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 411:

  Who among the following never created a state?

  Options:
  A) Aguyi Ironsi
  B) Yakubu Gowon
  C) Saani Abcha
  D) Muritala Muhammed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 412:

  French delay in occupying Algeria was attributed to

  Options:
  A) demographic reasons
  B) insufficient officials
  C) the people’s resistance
  D) fear of British reaction.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 413:

  The quest for self government was a motion proposed by ______ in ______

  Options:
  A) Gnassingbe Enyadema/1976
  B) Anthony Enahoro/1953
  C) Obafemi Awolowo/1960
  D) Hon. Tunji Brightwhite/1963
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 414:

  The Scramble of Africans by Europeans in 1884/85 Berlin Conference made Nigeria a British _________ colony.

  Options:
  A) North Africa
  B) East Africa
  C) South Africa
  D) West Africa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 415:

  The principal anti-apartheid party in South Africa was the

  Options:
  A) African National Congress
  B) Afrikaner National Party
  C) National Party
  D) Unionist Congress.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 416:

  The jihadists emerged victorious in Gobir because

  Options:
  A) their cause was just
  B) the Hausa rulers were divided
  C) they had superior weapons
  D) the masses supported them.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 417:

  In pre-colonial Nigeria, intergroup contacts were encourage mostly by

  Options:
  A) economic interdependence
  B) military alliance
  C) marriage ties
  D) political ties
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 418:

  The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because 

  Options:
  A) of their desire to accept Christianity
  B) of their quest for Western education
  C) they wanted British protection
  D) they wanted to established trade with the British.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 419:

  The Coussey Commission Report laid the ground-work for the eventual independence of

  Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Gambia
  C) Liberia
  D) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 420:

  In 1887, a plot to depose Kabaka Mwanga was hatched by

  Options:
  A) a Muslim group
  B) Baganda Christians
  C) Arab slave merchants
  D) Egyptian mercenaries.
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  The correct answer is A .