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 91:

  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 92:

  Chief Agho Obaseki is remembered is Benin history because

  Options:
  A) he collaborated with the British to suppress the monarchy
  B) he was regarded as a true patriot
  C) he played an important role in the restoration of the monarchy
  D) Oba Aguobasimi delegated a lot of powers to him.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 93:

  The 1945 General Strike was led by

  Options:
  A) Herbert Macaulay
  B) Michael Imoudu
  C) Wahab Goodluck
  D) Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 94:

  By 1700, the Portuguese had been expelled from all their coastal strongholds in East Africa by the

  Options:
  A) Arab traders
  B) English traders
  C) Belgium traders
  D) Indian traders.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 95:

  One of the main aims of the British conquest of Buganda was to

  Options:
  A) gain access to the cape of Good Hope
  B) pain control of the gold mines of Bunyoro
  C) prevent other Europeans from controlling the source of the Nile
  D) take control of the trade routes in the area.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 96:

  The "Magna Carta," signed in 1215, limited the power of which monarch?

  Options:
  A) King Louis XIV of France
  B) King Henry VIII of England
  C) King John of England
  D) Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 97:

  Who was the leader of the opposition in Nigeria during the Second Republic?

  Options:
  A) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
  B) Shehu Shagari
  C) Obafemi Awolowo
  D) Ahmadu Bello
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 98:

  It was difficult for the Nigerian coastal chiefs to give up the slave trade after its abolition because

  Options:
  A) it had been part of African culture
  B) Africans were too involved to give up the trade
  C) the British Navy was not effective in enforcing the abolition
  D) the trade was still crucial to the economy of their states.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 99:

  The Northern region of Nigeria gained self-government in ____.

  Options:
  A) 1957
  B) 1958
  C) 1959
  D) 1960
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 100:

  Portuguese speaking countries in Africa who were formerly colonized by Portugal are generally refer to as____________

  Options:
  A) Busophone
  B) Anglophone
  C) Francophone
  D) Spaniards
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  The correct answer is A .