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:

  A major cause of depopulation in Nigeria in the 18th century was

  Options:
  A) the trans-Atlantic slave trade
  B) the trans-Saharan trade
  C) human sacrifice
  D) inter-ethnic warfare.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 332:

  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 333:

  Ethiopia's lowlands and high plateau protected the country from ___________

  Options:
  A) external invasion
  B) internal conflict
  C) wild jungle animal
  D) relation with other African nation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 334:

  A major recommendation of the Henry Willink Commission was the

  Options:
  A) protection of special interests
  B) creation of more administrative units
  C) inclusion of a bill of rights in the 1960 Constitution
  D) need to ensure the educational rights of the people.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 335:

  Which of the following is the most important source of the history of the Hausa states?

  Options:
  A) Tarikh-as Sudan.
  B) The European account.
  C) The Kano Chronicle.
  D) The Arab traders’ account.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 336:

  The Royal Niger Company was influential in the formation of Colonial Nigeria because it

  Options:
  A) enabled the British Empire to establish control over and above its German competitor
  B) paved way for the emergence of the National African Company
  C) served as a means of economic development and investment in Nigeria
  D) encouraged the adoption of the Indirect Rule Policy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 337:

  Which European explorer is credited with discovering Sierra Leone in the 15th century?

  Options:
  A) Vasco da Gama
  B) Christopher Columbus
  C) Ferdinand Magellan
  D) Pedro de Sintra
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 338:

  How many people died in the Mfecane war?

  Options:
  A) Over 1 to 2 million
  B) Over 2 to 3 million
  C) Over 4 to 5 million
  D) Over 5 to 6 million
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 339:

  The Royal Niger Company was renamed

  Options:
  A) United African Company
  B) Lever Brothers NigeriaPlc
  C) Leventis Nigeria Plc.
  D) British West African Company
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 340:

  Nnamdi Azikiwe's West African Pilot was established in what year?

  Options:
  A) 1936
  B) 1937
  C) 1938
  D) 1939
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  The correct answer is B .