History Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

History involves documenting and explaining past events, particularly those related to specific places or subjects. Its aim is to enhance our understanding of the past and present social, political, religious, and economic conditions of a community.

• Question 1:

  The development of mircoliths is associated with the

  Options:
  A) Middle Age Stone
  B) Late Stone Age
  C) Iron Age
  D) Early Stone Age.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2:

  _______ who was the minister of defence staff of the republic of Biafra, formally renounced the existence of the state in 1970.

  Options:
  A) Major Chukwuma Chukwudi
  B) Chief Emmanuel Okonkwo
  C) Major General Philip Effiong
  D) Chief Odumegwe Ojukwu
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  All of these but one is not part of the reasons why Europeans came to Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) Slava trade
  B) Education
  C) Religion
  D) Commercialization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  Which of these system was most popular in the pre-colonial era?

  Options:
  A) The barter system
  B) The coin system
  C) The paper notes
  D) The digital system
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5:

  The Nigerian Council established in 1914 was ineffective because it

  Options:
  A) was not designed to be so
  B) lacked sufficient funds
  C) had too many vocal members
  D) was dominated by hand-picked members.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  In what year was Lagos annexed by the British?

  Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1862
  C) 1863
  D) 1851
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7:

  The first regime to successfully transfer power back to civil rule was

  Options:
  A) Buhari/Idiagbon's regime
  B) Aguiyi Ironsi's regime
  C) Murtala/Obasanjo's regime
  D) Ibrahim Babangida's regime
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  Lagos was annexed and became British colony in _________

  Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1865
  C) 1961
  D) 1754
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9:

  Which of the following groups belongs to the Jos Plateau?

  Options:
  A) Gbagyi and Nupe
  B) Idoma and Igede
  C) Berom and Angas
  D) Jukun and Tiv.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  In colonial Nigeria, export crop production was dominated by

  Options:
  A) the Europeans
  B) the Labanese
  C) peasant farmers
  D) indigenous middlemen
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  The correct answer is C .