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 31:

  The Great Trek happened in what country?

  Options:
  A) South Africa
  B) Liberia
  C) Sierra Leone
  D) Egypt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32:

  ... has primarily led to the growth of Islamic reform movements in many sub-Saharan African countries

  Options:
  A) The crisis of modernisation of the 20th Century
  B) The new discoveries on the inadequacies of Islam
  C) The shift in the belief and religious system of Islam
  D) The rigidity in the use of Arabic language
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 33:

  Which Christian missionary is known for translating the Bible into several indigenous Liberian languages?

  Options:
  A) Edward Blyden
  B) Samuel Ajayi Crowther
  C) Mary Slessor
  D) Lott Cary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 34:

  The 1886 Treaty is significant in Yoruba history because it

  Options:
  A) brought peace and stability to Yorubaland
  B) affirmed Ekitiparapo’s independence
  C) was negotiated by two Yoruba repatriates
  D) reopened trade between Lagos and the hinterland.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35:

  In Africa, the colonial authorities introduced modern means of transportation in order to

  Options:
  A) develop the internal markets
  B) increase farmers’ purchasing power
  C) encourage urban development
  D) promote import-export trade.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 36:

  The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was the resultant merger of the

  Options:
  A) Colony of Lagos and the Southern Protectorate
  B) Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate
  C) Northern Protectorate and the Colony of Western Nigeria
  D) Colony of Western Nigeria and the Protectorate of Southern and Northern Nigeria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  The Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan overthrew the ...

  Options:
  A) Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s
  B) Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s
  C) Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s
  D) Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 38:

  The three existing groups before the creation of Organizations of Africa Unity in 1963 were __________

  Options:
  A) Casablanca, Blazzavire, Morroco
  B) Casablanca, Brazzaville, Malagasy
  C) Casablanca, Brazzaville, Monrovia
  D) Morroco, Brazzilians and Zambia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 39:

  The greatest achievement of Mutesa II in Buganda was his

  Options:
  A) ability to resist European imperialism
  B) conquest of large territories
  C) diplomacy in dealing with foreigners
  D) management of religious crises.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 40:

  Apartheid in South Africa was a system that institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination. What year did it officially begin?

  Options:
  A) 1948
  B) 1956
  C) 1971
  D) 1963
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  The correct answer is A .