Government Practice Test – Colonial Administration in West Africa (Questions with Answers and Explanations)

The Loi-Cadre Reforms of 1956 in the French West Africa were as a result of _____ 

A. pressure from the French territories.
B. change in French Policy of Association.
C. opposition to Bamako Conference.
D. British colonial policy of granting internal self-government

In the pre-colonial West Africa, the Kingdoms of the Asante, Wolof and the Hausa were examples of a _____ 

A. state    B. union     C. country     D. nation

The French Policy of Assimilation implied that ______ 

A. the French transferred powers to Africans
B. traditional rulers were recognised.
C. African countries were granted independence
D. Africans were modelled after the French