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 121:

  The expansion of white communities in South Africa is a major cause of ________

  Options:
  A) The great trek
  B) Racial war
  C) African unionism
  D) The great war
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 122:

  The Treaty of Nanjing, signed after the First Opium War, resulted in the cession of which territory to Great Britain?

  Options:
  A) Macau
  B) Hong Kong
  C) Taiwan
  D) Shanghai
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 123:

  The decrease of Boer influence in South Africa was as a result of

  Options:
  A) Mfecane
  B) The great trek
  C) British Domination
  D) Dutch Domination
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 124:

  Which of the following was one of the demands of the National Congress of British West Africa?

  Options:
  A) Establishment of a university in each of the colonies.
  B) Expulsion of all Syrians and Lebanese from the colonies.
  C) Election of Africans into each colony’s council.
  D) Restriction of the activities of Christian missionaries in the colonies.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 125:

  Unarguably, the abolition of the slave trade in Britain directly stimulated the

  Options:
  A) penetration of European merchants capital into Nigeria
  B) spread of missionary activities into Nigeria
  C) growth of nationalist movements in Nigeria
  D) pace of the amalgamation of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 126:

  The system of government in the Benin pre colonial system of government is __________

  Options:
  A) Unitary
  B) Monarchy
  C) Parliamentary
  D) Presidential
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 127:

  Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to 

  Options:
  A) provide employment for the people
  B) encourage visits among distant relations
  C) support the movement of raw materials and the army
  D) ease local transportation problem of women
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 128:

  The rise of Shaka the Zulu was a result
  of the

  Options:
  A) introduction of new military tactics
  B) support he got from the Boer
  C) wealth he acquired from heavy taxation
  D) decentralization of political authority.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 129:

  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 130:

  Samori Toure is often described as the “African Napoleon” because he

  Options:
  A) was a great military tactician
  B) learned a great deal from Napoleon
  C) employed similar tactics as Napoleon
  D) had a well trained army.
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  The correct answer is A .