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:

  The Mfecane was primarily driven by

  Options:
  A) Famine and drought
  B) Intertribal conflicts and population movements
  C) European colonial expansion
  D) Arab slave trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2:

  The greatest achievement of Mutesa II in Buganda was his

  Options:
  A) ability to resist European imperialism
  B) conquest of large territories
  C) diplomacy in dealing with foreigners
  D) management of religious crises.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  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 4:

  The movement led by El Hadj Umar Tall in the 19th century aimed to create an Islamic state in

  Options:
  A) Senegal
  B) Mali
  C) Guinea
  D) Mauritania
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  The first Boer republic established as a result of the Great Trek was

  Options:
  A) Transvaal
  B) the Cape
  C) the Orange Free State
  D) Natal.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  One of these is a regional language of the Omani Empire?

  Options:
  A) English
  B) Sweden
  C) Arabic
  D) Portuguese
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  The 1922 Clifford Constitution restricted the franchise to

  Options:
  A) Calabar and Benin
  B) Lagos and Calabar
  C) Lagos and Warri
  D) Warri and Lokoja
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8:

  The greatest contribution of the Christian Missionary Society in West Africa was in

  Options:
  A) establishing trading companies
  B) stopping the slave trade
  C) the emergence of educated elite
  D) the production of cash crop.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  The Nok culture is associated with the archaelogical findings at

  Options:
  A) Ile-Ife
  B) Benin
  C) Taruga
  D) Igbo Ukwu.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  ____________ played a prominent role in the government of the Kanem-Borno empire.

  Options:
  A) King Mohammed
  B) Queen mother, Magira
  C) The slaves in the empire
  D) The trans-Atlantic traders
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  The correct answer is B .