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 201:

  The Efik serve as ___________ between the white trader on the coast and the inland tribes of Cross river.

  Options:
  A) middle men
  B) hindrance
  C) saviour
  D) helper
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 202:

  The second military coup d' e tat in Nigeria took place on

  Options:
  A) July 29, 1966
  B) June 30, 1976
  C) January 15, 1966
  D) February 3, 1976
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 203:

  It was difficult for the Nigerian coastal chiefs to give up the slave trade after its abolition because

  Options:
  A) it had been part of African culture
  B) Africans were too involved to give up the trade
  C) the British Navy was not effective in enforcing the abolition
  D) the trade was still crucial to the economy of their states.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 204:

  Due to colonialism, the new day Nigeria now has _______as her official language.

  Options:
  A) English
  B) Pidgin
  C) Hausa
  D) French
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 205:

  By 1700, the Portuguese had been expelled from all their coastal strongholds in East Africa by the

  Options:
  A) Arab traders
  B) English traders
  C) Belgium traders
  D) Indian traders.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 206:

  All but one of the following triggered the Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan

  Options:
  A) the foreign government's growing reliance on European Christians
  B) the Sudanese of governmental efforts to suppress the lucrative slave trade
  C) unpleasant immigration policy of the foreign government
  D) heavy taxation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 207:

  Baptists, Methodists and the ... were among the first to engage in the Liberiian Christian Mission

  Options:
  A) Presbyterian Church
  B) United Church of Christ
  C) Catholic Christian Mission
  D) Episcopal Church
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 208:

  An inquiry into the need for a People-led and informed Constitution was central to ... regime

  Options:
  A) Lyttleton's
  B) Clifford's
  C) Richard's
  D) Macpherson's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 209:

  One feature of European diplomacy in the scramble for Africa was

  Options:
  A) exchanging of ambassadors among them
  B) holding Africans hostage for negotiations
  C) negotiating with African leaders for territories
  D) reconciling differences over territorial claims.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 210:

  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 .