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 271:

  The expansion of white communities in South Africa is a major cause of ________

  Options:
  A) The great trek
  B) Racial war
  C) African unionism
  D) The great war
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 272:

  The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the

  Options:
  A) absence of a strong and effective army
  B) bitter struggle for the throne by the ruling families
  C) strained relations between Benin and Agbor
  D) British abolition of the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 273:

  Morocco was of strategic importance to the European countries because

  Options:
  A) it possessed good mineral resources
  B) it was highly industrialized
  C) it provided an entrance to the Mediterranean.
  D) of its good climatic conditions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 274:

  Which of the following rulers of Kano promoted Islam to a state religion?

  Options:
  A) Kanajeji
  B) Rumfa
  C) Yaji
  D) Abdullahi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 275:

  Which of the following is the most important source of the history of the Hausa states?

  Options:
  A) Tarikh-as Sudan.
  B) The European account.
  C) The Kano Chronicle.
  D) The Arab traders’ account.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 276:

  The main features of the economy of the forest zone of Nigeria in the eighteenth century were

  Options:
  A) pastoral farming and fishing
  B) fishing and salt-making
  C) cotton cultivation and weaving
  D) cash crop production and trading.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 277:

  Sabon Gari settlement in most parts of colonial Nigeria harboured mostly

  Options:
  A) people other than the indigenes
  B) indigenes who were Muslims
  C) strangers who were Muslims only
  D) European traders and missionaries
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 278:

  Which of the following played the greatest role in the British conquest of Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The John Holt Company
  B) The Royal Niger Company
  C) The Church Missionary Society
  D) The Roman Catholic Mission.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 279:

  The prime minister in the kingdom of Buganda was known as

  Options:
  A) Mugema
  B) Katikiro
  C) Kabaka
  D) Omuwanika.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 280:

  The policy of separation of the races in South Africa was first adopted in the Cape by the

  Options:
  A) British
  B) French
  C) Germans
  D) Boer.
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  The correct answer is D .