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 141:

  The colonization of Liberia began in what year

  Options:
  A) 1875
  B) 1822
  C) 1807
  D) 1850
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 142:

  The point where the recent and earlier Islamic reform movement relate is the __________

  Options:
  A) use of Arabic language as strict medium
  B) support of holy Quran translation to African languages
  C) decline in the use of educational resources institutes
  D) need for terrorist group to take over world on Islamic ground
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 143:

  The Kanem-Borno Empire prospered due to its control over

  Options:
  A) Ivory trade
  B) Salt trade
  C) Gold trade
  D) Copper trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 144:

  The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because 

  Options:
  A) of their desire to accept Christianity
  B) of their quest for Western education
  C) they wanted British protection
  D) they wanted to established trade with the British.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 145:

  The area later referred to as Cameroon was mandated to

  Options:
  A) France and Britain
  B) Portugal and Spain
  C) Belgium and Italy
  D) Germany and Belgium.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 146:

  The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because 

  Options:
  A) of their desire to accept Christianity
  B) of their quest for Western education
  C) they wanted British protection
  D) they wanted to established trade with the British.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 147:

  Mfecane in South Africa happened between ____________

  Options:
  A) 1815-1880
  B) 1815-1840
  C) 1935-1945
  D) 1935-1948
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 148:

  The power that emerged after the First World War was

  Options:
  A) Great Britain
  B) Russia
  C) the USA
  D) Japan.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 149:

  Anti-colonial movements in Nigeria before the World War II involved

  Options:
  A) attempts to violently chase the British out of the country
  B) collaboration with the British authority
  C) peaceful protests through petitions and conferences
  D) the establishment of pressure groups by traditional rulers.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 150:

  European traders did not venture into the interior of Nigeria before the 19th century because

  Options:
  A) they were ignorant of the area
  B) of their fear of the African middlemen
  C) the African middlemen served their needs
  D) they were very few in number.
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  The correct answer is C .