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 271:

  Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory

  Options:
  A) Igbo and Nupe
  B) Ibibio and Igbo
  C) Uruan and Ibibio
  D) Biase and Annang
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 272:

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

  Options:
  A) fertile nature of the soil in the area
  B) high centralization of authority in the area.
  C) concentration of Europeans in the area
  D) absence of conflict in the area
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 273:

  __________ were the first set of people to land on the present day Nigeria territory for trading activities.

  Options:
  A) British
  B) French Men
  C) Spaniards
  D) Portuguese
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 274:

  The Mfecane was primarily driven by

  Options:
  A) Famine and drought
  B) Intertribal conflicts and population movements
  C) European colonial expansion
  D) Arab slave trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 275:

  The protectorate of Nigeria in 1914 became _________ in 1946

  Options:
  A) states
  B) provinces
  C) regions
  D) sections
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 276:

  It was difficult for the Nigerian coastal chiefs to give up the slave trade after its abolition because

  Options:
  A) it had been part of African culture
  B) Africans were too involved to give up the trade
  C) the British Navy was not effective in enforcing the abolition
  D) the trade was still crucial to the economy of their states.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 277:

  ________ preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa.

  Options:
  A) Thabo Mbeki
  B) Frederik Willem de Klerk
  C) Jan Christiaan Heunis
  D) Pieter Willem Botha
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 278:

  The Emir of Sokoto controls the ________ empire as one of the supreme headquarter.

  Options:
  A) Eastern
  B) Western
  C) Southern
  D) Central
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 279:

  The Nok civilization suggests that

  Options:
  A) Nigeria passed through different stages of development
  B) civilization in the area began with the Stone Age
  C) the people of Nigeria came from the East
  D) Nigerian civilization is related to that of Greek.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 280:

  One of the main aims of the British conquest of Buganda was to

  Options:
  A) gain access to the cape of Good Hope
  B) pain control of the gold mines of Bunyoro
  C) prevent other Europeans from controlling the source of the Nile
  D) take control of the trade routes in the area.
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  The correct answer is C .