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 61:

  The protectorate of Nigeria in 1914 became _________ in 1946

  Options:
  A) states
  B) provinces
  C) regions
  D) sections
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 62:

  The "Magna Carta," signed in 1215, limited the power of which monarch?

  Options:
  A) King Louis XIV of France
  B) King Henry VIII of England
  C) King John of England
  D) Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 63:

  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 64:

  Which of the following was one of the demands of the National Congress of British West Africa?

  Options:
  A) Expulsion of all Syrians and Lebanese from the colonies.
  B) Establishment of a university in each of the colonies.
  C) Election of Africans into each colony's council.
  D) Restriction of the activities of Christian missionaries in the colonies.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 65:

  The development of mircoliths is associated with the

  Options:
  A) Middle Age Stone
  B) Late Stone Age
  C) Iron Age
  D) Early Stone Age.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 66:

  Nationalist activities developed earlier in British West Africa than in French West Africa because

  Options:
  A) British colonies were accorded equal status with Britain
  B) Britain had more colonies than France
  C) African chiefs in French colonies were highly respected
  D) of the systems of administration adopted by the colonial powers.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 67:

  The British government took over the control of the Colony of Sierra Leone in 1807 in order to use it as a

  Options:
  A) major trading port in the West African region
  B) centre for the spread of British culture
  C) base for anti-slave trade naval patrol
  D) base to penet West African interior.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 68:

  The colonial investments in extractive industries invariably led to the

  Options:
  A) urbanization of towns and cities in Nigeria
  B) arrival of slave trading in Nigeria and Africa
  C) motivation of a continued colonial rule
  D) uneven development of the regions in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 69:

  A major consequence of the Great Trek was the

  Options:
  A) restriction of movement of the whites in South Africa
  B) agitation for black-white equality in South Africa
  C) annexation of white communities by the Africans
  D) the expansion of white communities in South Africa.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 70:

  Armed resistance to British rule in Northern Nigeria ended with the conquest of

  Options:
  A) Kano and Sokoto
  B) Bida and Kano
  C) Katsina and Kano
  D) Bauchi and Katsina.
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  The correct answer is A .