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 21:

  Obasanjo regime established a drafting committee in 1975 and it began work in _________

  Options:
  A) January 1975
  B) October 1975
  C) June 1975
  D) September 1975
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 22:

  The Sokoto Jihad was

  Options:
  A) the first Islamic movement in West Africa
  B) an attempt to establish Fulani dominance
  C) the last of the 19th century Jihads
  D) the origin of the other Jihads in West Africa.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 23:

  The immediate cause of the Nigerian Civil War was the

  Options:
  A) coup detat of January 1966
  B) crisis in the Western region
  C) poor social policy of the First Republic
  D) crisis of the 1962 Census
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 24:

  Protests by trade unions in Nigeria during the colonial period were aimed at

  Options:
  A) achieving political independence
  B) establishing more industries
  C) obtaining specific benefits for members
  D) fighting corruption among government officials.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 25:

  The colonial investments in extractive industries invariably led to the

  Options:
  A) urbanization of towns and cities in Nigeria
  B) arrival of slave trading in Nigeria and Africa
  C) motivation of a continued colonial rule
  D) uneven development of the regions in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 26:

  Which initiative was launched by the Buhari administration to tackle corruption in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission)
  B) Operation Python Dance
  C) Operation Crocodile Smile
  D) Operation Lafiya Dole
  E) The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA)
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 27:

  The Battle of Tel el-Kebir was fought between

  Options:
  A) Tawfiq and the Mahdists
  B) the Khedive and the Wafdists
  C) Napoleon and the Mamluks.
  D) the British and the Urabists
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 28:

  The repeated attempts by Egypt and Italy to colonize Ethiopia led to the

  Options:
  A) end of the Era of Princes in Ethiopia
  B) conquest of Southern Ethiopia
  C) expansion of the colonial tendencies to pacify Ethiopia
  D) battle of Adwa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 29:

  ... has primarily led to the growth of Islamic reform movements in many sub-Saharan African countries

  Options:
  A) The crisis of modernisation of the 20th Century
  B) The new discoveries on the inadequacies of Islam
  C) The shift in the belief and religious system of Islam
  D) The rigidity in the use of Arabic language
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 30:

  Nnamdi Azikiwe's West African Pilot was established in what year?

  Options:
  A) 1936
  B) 1937
  C) 1938
  D) 1939
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  The correct answer is B .