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 581:

  In pre-colonial Nigeria, intergroup contacts were encourage mostly by

  Options:
  A) military alliance
  B) marriage ties
  C) political ties
  D) economic interdependence
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 582:

  The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
  Abdulsalami regime was

  Options:
  A) promulgate the 1999 Constitution
  B) handing over power to a civilian government
  C) the release of political prisoners
  D) organizing successful general elections.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 583:

  The correspondence between Sokoto and Borno during the jihad was entered on the

  Options:
  A) qualification for a true Muslin to perform the hajj
  B) justification of the jihad against an Islamic state
  C) declaration of the jihad against non-Muslims
  D) difference between traditional religion and Islam.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 584:

  The white settlers in Southern Africa were known as

  Options:
  A) Boers
  B) Bushmen
  C) Hottentots
  D) Bantu
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 585:

  The strained relationship between Nigeria and Britain during Murtala/Obasanjo's regime in 1975 led to ________

  Options:
  A) Nigeria leaving European Union
  B) African Union sanction code
  C) nationalisation of British petroleum and Barclays bank
  D) nationalisation of cocoa house in Ibadan
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 586:

  The amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorate of Nigeria took place on

  Options:
  A) 10 July, 1914
  B) 1 January, 1921
  C) 10 December, 1941
  D) 1 January, 1914
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 587:

  The power that emerged after the First World War was

  Options:
  A) Great Britain
  B) Russia
  C) the USA
  D) Japan.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 588:

  Nigeria became a member of OPEC since ___________

  Options:
  A) 1971
  B) 1960
  C) 1975
  D) 1962
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 589:

  The Swazi composite is the modern ...

  Options:
  A) Swaziland
  B) Southern Zibabwe
  C) Zulu Kingdom
  D) Southeastern Botswana
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 590:

  The French colonial policy of assimilation failed in Africa because

  Options:
  A) African culture was deeply rooted
  B) the African elite were opposed to it
  C) it was not consistently implemented
  D) it was expensive to implement.
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  The correct answer is A .