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 781:

  Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to

  Options:
  A) ease local transportation problem of women
  B) encourage visits among distant relations
  C) support the movement of raw materials and the army
  D) provide employment for the people
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 782:

  Which of the following areas did Malam Alimi incorporate into the Sokoto Caliphate?

  Options:
  A) Bida
  B) Ilorin
  C) Adamawa
  D) Bauchi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 783:

  The immediate cause of the Nigerian Civil War was the

  Options:
  A) crisis in the Western region
  B) poor social policy of the First Republic
  C) coup detat of January 1966
  D) crisis of the 1962 Census
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 784:

  The first Boer republic established as a result of the Great Trek was

  Options:
  A) Transvaal
  B) the Cape
  C) the Orange Free State
  D) Natal.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 785:

  The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was formed

  Options:
  A) in 1993, to press for the re-validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election
  B) in 1994, to solicit funds in preparation for the transition into Civilian rule
  C) in 1994, to press for the re-validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election
  D) in 1993, to advocate for the violation of human rights under the Abacha's regime
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 786:

  What is the title of the king's mother in Benin kingdom?

  Options:
  A) Iye
  B) Iyoba
  C) Yeye
  D) Ummi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 787:

  Politics in Nigeria’s First republic was characterized by

  Options:
  A) religion and ethnicity
  B) religion and regionalism
  C) ethnicity and regionalism
  D) regionalism and despotism.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 788:

  The ethnic groups that occupy the hinterland of the Bight of Benin include the

  Options:
  A) Edo, the Yoruba and the Urhobo
  B) Itsekiri, the Igbo and the Idoma
  C) Yoruba, the Jukun and the Efik
  D) Igbo, the Ibibio and the Tiv
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 789:

  The Native Authority Ordinance of 1916 introduced direct taxation into Yorubaland and thereby

  Options:
  A) gave greater administrative and judicial responsibilities to the Oba
  B) made Yorubaland a beneficiary of British aid
  C) encouraged the appointment of more British officials
  D) involved the educated elite in colonial administration.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 790:

  The London Constitutional Conference of 1957 was targeted at

  Options:
  A) increasing wider participation of the people in their Regional legislature
  B) ensuring the speedy growth of federalism in Nigeria
  C) imputing the voice of the people in their Independence Constitution
  D) preparing ground works for the self-governance and inclusive development of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is D .