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 571:

  The collapse of Kanem under Dunama Debalemi was attributed to

  Options:
  A) poor economic system
  B) lack of a standing army
  C) conflict among the ruling class
  D) lack of a sound political structure.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 572:

  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 573:

  The last ruler of the Ogiso dynasty in the Benin Empire was

  Options:
  A) Oba Eweka
  B) Oba Owodo
  C) Oba Oranmiyan
  D) Oba Ewuare.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 574:

  The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved the

  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 .
• Question 575:

  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 576:

  The Royal Niger Company was renamed

  Options:
  A) British West African Company
  B) United African Company
  C) Lever Brothers NigeriaPlc
  D) Leventis Nigeria Plc.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 577:

  Paternalism was a colonial policy adopted
  by

  Options:
  A) Britain
  B) Portugal
  C) Germany
  D) France.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 578:

  Which of the following trade commodities was highly sought after and contributed to the rise of several states in the Nigeria area up to 1800?

  Options:
  A) Ivory
  B) Gold
  C) Spices
  D) Salt
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 579:

  After the death of Said bin Sultan, the empire was divided in what year and they practised what type of governmnent?

  Options:
  A) 1826/presidential system
  B) 1856/Monarchical system
  C) 1865/monarchical system
  D) 1888/Unitary system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 580:

  Lyttleton significance in the political development of Nigeria was that, he ______

  Options:
  A) introduced the Federal system of governmnet
  B) introduced elective principle
  C) divided the Southern province
  D) created central legislative unit.
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  The correct answer is A .