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 261:

  The head of the administration of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was titled

  Options:
  A) High Commissioner
  B) Governor-General
  C) Lieutenant General
  D) Emir
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 262:

  The Ekiti Parapo was an alliance against

  Options:
  A) the Muslim incursion into Yorubaland
  B) the rising power of Ibadan
  C) Christian missionary presence in Yorubaland
  D) the abolition of the slave trade.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 263:

  The greatest achievement of Mutesa II in Buganda was his

  Options:
  A) ability to resist European imperialism
  B) conquest of large territories
  C) diplomacy in dealing with foreigners
  D) management of religious crises.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 264:

  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 265:

  The Nigeria president who with Eyadema of Togo spearhead the formation of ECOWAS is ___________

  Options:
  A) Muhammad Buhari
  B) Yakubu Gowon
  C) Olusegun Obasanjo
  D) Aguiyi Ironsi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 266:

  The Nigerian civil war lasted _____ months.

  Options:
  A) 20
  B) 18
  C) 30
  D) 28
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 267:

  The objective of the 1934 legislation imposing quotas on imported goods from non-British sources was to

  Options:
  A) develop Nigerian industries
  B) increase Nigeria’s Gross National Product
  C) exclude cheap Japanese textiles
  D) regulate trade between Nigeria and other countries.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 268:

  A major economic activity among the Nupe was

  Options:
  A) horse breeding
  B) leather work
  C) canoe-building
  D) cattle rearing.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 269:

  Sierra leone gained independence in?

  Options:
  A) 1957
  B) 1961
  C) 1960
  D) 1990
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 270:

  The outbreak of the Mfecane is attributable to

  Options:
  A) the tragic death of Dingiswayo
  B) Dingiswayo’s attempt to impose a European model of administration
  C) the search for grazing and habitable land
  D) the flight of the Swazi northwards.
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  The correct answer is D .