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:

  How many states did General Murtala Mohammed create?

  Options:
  A) 5
  B) 7
  C) 9
  D) 11
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2:

  All the following except one led to the re-emergence of old trade patterns under Omani rule

  Options:
  A) availability of capital from India
  B) increased demand for slaves
  C) attack on the Portuguese in the 1640s
  D) willingness of Africans in the interior to take slaves to the coast
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  Who was known as the Napoleon of West Africa?

  Options:
  A) Cedric Senghor
  B) Mohammad Ali
  C) Samori Toure
  D) None of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  ___________ constitution gave full blown to federalism in Nigeria.

  Options:
  A) Oliver Lyttleton
  B) Hugh Clifford
  C) Macpherson
  D) Oliver Robertson
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5:

  The power that emerged after the First World War was

  Options:
  A) Great Britain
  B) Russia
  C) the USA
  D) Japan.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  ________ moved the motion for Nigeria's independence.

  Options:
  A) Anthony Enahoro
  B) Herbert Macaulay
  C) Obafemi Awolowo
  D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7:

  Paternalism was a colonial policy adopted
  by

  Options:
  A) Britain
  B) Portugal
  C) Germany
  D) France.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  One of the objectives for the formation of the South African Native Congress in 1912 was to

  Options:
  A) retrieve all lands seized by the whites
  B) integrate the various groups and races.
  C) encourage black participation in governance
  D) establish a political party
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  The Berlin conference on the partitioning of Africa was held in _______.

  Options:
  A) 1888/1889
  B) 1887/1888
  C) 1885/1886
  D) 1884/1885
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10:

  One major inadequacy of the Richards Constitution was that

  Options:
  A) it was introduced without due and exhaustive consultations
  B) the official members of the legislature were too many
  C) it could not solve Nigeria’s economic and social problems
  D) it did not cater for the interest of the minorities.
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  The correct answer is A .