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:

  Freetown was use to facilitate ________ from 1822 to early 20th century.

  Options:
  A) Farm Produce
  B) Religious activities
  C) Freed slave settlement
  D) Social activities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  The mid western region was created out of the ___________ in 1963.

  Options:
  A) western
  B) southern
  C) eastern
  D) northern
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  The KanemBornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of the following countries except

  Options:
  A) Chad
  B) Central African Republic
  C) Nigeria
  D) Togo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4:

  The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was abolished in Britain in what year?

  Options:
  A) 1806
  B) 1807
  C) 1808
  D) 1809
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  The British government took over the control of the Colony of Sierra Leone in 1807 in order to use it as a

  Options:
  A) major trading port in the West African region
  B) centre for the spread of British culture
  C) base for anti-slave trade naval patrol
  D) base to penet West African interior.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  The Murtala/Obasanjo's regime _________

  Options:
  A) had a programme called war against discipline
  B) was the pioneered of the structural adjustment programme
  C) favoured decolonization and self determination of Africa states
  D) Involved in a bloody coup
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  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 8:

  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 9:

  In what year was the Oil River protectorate established?

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

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

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