History JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1

The Buhari/Idiagbo regime is popular known for his relentless advocacy of ________

  • A. OFN
  • B. Decree 419
  • C. WAI
  • D. KAI
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2

The people of Nupe mainly derive their source of livelihood from?

  • A. Fishing
  • B. Farming
  • C. Taping
  • D. Crafting
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3

The colonialist officially left Nigeria so as to enable her self government in__________

  • A. 1960
  • B. 1966
  • C. 1959
  • D. 1970
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4

The Biafra civil war was between

  • A. 1967- 1968
  • B. 1968 - 1971
  • C. 1967 - 1970
  • D. 1970 - 1975
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5

The last colonial governor general of Nigeria was_____________

  • A. James Robertson
  • B. Jimmy Carter
  • C. Lord Lugard
  • D. Hugh Clifford
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6

The civil war between Yakubu Gowon and Odumegwu Ojukwu was mainly as a result of __________

  • A. Disrespect
  • B. Favoritism
  • C. Clause of Anarchy
  • D. Crave for power
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7

Regionalism was undisputably acknowledged and accredited to _________

  • A. Arthur Richard
  • B. Macpherson
  • C. Clifford
  • D. Lyttleton
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8

Nigeria was then a conglomerations of _________

  • A. Nations
  • B. Peoples
  • C. Ethnic groups
  • D. Wards
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9

Which of the following is incorrect.?

  • A. Nigeria was removed at first from Common Wealth during Abacha's regime
  • B. Nigeria was at first bombarded in 1951
  • C. Sierra Leone was never colonized
  • D. Ethiopia was never colonized
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10

Abacha regime saw to the termination of _________

  • A. Ibrahim Babangida
  • B. Ernest Shonekan
  • C. Onukah Abigail
  • D. Murtala Muhammed
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11

ECOWAS was found under whose leadership?

  • A. Olusegun Obasanjo
  • B. Yakubu Gowon
  • C. Aguyi Ironsi
  • D. Ibrahim Babangida
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12

The Alaafin of Oyo was remarkable assisted usually by _________

  • A. Balogun
  • B. Bashorun
  • C. Aremo
  • D. Oyomesi
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13

At the bide of Benin, the ethnic group that occupied the interland include __________

  • A. Edo, Yoruba, Urhobo
  • B. Itsekiri, Igbo, and Idoma
  • C. Yoruba, The jukun, The Efik
  • D. The Ibibio, Igbo, Tiv
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14

At Independence, which of the following national resources is the main stay of the Nigerian economy.?

  • A. Coal
  • B. Cocoa
  • C. Crude oil
  • D. Groundnut
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15

Th leader of the South African’s black consciousness movement (Steve Biko) died in _________

  • A. 1914
  • B. 1946
  • C. 1977
  • D. 1960
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16

Who among the following never created a state?

  • A. Aguyi Ironsi
  • B. Yakubu Gowon
  • C. Saani Abcha
  • D. Muritala Muhammed
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17

All these but one were not created in Abacha’s region

  • A. Ebonyi
  • B. Gombe
  • C. Ekiti
  • D. Katsina
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18

When the pattern of Assimilation failed, the french colonialist resolved to ________

  • A. Association
  • B. Coercion
  • C. Infliction
  • D. Indirect Rule
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19

The last ruler of the Oguso dynasty in the Benin Empire was

  • A. Chief Oba Eweka
  • B. Oba Owodo
  • C. Oba Oromiyan
  • D. Oba Eware
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20

The Mahdiyya movement was fundamental because __________

  • A. It was of the people's will
  • B. It was voluntary reflex
  • C. It was inflicted on the people
  • D. It was acknowledged by the constitution
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21

The Jihad Uttsam Dan fodio launched in 1804 saw to the ___________ of Islam

  • A. Domineering
  • B. Abolison
  • C. Acknowledgement
  • D. Extinction
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