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 721:

  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 .
• Question 722:

  The French policy of assimilation failed primarily because

  Options:
  A) Africans lacked the required level of education
  B) It was expensive to implement
  C) it required total rejection of African culture
  D) no African sought to be assimilated.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 723:

  What are the Kingmakers in Oyo called?

  Options:
  A) Ogoni
  B) Iwarefa
  C) Eunuchs
  D) Oyomesi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 724:

  The Tin Producers’ Association was formed in 1929 to

  Options:
  A) increase the production of tin
  B) alleviate the hardship of miners
  C) regulate the supply of tin
  D) introduce modern methods of production.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 725:

  The major reason for Nigeria’s interest in the Liberian Civil War was to save herself from

  Options:
  A) bearing the burden of the war’s refugees
  B) losing her investments in Liberia
  C) losing her citizens in Liberia
  D) losing her position as a regional power.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 726:

  The Queen mother, Magira, played a prominent role in the government of the

  Options:
  A) Hausa States
  B) Kwararafa Kingdom
  C) Kanem Borno Empire
  D) Igala Kingdom.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 727:

  The trans-Atlantic slave trade was displace with search for raw materials by the British due to ___________

  Options:
  A) feudalism posture
  B) search for territorial expansion
  C) industrial revolution
  D) conflict with Americans
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 728:

  In Sierra Leone, the ... was the first established Christian Church for British freed slaves among others

  Options:
  A) Methodists
  B) Roman Catholics
  C) Church Missionary Society
  D) Anglican Church
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 729:

  The British colonial policy of "indirect rule" was first implemented in Nigeria by Lugard in which region?

  Options:
  A) Calabar
  B) Oyo
  C) Lagos
  D) Kano
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 730:

  A factor responsible for the growth of large towns among the Yoruba was the

  Options:
  A) absence of conflict in the area
  B) concentration of Europeans in the area
  C) fertile nature of the soil in the area
  D) high centralization of authority in the area.
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  The correct answer is C .