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 21:

  The London Constitutional Conference of 1957 was targeted at

  Options:
  A) increasing wider participation of the people in their Regional legislature
  B) ensuring the speedy growth of federalism in Nigeria
  C) imputing the voice of the people in their Independence Constitution
  D) preparing ground works for the self-governance and inclusive development of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 22:

  Abacha regime saw to the termination of _________

  Options:
  A) Ibrahim Babangida
  B) Ernest Shonekan
  C) Onukah Abigail
  D) Murtala Muhammed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 23:

  The Mahdist state or Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a _________ movement launched in 1881.

  Options:
  A) Religious and Political
  B) Economic and Political
  C) Social and Political
  D) Economic and Social
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 24:

  Colonialism is often regarded as a double-edged sword particularly because

  Options:
  A) the infrastructure built from West African forced labour was also designed to exploit their natural resources
  B) educational institutions were built which contributed to human capacity development
  C) the raods built by the Europeans lead to the urbanization of West African towns and cities
  D) the European investment in the extractive industry developed trade and commerce
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 25:

  King Jaja of Opobo was forcibly removed for ...

  Options:
  A) conspiracy against the British colonialists
  B) his obstruction of commerce
  C) the attempt to declare the freedom of his people from colonial rule
  D) his resistance to slave trading
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 26:

  All of these but one is not part of the reasons why Europeans came to Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) Slava trade
  B) Education
  C) Religion
  D) Commercialization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27:

  Historically, the Yorubas came into prominence as a result of

  Options:
  A) their artworks and sculptures made to honour the gods
  B) the impact of their language and cultural aspects
  C) the settlement of the British colony in 1901
  D) their trading in guns with the Portugese
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 28:

  The white settlers in Southern Africa were known as

  Options:
  A) Boers
  B) Bushmen
  C) Hottentots
  D) Bantu
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 29:

  The Nigerian second republic began in the year ____

  Options:
  A) 1983
  B) 1979
  C) 1963
  D) 1966
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 30:

  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 .