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 191:

  The head of the administration of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was titled

  Options:
  A) High Commissioner
  B) Governor-General
  C) Lieutenant General
  D) Emir
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 192:

  A reason for the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria in 1914 was

  Options:
  A) economic expediency
  B) territorial integration
  C) political balancing
  D) religious harmony.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 193:

  The establishment of _________ by ______ help fast track the activity of nationalist in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) Lagos daily news/ Herbert Macaulay
  B) Daily times/ Nnamdi Azikiwe
  C) Nigeria pilot / Nnamdi Azikiwe
  D) Weekly review/ Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 194:

  Intensified European activity along the coast in the nineteenth century led Benin to

  Options:
  A) redirect her trade to the north
  B) lose control of some vassal states
  C) expel Christian missionaries
  D) embark on a cultural revival in the area.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 195:

  The connections between Kano and the province of Nupe was notable in the reign of Kano's

  Options:
  A) Sarkin Dauda
  B) Sarkin Ruwa
  C) Sarkin Fada
  D) Sarkin Yandoka
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 196:

  Samori Toure adopted the ‘scorched earth’ policy in his

  Options:
  A) military recruitment and training
  B) Islamic reform movement
  C) war against the French
  D) war against rebellious neighbours.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 197:

  By the issuing the declaration of Independence, the then continental congress was changed to _____

  Options:
  A) France
  B) USA
  C) Germany
  D) Russia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 198:

  The central agenda of the Muhammad Ali's hegemonic rule was the

  Options:
  A) enslavement of the Sudanese
  B) the exploitation of natural resources for development finance in Egypt
  C) annexation of Sudan as an Ottoman-Egyptian Colony
  D) political conquest of Sudan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 199:

  The Buhari/Idiagbo regime is popular known for his relentless advocacy of ________

  Options:
  A) OFN
  B) Decree 419
  C) WAI
  D) KAI
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 200:

  The sokoto jihad began in what year

  Options:
  A) 1804
  B) 1805
  C) 1806
  D) 1807
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  The correct answer is A .