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 311:

  Muhammad es Sadek was a 19th century ruler of

  Options:
  A) Morocco
  B) Libya
  C) Tunisia
  D) Algeria.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 312:

  Morocco was of strategic importance to the European countries because

  Options:
  A) of its good climatic conditions
  B) it was highly industrialized
  C) it possessed good mineral resources
  D) it provided an entrance to the Mediterranean.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 313:

  Oba Ewuare of Benin Kingdom is credited with having

  Options:
  A) successfully opposed British imperialism
  B) successfully managed monopoly over trade which the British found irksome
  C) succeeded Ovonramwen
  D) transformed Benin city into a city-state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 314:

  Which of the following groups belongs to the Jos Plateau?

  Options:
  A) Gbagyi and Nupe
  B) Idoma and Igede
  C) Berom and Angas
  D) Jukun and Tiv.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 315:

  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 316:

  The United Nations was created as a result of the failure of the ________

  Options:
  A) Commonwealth of Nations
  B) OPEC
  C) League of Nations
  D) All of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 317:

  The maasai tribe of East African speaks ...... language among the Nilotic family of African tribes.

  Options:
  A) Maa
  B) Swahili
  C) Bini
  D) Berber
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 318:

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

  Options:
  A) retrieve all lands seized by the whites
  B) integrate the various groups and races.
  C) encourage black participation in governance
  D) establish a political party
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 319:

  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 320:

  Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to

  Options:
  A) obtain recognition for his government
  B) introduce heavy taxation
  C) rebuild the Sudanese territories
  D) fight against lucrative slave trade
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  The correct answer is D .