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 451:

  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 452:

  Which influential leader in the Sokoto Caliphate was responsible for administration and justice?

  Options:
  A) Waziri
  B) Caliph
  C) Emir
  D) Imam
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 453:

  All the following are reasons for military intervention in Nigeria except

  Options:
  A) tribalism and nepotism
  B) regular promotion of military officers
  C) mismanagement of public funds
  D) low level of economic development
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 454:

  ECOWAS was found under whose leadership?

  Options:
  A) Olusegun Obasanjo
  B) Yakubu Gowon
  C) Aguyi Ironsi
  D) Ibrahim Babangida
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 455:

  Who is regarded the father of modern Egypt?

  Options:
  A) Haile Selaisse
  B) Brutus Ghali Brutus
  C) Senghor Cedric
  D) Mohammad Ali
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 456:

  Muhammadu Buhari served as Nigeria's military head of state during which period?

  Options:
  A) 1976-1979
  B) 2007-2010
  C) 1993-1998
  D) 1983-1985
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 457:

  The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the

  Options:
  A) absence of a strong and effective army
  B) bitter struggle for the throne by the ruling families
  C) strained relations between Benin and Agbor
  D) British abolition of the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 458:

  Muhammad es Sadek was a 19th century ruler of

  Options:
  A) Morocco
  B) Libya
  C) Tunisia
  D) Algeria.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 459:

  The discovery of Terracotta in 1928 on NOK soil in Kaduna state was by?

  Options:
  A) Walter Egerton
  B) Colonel Dent Young
  C) Sanni Dikiya
  D) Turuga Jo's
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 460:

  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 .