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:

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

  Options:
  A) military alliance
  B) marriage ties
  C) political ties
  D) economic interdependence
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 72:

  The system the colonialists introduced in Nigeria to administer their function was regarded as?

  Options:
  A) Indirect rule
  B) direct rule
  C) policy of assimilation
  D) policy of association
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 73:

  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 74:

  The ruler that was driven out of Lagos by the British was

  Options:
  A) Oba Akintoye
  B) Oba Dosumu
  C) Oba Kosoko
  D) Oba Adele.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 75:

  In 1963, the Eastern region of Nigeria went to the supreme court over the

  Options:
  A) decision of the federal government to conduct a fresh census
  B) exclusion of Easterners resident in the North from the census
  C) the population figures of the national census
  D) exclusion of women in the national census.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 76:

  The Royal Niger Company was renamed

  Options:
  A) British West African Company
  B) United African Company
  C) Lever Brothers NigeriaPlc
  D) Leventis Nigeria Plc.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 77:

  ________ preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa.

  Options:
  A) Thabo Mbeki
  B) Frederik Willem de Klerk
  C) Jan Christiaan Heunis
  D) Pieter Willem Botha
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 78:

  A major cause of depopulation in Nigeria in the 18th century was

  Options:
  A) the trans-Atlantic slave trade
  B) the trans-Saharan trade
  C) human sacrifice
  D) inter-ethnic warfare.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 79:

  The First and Second World Wars were between ... respectively

  Options:
  A) 1939-1945, 1914-1918
  B) 1914-1918, 1939-1945
  C) 1914-1919, 1932-1942
  D) 1914-1919, 1939-1945
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 80:

  The Mahdists revolt in the Sudan was successful

  Options:
  A) They believed they had a superior faith
  B) it enjoyed widespread support
  C) the Egyptian army was poorly trained
  D) General Gordon was an incompetent commander.
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  The correct answer is B .