHIEF OF DEFENCE
STAFF IS?
A: MAJOR GEN. ABAYOMI GABRIEL
OLONISAKIN

Q. HOW MANY CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF

HAS NIGERIA NAVY GOTTEN SINCE
INCEPTION TILL TODAY?
A: 21

Q. WHAT IS DOES THE ABBREVIATION

NNDF STAND FOR?
A: NIGERIA NAVY DEFENCE FORCE

Q. WHO IS THE CURRENT SENATE

PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA?
A: SEN. BUKOLA SARAKI

Q. WHEN DID NIGERIA GOT HER

INDEPENDEENCE?
A: 1 OCTOBER 1960
 Q. WHEN DID NIGERIA BECOME A
REPUBLIC?
A: 1 OCTOBER 1963

Q. WHAT IS THE FULL MEANING OF NDA?

A: NIGERIA DEFENCE ACADEMY

Q. WHAT YEAR DID NIGERIA CIVIL WAY

STARTED AND ENDED?
A: STARTED 1967 AND ENDED 15TH JAN.
1970

Q. WHO WAS THE FIRST COLONIAL

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF NIGERIA?
A: LORD LUGARD

Q WHICH YEAR WAS NIGERIA FLAG

DESIGNED AND WHO DESIGNED IT ?
A: NIGERIA FLAG WAS DESIGNED BY MR.
TAIWO AKINKUMI IN 1959
Q WHO IS THE CURRENT SPEAKER OF
NIGERIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE?
A: YAKUBU DOGARA

Q WHAT IS THE CURRENT POPULATION

OF NIGERIA?
A: 183 MILLION

Q. THE LAST COLONIAL GOVERNOR

GENERAL OF NIGERIA IS?
A: JAMES ROBERTSON

Q. WHO WAS THE FIRST MILITARY

PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA ?
A: IBRAHIM BABANGIDA

Q. WHAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT DO

NIGERIA PRACTICE?
A: FEDERALISM
 Q. THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
PROTECTORATE WAS AMALGAMATED
IN?

A: 1914

Q. WHO IS THE FIRST NIGERIA AIRFORCE

FEMALE PILOT?
A: CADET BLESSING LIMAN

Q. WHO WAS THE FIRST EXECUTIVE

PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA?
A: SHEHU SHAGARI

Q. WHAT YEAR DID THE FIRST WORLD

WAR 1 STARTED AND ENDED?
A: 1914-1918

Q. WHAT YEAR DID THE FIRST MILITARY

COUP DETAT TOOK PLACE IN NIGERIA?
A: 1966
Q. WHAT IS THE VISION OF THE NIGERIA
NAVY?
A: TO DEVELOP A CREDIBLE NAVAL
POWER IN FULFILLMENT OF THE
NIGERIAN NAVY’S CONSTITUTIONAL
ROLES TOWARDS ENHANCING NATIONAL
PROSPERITY AND SECURITY
Q1: Which of the following is the core duty of the Nigeria Navy?
(a) Persecuting of offenders
(b) Enforcing the law
(c) Insurance of Nigerian safety
(d) Deporting of foreigners
Answer: C

Q2: The NN was brought out of the Nigerian police force (NPF) in
(a) 1946
(b) 1956
(c) 1958
(d) 1964
Answer: C

Q3: The NN was formally established by the act of parliament

(a) 1963
(b) 1957
(c) 1964
(d) 1976
Answer: A

Q4: The first African country to introduce e-passport was

(a) South Africa
(b) Ghana
(c) Liberia
(d) Nigeria
Answer: D
Q5: How many comptrollers general has the NN gotten since the inception
till
date?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 8
(d) 15
Answer: B

Q6: The present chief of staff of NN is

(a) Umar Dahiru
(b) Uhuru Kayidee
(c) Boniface Cosmas
(d) Usman Jibrin
Answer: D

Q7: The first secretary General of common wealth was

(a) George Washington
(b) Tulma Goldie
(c) Arnold smith
(d) Joseph Garba
Answer: C

Q8: Lagos became a crown colony in

(a) 1862
(b) 1861
(c) 1841
(d) 1886
Answer: A

Q9: The first war 1 was between

(a) 1911-1914
(b) 1914-1916
(c) 1916-1918
(d) 1914-1918
Answer: D

Q10: The western and eastern Nigeria became self governed in

(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1957
(d) 1956
Answer: C
Q11: The first head of government of Nigeria was
(a) Yakubu Gowon
(b) Aguiyi Ironsi
(c) Tafawa Balewa
(d) Nnamdi Azikiwe
Answer: C

Q12: The first militant president of Nigeria was

(a) Sanni Abacha
(b) Ibrahim Babangida
(c) Aguiyi Ironsi
(d) Yakubu Gowon
Answer: B

Q13: Nigeria became a republic in

(a) 1963
(b) 1960
(c) 1976
(d) 1961
Answer: A

Q14: The Northern and Southern protectorate was amalgamated in

(a) 1914
(b) 1919
(c) 1921
(d) 1900
Answer: A

Q15: The first Executive president was

(a) Nnamdi Azikiwe
(b) Olusegun Obansanjo
(c) Sheu Shagari
(d) Goodluck Jonathan
Answer: C

Q16: The first colonial Governor General of Nigeria was

(a) Tulma Goldie
(b) James Robertson
(c) Huge Clifford
(d) Lord Lugard
Answer: D
Q17: The highest court in Nigeria is
(a) Court of Appeal
(b) Supreme court
(c) Federal High Court
(d) Magistrate court
Answer: B

Q18: ECOWAS was established in headquarter in ____________ and has it

administrative headquarter in
(a) 1967 Lome
(b) 1975 Lome
(c) 1975 Lagos
(d) 1967 Lagos
Answer: C

Q19: We had a bull evening because

(a) Hardly the talk had begun when the light went off
(b) Hardly had the talk begun when the light went off
(c) The talk had hardly begun when the light had gone out
(d) The light had hardly gone out when the talk began
Answer. A

Q20: Soyinka’s masterful_____of the atmosphere of his childhood helped

to
make his book. Ake, an out right success
(a) Evocation
(b) Invocation
(c) Convocation
(d) Revocation
Answer. A

Q21: Students will always blame their teachers when examination results
are
unfavorable
(a) Wont they
(b) Wouldn’t they
(c) Isnt it
(d) Cant they
(e) Wont they
Answer. D

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Q22: Okonkwo is a stubborn man, he will never_____his words
(a) Chew
(b) Spit
(c) Eat
(d) Bite
Answer C

Q23; Kindly____me your book because my friend has ____mine

(a) Borrowed/ borrow
(b) Borrow/ lent
(c) Lend/ lent
(d) Len/ borrowed
Answer D

Q24: Three-quarters of the church____painted by members the previous

day
(a) Were
(b) Was
(c) Is
(d) Are
Answer: B