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 501:

  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 502:

  The women who wielded political influence in Borno were

  Options:
  A) Gumsu, Daurama and Magira
  B) Turunku, Magara and Gumsu
  C) Daurama, Turunku and Kaugama
  D) Magara, Magira and Gumsu
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 503:

  Which of these is not an achievement under the colonial rule?

  Options:
  A) creation of political region
  B) creation of Nigerian Council
  C) proclamation
  D) None
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 504:

  In whose regime was illegal West Africa aliens living in Nigeria expelled?

  Options:
  A) Buhari/Idiagbon era
  B) Shagari era
  C) Balewa era
  D) Murtala/Obasanjo era
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 505:

  Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to

  Options:
  A) ease local transportation problem of women
  B) encourage visits among distant relations
  C) support the movement of raw materials and the army
  D) provide employment for the people
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 506:

  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 507:

  The system of Government in the Sokoto Caliphate was

  Options:
  A) Democracy
  B) Parliamentary
  C) Totalitarianism
  D) Communism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 508:

  All but one of the following triggered the Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan

  Options:
  A) the foreign government's growing reliance on European Christians
  B) the Sudanese of governmental efforts to suppress the lucrative slave trade
  C) unpleasant immigration policy of the foreign government
  D) heavy taxation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 509:

  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 .
• Question 510:

  Which African country experienced a prolonged and violent struggle for independence against French colonial rule, culminating in a war of independence that lasted from 1954 to 1962?

  Options:
  A) Algeria
  B) Tunisia
  C) Tunisia
  D) Morocco
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  The correct answer is A .