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 101:

  Which of the following pionnered Christian missionary activities in Calabar?

  Options:
  A) Mary Slessor
  B) William Baike
  C) Thomas Freeman
  D) Hope Waddell.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 102:

  At Independence, which of the following national resources is the main stay of the Nigerian economy.?

  Options:
  A) Coal
  B) Cocoa
  C) Crude oil
  D) Groundnut
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 103:

  A reason for the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria in 1914 was

  Options:
  A) economic expediency
  B) territorial integration
  C) political balancing
  D) religious harmony.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 104:

  Muhammad Ahmad was easily accepted as the Mahdi in the Sudan because

  Options:
  A) the Islamic leaders in the area did not live up to the expectations of the people
  B) he came at a time the people were expecting to be delivered from the Egyptian rulers
  C) the national army was not strong enough to defend the country
  D) he was highly educated in the tenants of the Islamic religion.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 105:

  The jihadists emerged victorious in Gobir because

  Options:
  A) their cause was just
  B) the Hausa rulers were divided
  C) they had superior weapons
  D) the masses supported them.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 106:

  The first jihad in islam was launched in what year?

  Options:
  A) 1998
  B) 1804
  C) 1918
  D) 1960
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 107:

  The leader of the South African Black consciousness Movement who died in detention in 1977 was

  Options:
  A) Walter Sisulu
  B) Albert Luthuli
  C) Robert Sobukwe
  D) Steve Biko.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 108:

  Two institutions of local government in Nigeria during the colonial period were native courts and

  Options:
  A) legislative council
  B) regional treasury
  C) native treasury
  D) native police.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 109:

  Politics in Nigeria’s First republic was characterized by

  Options:
  A) religion and ethnicity
  B) religion and regionalism
  C) ethnicity and regionalism
  D) regionalism and despotism.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 110:

  A major recommendation of the Henry Willink Commission was the

  Options:
  A) protection of special interests
  B) creation of more administrative units
  C) inclusion of a bill of rights in the 1960 Constitution
  D) need to ensure the educational rights of the people.
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  The correct answer is C .