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 11:

  The Queen mother, Magira, played a prominent role in the government of the

  Options:
  A) Hausa States
  B) Kwararafa Kingdom
  C) Kanem Borno Empire
  D) Igala Kingdom.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12:

  Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to

  Options:
  A) obtain recognition for his government
  B) introduce heavy taxation
  C) rebuild the Sudanese territories
  D) fight against lucrative slave trade
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 13:

  The main economic activity of the Nupe people is

  Options:
  A) leather work
  B) gathering
  C) hunting
  D) rearing cattle
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 14:

  The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, is an important historical document that limited the power of which figure?

  Options:
  A) Kings and Monarchs
  B) The Pope
  C) Military Generals
  D) Wealthy Merchants
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 15:

  What was the political structure of the Nupe Kingdom during this period?

  Options:
  A) Feudal system
  B) Absolute monarchy
  C) Tribal confederation
  D) Parliamentary democracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 16:

  Which of the following countries did the Murtala/Obasanjo regime assist during their struggle for independence?

  Options:
  A) Guinea Bissau and Namibia
  B) Angola and Zimbabwe
  C) Sierra Leone and Equitorial Guinea.
  D) The Gambia and Tanzania
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17:

  A factor responsible for the growth of large towns among the Yoruba was the 

  Options:
  A) fertile nature of the soil in the area
  B) high centralization of authority in the area.
  C) concentration of Europeans in the area
  D) absence of conflict in the area
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 18:

  Islam was introduced in Kano during the reign of

  Options:
  A) Sarkin Kano Ibrahim Dabo
  B) Sarkin Kano Kanajeji
  C) Sarkin Kano Muhammadu Rumfa
  D) Sarkin Kano Yaji.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 19:

  The Bayajidda tradition suggests that

  Options:
  A) Hausa ancestors came from Arabia
  B) women exercised political power in pre-Islamic Hausaland
  C) the introduction of Islam led to the formation of the Hausa city states
  D) The Queen of Daura was the first to embrace Islam.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 20:

  The indirect rule system succeeded in Huasa/Fulani society because the

  Options:
  A) society has only one region
  B) people were practicing anarchy
  C) people receive Islamic education
  D) existing administration favored the system.
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  The correct answer is D .