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 Nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the

  Options:
  A) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameeroons
  B) Action Group
  C) Nigerian Youth Movement
  D) Nigeria National Democratic Party
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  Which one of the following is incorrect?

  Options:
  A) Sarkin Fada was the head of Palace workers in the Hausa/Fulani Empire
  B) The Ajeles properly governed the districts in the Old Oyo Empire
  C) The Alkali Courts were headed by the Hakimis in the Hausa/Fulani Empire
  D) The Igbo precolonial era was acephalous in nature
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  The end of the Era of Princes in Ethiopia was a key factor in

  Options:
  A) decentralising state power in the hands of Provincial heads
  B) centralising power in the hands of the Emperors of Ethiopia
  C) the conquest of Southern Ethiopia
  D) motivating the Italo-Egyptian invasion of Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  In pre-colonial Nigeria, the Nsibidi form of writing was found in the

  Options:
  A) Niger-Benue Confluence
  B) Cross River Area
  C) Niger Delta
  D) Anambra River Valley.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  The most powerful states that emerged after the fall of the Old Oyo were

  Options:
  A) Owu and Abeokuta
  B) Ijaiye and Ife
  C) Ibadan and Ijaiye
  D) New Oyo and Ibadan.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  A major factor that led to the success of the Sokoto jihad was

  Options:
  A) military assistance from Borno
  B) lack of unity among the Hausa states
  C) the use of fire-arms by the jihadists
  D) periodic divine interventions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

  The failure of the old Oyo empire was attributed to______

  Options:
  A) British present in Yoruba Land
  B) Internal and external crisis
  C) Civilization
  D) Revolt of Kakanfo Afonja
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8:

  The Battle of Tel el-Kebir was fought between

  Options:
  A) Tawfiq and the Mahdists
  B) the Khedive and the Wafdists
  C) Napoleon and the Mamluks.
  D) the British and the Urabists
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9:

  One of the following persons was not arrested over the May Day riots

  Options:
  A) Arisekola Alao
  B) Comrade Ola Oni
  C) Chief Bola Ige
  D) Lam Adesina
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  Which administration favoured decoloniation as self-determination of African states.

  Options:
  A) Balewa's regime
  B) Murtala/Obasanjo regime
  C) Buhari/Idiagbon regime
  D) Sheu Shagari regime.
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  The correct answer is B .