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 481:

  One of the early Nigerian leaders who collaborated with British and later resisted was

  Options:
  A) Nana of Itsekiri
  B) Sultan Attahiru
  C) King Jaja of Opobo
  D) King Dappa Williams.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 482:

  The French policy of assimilation failed primarily because

  Options:
  A) Africans lacked the required level of education
  B) It was expensive to implement
  C) it required total rejection of African culture
  D) no African sought to be assimilated.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 483:

  Who was known as the Napoleon of West Africa?

  Options:
  A) Cedric Senghor
  B) Mohammad Ali
  C) Samori Toure
  D) None of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 484:

  The failure of the Ogiso dynasty in Benin was attributed to

  Options:
  A) weakness and dependence of the rulers
  B) peoples’ resentment against the system
  C) the declining economy of the state
  D) inadequate supply of arms and ammunition.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 485:

  Every citizens of Benin kingdom is an Oba's subject and were regarded as ________

  Options:
  A) Oore
  B) Eghavbon Ogba
  C) Uzama
  D) Ovie
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 486:

  __________ were the first set of people to land on the present day Nigeria territory for trading activities.

  Options:
  A) British
  B) French Men
  C) Spaniards
  D) Portuguese
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 487:

  Which Yoruba city-state was the last to fall to British colonial rule in the late 19th century?

  Options:
  A) Abeokuta
  B) Oyo
  C) Lagos
  D) Ibadan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 488:

  Which conference, held in 1884-1885, laid the groundwork for the partition of Africa among European powers?

  Options:
  A) Congress of Vienna
  B) Treaty of Tordesillas
  C) Treaty of Versailles
  D) Conference of Berlin
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 489:

  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 490:

  The point where the recent and earlier Islamic reform movement relate is the __________

  Options:
  A) use of Arabic language as strict medium
  B) support of holy Quran translation to African languages
  C) decline in the use of educational resources institutes
  D) need for terrorist group to take over world on Islamic ground
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  The correct answer is B .