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 251:

  The principal target of the Aba Women demonstrators of 1929 were the

  Options:
  A) European traders
  B) Warrant chiefs
  C) Christian missionaries
  D) Court clerks.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 252:

  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 253:

  The main goal of the British expedition against the Aro was to

  Options:
  A) eliminate all opposition to their presence in the hinterland
  B) pave the way for the Christianization of Igboland
  C) destroy the Ibini-Ukpabi oracle
  D) liberate the Igbo from Aro bondage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 254:

  Before 1963 __________ was the highest court in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) Supreme court
  B) Appeal court
  C) Privy council
  D) Magistrate court
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 255:

  Mohammed Ali was able to gain effective control of Egypt

  Options:
  A) by defeating the Wahabis
  B) by eliminating the Mamluks
  C) with the support of the Felahin
  D) with the support of the French.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 256:

  The crown colony system is ________

  Options:
  A) a form of British direct rule of British annexed territory
  B) the home of the queen for admin purpose
  C) where all the African countries are administered
  D) the seat for traditional rulers playing indirect rule
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 257:

  All but one is not impact of British on Nigeria.

  Options:
  A) Christianity
  B) Amalgamating for federal administration
  C) Islamic law
  D) Common law
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 258:

  Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to

  Options:
  A) ease local transportation problem of women
  B) encourage visits among distant relations
  C) support the movement of raw materials and the army
  D) provide employment for the people
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 259:

  When was the Census crisis in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) 1962/1963
  B) 1964/1965
  C) 1965/1966
  D) 1968/1969
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 260:

  All the following except one were the motivating reasons behind the Great Trek

  Options:
  A) the fear that the emigration might lead to a decline of civilisation
  B) insecurity about the conflict on the Eastern frontier of South Africa
  C) restoration of economic, cultural and political unity independent of the British power
  D) threat of liberalism by the new colonial regime
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  The correct answer is A .