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:

  Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory

  Options:
  A) Igbo and Nupe
  B) Ibibio and Igbo
  C) Uruan and Ibibio
  D) Biase and Annang
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 102:

  The Battle of Tel el-Kebir was fought between

  Options:
  A) Tawfiq and the Mahdists
  B) the Khedive and the Wafdists
  C) Napoleon and the Mamluks.
  D) the British and the Urabists
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 103:

  __________ were the first set of people to land on the present day Nigeria territory for trading activities.

  Options:
  A) British
  B) French Men
  C) Spaniards
  D) Portuguese
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 104:

  Muhammad es Sadek was a 19th century ruler of

  Options:
  A) Morocco
  B) Libya
  C) Tunisia
  D) Algeria.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 105:

  The most important conquest of Umar was that they establish the __________

  Options:
  A) Timbuktu
  B) Bambara
  C) Tijaniyah
  D) Djallon
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 106:

  Ibadan-Ijebu relations in the 19th Century became hostile as a result of

  Options:
  A) boundary disputes between them
  B) succession to the Ijebu throne
  C) British annexation of Lagos
  D) Ibadan’s attempt to reach the coast.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 107:

  The objective of the 1934 legislation imposing quotas on imported goods from non-British sources was to

  Options:
  A) develop Nigerian industries
  B) increase Nigeria’s Gross National Product
  C) exclude cheap Japanese textiles
  D) regulate trade between Nigeria and other countries.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 108:

  An outstanding reason for the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade was

  Options:
  A) industrial revolution
  B) nationalist agitation
  C) legitimate trade
  D) railway construction.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 109:

  A major contribution of Nigeria to
  ECOWAS is in the area of

  Options:
  A) diplomacy
  B) funding
  C) military support
  D) provision of education.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 110:

  The discovery of Terracotta in 1928 on NOK soil in Kaduna state was by?

  Options:
  A) Walter Egerton
  B) Colonel Dent Young
  C) Sanni Dikiya
  D) Turuga Jo's
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  The correct answer is B .