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 461:

  One of the following is not a gearing factor towards the great trek.

  Options:
  A) Freedom from British domination
  B) Bringing back to normal the economic, cultural and political independence
  C) The panic that emigration might decline civilization
  D) The fear of conflict on the eastern frontier of South Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 462:

  The strategy for accelerated agricultural development of the Obasanjo regime in the 1970’s focused on

  Options:
  A) improving transportation network to the rural areas
  B) establishing agro-allied industries
  C) achieving food self-sufficiency
  D) establishing new marketing boards.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 463:

  One of the factors that attracted the Europeans to East Africa was the desire

  Options:
  A) for tropical produce
  B) for territorial expansion
  C) to establish Christian missions
  D) to spread Western education.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 464:

  The Nok civilization suggests that

  Options:
  A) Nigeria passed through different stages of development
  B) civilization in the area began with the Stone Age
  C) the people of Nigeria came from the East
  D) Nigerian civilization is related to that of Greek.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 465:

  In colonial Nigeria, export crop production was dominated by

  Options:
  A) peasant farmers
  B) indigenous middlemen
  C) the Labanese
  D) the Europeans
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 466:

  The founder of the MAHDIA (MAHDIYA) MOVEMENT is?

  Options:
  A) Muhammed Ahmad
  B) Abubakar Bello
  C) Muhammed Bello
  D) Uthmna Dan Fodio
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 467:

  The Emir of Sokoto controls the ________ empire as one of the supreme headquarter.

  Options:
  A) Eastern
  B) Western
  C) Southern
  D) Central
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 468:

  The power that emerged after the First World War was

  Options:
  A) Great Britain
  B) Russia
  C) the USA
  D) Japan.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 469:

  The 1922 Clifford Constitution restricted the franchise to

  Options:
  A) Calabar and Benin
  B) Lagos and Calabar
  C) Lagos and Warri
  D) Warri and Lokoja
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 470:

  In 1973, Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Israel because of Israel’s

  Options:
  A) occupation of Egyptian territory
  B) support for apartheid South Africa
  C) support for Biafra during the war
  D) raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda.
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  The correct answer is A .