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:

  All these but one were not created in Abacha's region

  Options:
  A) Ebonyi
  B) Gombe
  C) Ekiti
  D) Katsina
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 482:

  The Omani influence in East Africa led to the growth of a distinct Swahili culture. What contributed to the development of this culture?

  Options:
  A) Chinese trade missions
  B) Persian conquests
  C) Indian migration
  D) Portuguese colonization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 483:

  An influential advocate of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates was

  Options:
  A) Otunba Payne
  B) John Beecroft
  C) E.D. morel
  D) Henry Carr
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 484:

  Which external influence contributed to the spread of the Bantu language in the Nigeria area?

  Options:
  A) Nok civilization
  B) Egyptian traders
  C) Phoenician explorers
  D) Arab merchants
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 485:

  The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were

  Options:
  A) queuing culture and environmental sanitation
  B) public flogging and payment of fines
  C) arrest of offenders and imprisonment of convicts
  D) high slogans and beating of drums.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 486:

  The major administrative change made immediately after the 1914 Amalgamation was the?

  Options:
  A) introduction of a direct taxation system
  B) creation of districts for political convenience
  C) imposition of warrant chiefs in the Eastern Region
  D) division of Nigeria into provinces
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 487:

  Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory

  Options:
  A) Igbo and Nupe
  B) Ibibio and Igbo
  C) Uruan and Ibibio
  D) Biase and Annang
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 488:

  Which of the following were former British colonies?

  Options:
  A) Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Liberia
  B) Cameroon, Togo, Egypt and Ghana
  C) Sierra Leone, Gambia, Nigeria and Ghana
  D) Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and South Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 489:

  The _________ wield the administrative power over other Yoruba land in 19th century.

  Options:
  A) Ijebu people
  B) Oyo empire
  C) Dahomey
  D) Ile Ife
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 490:

  The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was formed

  Options:
  A) in 1993, to press for the re-validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election
  B) in 1994, to solicit funds in preparation for the transition into Civilian rule
  C) in 1994, to press for the re-validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election
  D) in 1993, to advocate for the violation of human rights under the Abacha's regime
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  The correct answer is C .