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 551:

  When did Lagos become a colony?

  Options:
  A) 5 March,1861
  B) 7 May, 1861
  C) 5 March, 1862
  D) 5 May, 1961
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 552:

  In post-apartheid South Africa, the main concern of government is to

  Options:
  A) punish the people who perpetrated apartheid
  B) redress the injustices of the apartheid policy
  C) make the country the giant of Africa
  D) make the country a permanent member of the UN Security Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 553:

  The nationalist leaders who played prominent roles during Zimbabwe’s struggle for independence were

  Options:
  A) Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo
  B) Abel Muzerewaand Kamuzu Banda
  C) Sam Nujoma and Chris Hani
  D) Ndabaningi Sithole and Augustiho Neto.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 554:

  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 555:

  The reign of Sayyid said in East Africa was marked by

  Options:
  A) a gradual growth in Portuguese influence
  B) decline in the slave trade
  C) crises at home and pirates at sea
  D) the loss of Pate to the Mazrui.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 556:

  It was difficult for the Nigerian coastal chiefs to give up the slave trade after its abolition because

  Options:
  A) it had been part of African culture
  B) Africans were too involved to give up the trade
  C) the British Navy was not effective in enforcing the abolition
  D) the trade was still crucial to the economy of their states.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 557:

  In colonial Nigeria, export crop production was dominated by

  Options:
  A) the Europeans
  B) the Labanese
  C) peasant farmers
  D) indigenous middlemen
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 558:

  The prime minister in the kingdom of Buganda was known as

  Options:
  A) Mugema
  B) Katikiro
  C) Kabaka
  D) Omuwanika.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 559:

  Intensified European activity along the coast in the nineteenth century led Benin to

  Options:
  A) redirect her trade to the north
  B) lose control of some vassal states
  C) expel Christian missionaries
  D) embark on a cultural revival in the area.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 560:

  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 .