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 241:

  One of the objectives for the formation of the South African Native Congress in 1912 was to

  Options:
  A) establish a political party
  B) encourage black participation in governance
  C) retrieve all lands seized by the whites
  D) integrate the various groups and races.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 242:

  The Native Authority system in Northern Nigerian was established to

  Options:
  A) assist in the collection of taxes and general administration
  B) regulate the number of European District Officers
  C) streamline electoral laws in the area
  D) support the spread of Christian missionary activities.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 243:

  Which Christian missionary is known for translating the Bible into several indigenous Liberian languages?

  Options:
  A) Edward Blyden
  B) Samuel Ajayi Crowther
  C) Mary Slessor
  D) Lott Cary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 244:

  The leader of the South African Black consciousness Movement who died in detention in 1977 was

  Options:
  A) Walter Sisulu
  B) Albert Luthuli
  C) Robert Sobukwe
  D) Steve Biko.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 245:

  The Efik Kingdom had a highly developed system of writing known as

  Options:
  A) Hieroglyphics
  B) Cuneiform
  C) Ajami
  D) Nsibidi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 246:

  The Ekumeku movement started from Anioma which is part of present day ________.

  Options:
  A) Delta
  B) Enugu
  C) Imo
  D) Anambra
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 247:

  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 248:

  The city of Ife, in present-day Nigeria, is famous for its artistic heritage, particularly its

  Options:
  A) Beadwork
  B) Adire textiles
  C) Wooden masks
  D) Terracotta sculptures
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 249:

  The main reason for the construction of the railway from Port-Harcourt into the hinterland was the

  Options:
  A) discovery of tin in Jos area
  B) discovery of a deep sea harbor at Port-Harcourt
  C) discovery of coal at Udi
  D) need to evacuate export crops from the hinterland.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 250:

  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 .