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 71:

  One of the following is not a gearing factor towards the great trek.

  Options:
  A) Freedom from British domination
  B) Bringing back to normal the economic, cultural and political independence
  C) The panic that emigration might decline civilization
  D) The fear of conflict on the eastern frontier of South Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 72:

  Which of the following played the greatest role in the British conquest of Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The John Holt Company
  B) The Royal Niger Company
  C) The Church Missionary Society
  D) The Roman Catholic Mission.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 73:

  The Oyo Empire reached its peak during the reign of which Alaafin?

  Options:
  A) Oba Ewuare
  B) Oduduwa
  C) Shango
  D) Abiodun
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 74:

  King Leopold’s colonial ventures in the Congo were aimed at

  Options:
  A) making Belgium a great colonial power
  B) carving out an empire for himself
  C) putting a stop to domestic slave trade in the area
  D) introducing Western education to the people.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 75:

  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 76:

  The Ekiti Parapo was an alliance against

  Options:
  A) the Muslim incursion into Yorubaland
  B) the rising power of Ibadan
  C) Christian missionary presence in Yorubaland
  D) the abolition of the slave trade.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 77:

  Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to

  Options:
  A) obtain recognition for his government
  B) introduce heavy taxation
  C) rebuild the Sudanese territories
  D) fight against lucrative slave trade
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 78:

  The Nigerian National Alliance won the 1964 Federal Election by a landslide because the

  Options:
  A) party was popular with the masses
  B) United Progressive Grand Alliance boycotted it
  C) opposition parties were poorly organized
  D) party represented the aspirations of the minority groups
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 79:

  Protests by trade unions in Nigeria during the colonial period were aimed at

  Options:
  A) achieving political independence
  B) establishing more industries
  C) obtaining specific benefits for members
  D) fighting corruption among government officials.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 80:

  In pre-colonial Nigeria, intergroup contacts were encourage mostly by

  Options:
  A) economic interdependence
  B) military alliance
  C) marriage ties
  D) political ties
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  The correct answer is A .