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 331:

  All except one of the following motivated the scramble for Africa

  Options:
  A) the justification that the Western Powers have the responsibilities to civilise the Non-Western Countries
  B) an avenue for em-broadening foreign relations with Africa
  C) the need to boost the Western Economies
  D) that the colonies would gain access to superior European goods and influence
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 332:

  The Jihad Uttsam Dan fodio launched in 1804 saw to the ___________ of Islam

  Options:
  A) Domineering
  B) Abolison
  C) Acknowledgement
  D) Extinction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 333:

  The method of tax collection introduced by the warrant chiefs in the Eastern Nigeria brought about __________

  Options:
  A) justification of colonial strategy
  B) perfection of Indirect rule
  C) fear in the system
  D) democratic means of ruling
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 334:

  The greatest contribution of the Christian Missionary Society in West Africa was in

  Options:
  A) establishing trading companies
  B) stopping the slave trade
  C) the emergence of educated elite
  D) the production of cash crop.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 335:

  Regionalism notable with ... may be said to have laid the foundational basis for the latter state creation in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) Authur Richard
  B) John Macpherson
  C) Oliver Lyttleton
  D) Hugh Clifford
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 336:

  The British colonial policy of "indirect rule" was first implemented in Nigeria by Lugard in which region?

  Options:
  A) Calabar
  B) Oyo
  C) Lagos
  D) Kano
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 337:

  The particular incident that led to Macaulay's imprisonment, twice, by the colonial power was

  Options:
  A) his criticism of British rule through the Lagos Daily News
  B) his constant opposition to the expansion of the British rule
  C) the humiliation of the British officials through his successful defense of Eleko in London
  D) the attempt to silence British officials through the platform of the NNDP
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 338:

  One of the following is not a gearing factor towards the great trek.

  Options:
  A) Freedom from British domination
  B) Bringing back to normal the economic, cultural and political independence
  C) The panic that emigration might decline civilization
  D) The fear of conflict on the eastern frontier of South Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 339:

  Lyttleton significance in the political development of Nigeria was that, he ______

  Options:
  A) introduced the Federal system of governmnet
  B) introduced elective principle
  C) divided the Southern province
  D) created central legislative unit.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 340:

  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 .