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 141:

  Imperialist powers in Africa inbuilt antagonism by taking advantage of the cultural diversity of the people through the...

  Options:
  A) Policy of Assimilation
  B) Divide-and-Rule Policy
  C) Indignant Policy
  D) Policy of Association
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 142:

  The emergence of states in Hausaland was mainly attributed to

  Options:
  A) wars of conquest
  B) immigration of groups
  C) trading activities
  D) population increase
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 143:

  The Royal Niger Company was playing as a a respect of _________ company

  Options:
  A) Robertson
  B) Herbert
  C) Goldjiers
  D) None of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 144:

  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 145:

  The Royal Niger Company was renamed

  Options:
  A) United African Company
  B) Lever Brothers NigeriaPlc
  C) Leventis Nigeria Plc.
  D) British West African Company
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 146:

  The Economic Commision of West African States (ECOWAS) has its adminsitrative headquarter in ______

  Options:
  A) Lome
  B) Abuja
  C) Lagos
  D) Addis Ababa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 147:

  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 148:

  The "Magna Carta," signed in 1215, limited the power of which monarch?

  Options:
  A) King Louis XIV of France
  B) King Henry VIII of England
  C) King John of England
  D) Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 149:

  The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were

  Options:
  A) queuing culture and environmental sanitation
  B) public flogging and payment of fines
  C) arrest of offenders and imprisonment of convicts
  D) high slogans and beating of drums.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 150:

  The .... was the programme initiated to institutionalise the local government system in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) Local Government Reform of 1976
  B) Local Government Reform of 1979
  C) Municipal Local Authority Reform of 1976
  D) Municipal Local Authority Reform of 1979
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  The correct answer is A .