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 1:

  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 2:

  Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to

  Options:
  A) obtain recognition for his government
  B) introduce heavy taxation
  C) rebuild the Sudanese territories
  D) fight against lucrative slave trade
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  The division of Sokoto caliphates into emirates is due to ________

  Options:
  A) the autocratic rule of Dan Fodio
  B) economical factors
  C) geographical reason
  D) Jihad war
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  The first almagamation in Nigeria happened in the year ___

  Options:
  A) 1914
  B) 1886
  C) 1906
  D) 1900
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  Sabon Gari settlement in most parts of colonial Nigeria harboured mostly

  Options:
  A) people other than the indigenes
  B) indigenes who were Muslims
  C) strangers who were Muslims only
  D) European traders and missionaries
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6:

  Britain suppressed the trans-Atlantic slave trade because

  Options:
  A) there was no more market for slaves in America
  B) it had become very inhuman
  C) the Christian missions preached against it
  D) it became unfavourable to her industrial progress.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  The British government took over the control of the Colony of Sierra Leone in 1807 in order to use it as a

  Options:
  A) major trading port in the West African region
  B) centre for the spread of British culture
  C) base for anti-slave trade naval patrol
  D) base to penet West African interior.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  The Lagos colony and the Southern Protectorate was almagamated in _____.

  Options:
  A) 1905
  B) 1906
  C) 1907
  D) 1908
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  Protests by trade unions in Nigeria during the colonial period were aimed at

  Options:
  A) achieving political independence
  B) establishing more industries
  C) obtaining specific benefits for members
  D) fighting corruption among government officials.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  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 .