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 221:

  The NCNC London Delegate pressed for

  Options:
  A) free primary education for all Nigerian children
  B) autonomy for the regions
  C) a revision of the Richards Constitution
  D) outright independence for Nigeria.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 222:

  The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
  Abdulsalami regime was

  Options:
  A) promulgate the 1999 Constitution
  B) handing over power to a civilian government
  C) the release of political prisoners
  D) organizing successful general elections.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 223:

  All of these are independent Hausa city states in Nigeria except

  Options:
  A) Kano
  B) Daura
  C) Katsina
  D) Kebbi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 224:

  Which European explorer is credited with discovering Sierra Leone in the 15th century?

  Options:
  A) Vasco da Gama
  B) Christopher Columbus
  C) Ferdinand Magellan
  D) Pedro de Sintra
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 225:

  In Sierra Leone, the ... was the first established Christian Church for British freed slaves among others

  Options:
  A) Methodists
  B) Roman Catholics
  C) Church Missionary Society
  D) Anglican Church
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 226:

  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 227:

  What was the primary economic activity of the Nupe people during this period?

  Options:
  A) Hunting
  B) Farming
  C) Fishing
  D) Trading
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 228:

  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 229:

  The immediate reaction of the Commonwealth to the Sharpeville massacre was the

  Options:
  A) expulsion of South Africa from the organization
  B) invitation of South Africa to a negotiation
  C) organization of anti-apartheid conferences
  D) declaration of an anti-apartheid year.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 230:

  Lagos colony and protectorate of southern Nigeria was merge merged together to form ____________

  Options:
  A) Protectorate of southern Nigeria
  B) Lagos colony and protectorate of southern Nigeria
  C) Nigeria protectorates
  D) Protectorate of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is B .