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 531:

  Who founded Nupe?

  Options:
  A) Tapa
  B) Idah
  C) Tsoede
  D) Oduduwa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 532:

  Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?

  Options:
  A) Bida
  B) Ilorin
  C) Adamawa
  D) Bauchi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 533:

  King Leopold's colonial ventures in the Congo were aimed at

  Options:
  A) making Belgium a great colonial power
  B) putting a stop to domestic slave trade in the area
  C) carving out an empire for himself
  D) introducing Western education to the people.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 534:

  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 535:

  Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?

  Options:
  A) Bida
  B) Ilorin
  C) Adamawa
  D) Bauchi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 536:

  The Nigerian Youth Movement collapsed as a result of

  Options:
  A) its failure to win elections
  B) shortage of funds to run its affairs
  C) the harassment of its leadership by government
  D) the break-up of its leadership.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 537:

  The NCNC London Delegate pressed for

  Options:
  A) free primary education for all Nigerian children
  B) autonomy for the regions
  C) a revision of the Richards Constitution
  D) outright independence for Nigeria.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 538:

  The legendary founder of the Kanuri was

  Options:
  A) Ali Ghaji
  B) Idris b. Ali Katagarmabe
  C) Idris Alooma
  D) Sayf b. dhi Yazan.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 539:

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

  Options:
  A) establish a political party
  B) encourage black participation in governance
  C) retrieve all lands seized by the whites
  D) integrate the various groups and races.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 540:

  The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved which of the following?

  Options:
  A) encouragement of slave trade
  B) improvement of agriculture
  C) reorganization of the fiscal system
  D) revival of external trade
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  The correct answer is C .