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 631:

  The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were

  Options:
  A) queuing culture and environmental sanitation
  B) public flogging and payment of fines
  C) arrest of offenders and imprisonment of convicts
  D) high slogans and beating of drums.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 632:

  Who was the head of the Zulus at the time of the Mfecane war?

  Options:
  A) Zwide
  B) Shaka
  C) Dingiswayo
  D) Sobhuza
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 633:

  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 634:

  One of the early Nigerian leaders who collaborated with British and later resisted was

  Options:
  A) Nana of Itsekiri
  B) Sultan Attahiru
  C) King Jaja of Opobo
  D) King Dappa Williams.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 635:

  Sierra Leone finally got freedom from the British colonial domination in ________

  Options:
  A) 1975
  B) 1961
  C) 1964
  D) 1960
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 636:

  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 .
• Question 637:

  Which African leader famously stated, "I am the captain of my soul" and became an icon of the decolonization movement?

  Options:
  A) Nelson Mandela
  B) Julius Nyerere
  C) Patrice Lumumba
  D) Jomo Kenyatta
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 638:

  The Lyttlelton Constitution is considered a landmark in the history of Nigeria, because it

  Options:
  A) created a federal structure of government for the country
  B) made ministers accountable to the electorate
  C) recognized Lagos as a federal territory
  D) gave ministers full authority over their ministries
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 639:

  The Kanem-Borno Empire prospered due to its control over

  Options:
  A) Ivory trade
  B) Salt trade
  C) Gold trade
  D) Copper trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 640:

  During the Mahdiyya Movement, the British-Egyptian forces were defeated at the Battle of

  Options:
  A) Kerreri
  B) Dongola
  C) Khartoum
  D) Omdurman
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  The correct answer is C .