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 first almagamation in Nigeria happened in the year ___

  Options:
  A) 1914
  B) 1886
  C) 1906
  D) 1900
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  The Oyo Empire reached its peak during the reign of which Alaafin?

  Options:
  A) Oba Ewuare
  B) Oduduwa
  C) Shango
  D) Abiodun
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  The Battle of Tel el-Kebir was fought between

  Options:
  A) the British and the Urabists
  B) Tawfiq and the Mahdists
  C) the Khedive and the Wafdists
  D) Napoleon and the Mamluks.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory

  Options:
  A) Igbo and Nupe
  B) Ibibio and Igbo
  C) Uruan and Ibibio
  D) Biase and Annang
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  The Mahdiyya movement in Sudan was a fundamental reaction against

  Options:
  A) Economic boom
  B) Political instability
  C) Internal oppression and domination
  D) Economic difficulties
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  The correct answer is D .
• 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:

  The major administrative change made immediately after the 1914 Amalgamation was the?

  Options:
  A) introduction of a direct taxation system
  B) creation of districts for political convenience
  C) imposition of warrant chiefs in the Eastern Region
  D) division of Nigeria into provinces
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

  A factor responsible for the growth of large towns among the Yoruba was the 

  Options:
  A) fertile nature of the soil in the area
  B) high centralization of authority in the area.
  C) concentration of Europeans in the area
  D) absence of conflict in the area
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9:

  The decline of the Songhai Empire in the 16th century was partly due to

  Options:
  A) Internal unrest and external attacks
  B) Arab invasions
  C) British colonial expansion
  D) Portuguese trade restrictions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  The NCNC London Delegate pressed for

  Options:
  A) free primary education for all Nigerian children
  B) autonomy for the regions
  C) a revision of the Richards Constitution
  D) outright independence for Nigeria.
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  The correct answer is C .