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 171:

  The Yoruba background to the Oba of Benin is emphasized by the

  Options:
  A) similarities of Benin and Ife arts
  B) similarities in their political structures
  C) relationship between Oranmiyan and Ogiso dynasties
  D) Oranmiyan legend in Benin history.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 172:

  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 173:

  The Richards Constitution of 1946 brought about

  Options:
  A) decolonization
  B) independence
  C) a strong central government
  D) regional politics.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 174:

  The Treaty of Nanjing, signed after the First Opium War, resulted in the cession of which territory to Great Britain?

  Options:
  A) Macau
  B) Hong Kong
  C) Taiwan
  D) Shanghai
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 175:

  The failure of the old Oyo empire was attributed to______

  Options:
  A) British present in Yoruba Land
  B) Internal and external crisis
  C) Civilization
  D) Revolt of Kakanfo Afonja
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 176:

  Which of the following political parties
  formed an alliance in the Second
  Republic?

  Options:
  A) UPN and NPN.
  B) PRP and NPP.
  C) NPN and NPP.
  D) PRP and UPN.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 177:

  The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the

  Options:
  A) absence of a strong and effective army
  B) bitter struggle for the throne by the ruling families
  C) strained relations between Benin and Agbor
  D) British abolition of the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 178:

  The French colonial policy of assimilation failed in Africa because

  Options:
  A) African culture was deeply rooted
  B) the African elite were opposed to it
  C) it was not consistently implemented
  D) it was expensive to implement.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 179:

  The Scramble of Africans by Europeans in 1884/85 Berlin Conference made Nigeria a British _________ colony.

  Options:
  A) North Africa
  B) East Africa
  C) South Africa
  D) West Africa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 180:

  Who brought Christianity to Liberia?

  Options:
  A) Missionaries
  B) British Consuls
  C) Freed American slaves
  D) Freed British slaves
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  The correct answer is C .