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 261:

  All these but one were not created in Abacha's region

  Options:
  A) Ebonyi
  B) Gombe
  C) Ekiti
  D) Katsina
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 262:

  European traders did not venture into the interior of Nigeria before the 19th century because

  Options:
  A) they were ignorant of the area
  B) the African middlemen served their needs
  C) of their fear of the African middlemen
  D) they were very few in number.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 263:

  The Igbo's active resistance to British colonial rule is particaularly because of the

  Options:
  A) maladministration of the British indirect rule policy
  B) regressive taxation of their society
  C) egalitarian nature of their society
  D) impression that British officials favoured the Northers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 264:

  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 265:

  The division of Sokoto caliphates into emirates is due to ________

  Options:
  A) the autocratic rule of Dan Fodio
  B) economical factors
  C) geographical reason
  D) Jihad war
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 266:

  When was the Census crisis in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) 1962/1963
  B) 1964/1965
  C) 1965/1966
  D) 1968/1969
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 267:

  All the following except one spurred the nationalist drives in British West Africa

  Options:
  A) the existence of diverse political parties
  B) the adoption of the policy of Assimilation
  C) the tolerance of nationalist newspapers
  D) unfair socio-political environment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 268:

  What was the political structure of the Nupe Kingdom during this period?

  Options:
  A) Feudal system
  B) Absolute monarchy
  C) Tribal confederation
  D) Parliamentary democracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 269:

  What is the king of the Nupe called?

  Options:
  A) Oba of Nupe
  B) Etsu Nupe
  C) King of Nupe
  D) Head of Nupe
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 270:

  In what year did Britain invade Egypt?

  Options:
  A) 1882
  B) 1884
  C) 1886
  D) 1888
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  The correct answer is A .