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History Past Questions & Answers | JAMB UTME
Question 1
The Nguni people are originally from?
Options
A)
South Africa
B)
Namibia
C)
Mozambique
D)
Botswana
The correct answer is A.
Question 2
Who was the head of the Zulus at the time of the Mfecane war?
Options
A)
Zwide
B)
Shaka
C)
Dingiswayo
D)
Sobhuza
The correct answer is B.
Question 3
Who introduced indirect rule in Nigeria?
Options
A)
John Beecroft
B)
Bernard Bourdillon
C)
Lord Lugard
D)
King Richard II
The correct answer is C.
Question 4
The Ekumeku movement started from Anioma which is part of present day ________.
Options
A)
Delta
B)
Enugu
C)
Imo
D)
Anambra
The correct answer is A.
Question 5
The policy of Association was adopted by the ________.
Options
A)
French
B)
British
C)
Portuguese
D)
Belgians
The correct answer is A.
Question 6
The Berlin conference on the partitioning of Africa was held in _______.
Options
A)
1888/1889
B)
1887/1888
C)
1885/1886
D)
1884/1885
The correct answer is D.
Question 7
The indigenous pre-colonial Nigerian economy consisted of the following except
Options
A)
agriculture
B)
oil mining
C)
crafts
D)
local industries
The correct answer is A.
Question 8
Which of these system was most popular in the pre-colonial era?
Options
A)
The barter system
B)
The coin system
C)
The paper notes
D)
The digital system
The correct answer is A.
Question 9
In what year was the peace treaty signed in Yorubaland?
Options
A)
1885
B)
1886
C)
1887
D)
1888
The correct answer is B.
Question 10
Who were the first Europeans travellers to reach Benin?
Options
A)
Germans
B)
French
C)
Portuguese
D)
British
The correct answer is C.
Question 11
What is the title of the king’s mother in Benin kingdom?
Options
A)
Iye
B)
Iyoba
C)
Yeye
D)
Ummi
The correct answer is B.
Question 12
Who is regarded the father of modern Egypt?
Options
A)
Haile Selaisse
B)
Brutus Ghali Brutus
C)
Senghor Cedric
D)
Mohammad Ali
The correct answer is D.
Question 13
How many geo-political zones are there in Nigeria?
Options
A)
5
B)
6
C)
7
D)
8
The correct answer is B.
Question 14
The longest war in Yoruba land lasted _____ years.
Options
A)
15
B)
14
C)
16
D)
10
The correct answer is C.
Question 15
Who established the Sokoto Caliphate?
Options
A)
Abdullahi Dan Fodio
B)
Ahmadu Bello
C)
Usman Dan Fodio
D)
None of the above
The correct answer is C.
Question 16
Which constitution laid the foundation for the establishment of political parties in Nigeria?
Options
A)
The Clifford constitution of 1922
B)
The Richards constitution of 1946
C)
The Macpherson constitution of 1951
D)
The Lyttleton constitution of 1954
The correct answer is A.
Question 17
The _____ conference of 1950 discussed the provisions of the Macpherson’s constitution.
Options
A)
London
B)
Ibadan
C)
Lagos
D)
Calabar
The correct answer is B.
Question 18
In what year was Lagos annexed by the British?
Options
A)
1861
B)
1862
C)
1863
D)
1851
The correct answer is A.
Question 19
What was the first capital of the Kanem-Borno empire?
Options
A)
Birni Ngazargamu
B)
Njimi
C)
Bornu
D)
Birni Gazargamu
The correct answer is B.
Question 20
After the death of Said bin Sultan in 1856, the Asian section of the empire was ruled by ________.
Options
A)
Majid bin Said
B)
Thuwaini bin Said.
C)
Saif bin Sultan
D)
Sultan bin Ahmad
The correct answer is B.
Question 21
When did the Madhist war begin?
Options
A)
1880
B)
1881
C)
1882
D)
1883
The correct answer is B.
Question 22
Who was the first state president of the republic of South Africa?
Options
A)
Charles Robberts Swart
B)
Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges
C)
Nelson Mandela
D)
Thabo Mbeki
The correct answer is A.
Question 23
The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was abolished in Britain in what year?
Options
A)
1806
B)
1807
C)
1808
D)
1809
The correct answer is B.
Question 24
When was the Census crisis in Nigeria?
Options
A)
1962/1963
B)
1964/1965
C)
1965/1966
D)
1968/1969
The correct answer is A.
Question 25
When did Christianity start in Sierra Leone?
Options
A)
1729
B)
1793
C)
1794
D)
1795
The correct answer is A.
Question 26
Islam came to Nigeria in the ______ century.
Options
A)
11th
B)
12th
C)
17th
D)
18th
The correct answer is A.
Question 27
Nigeria joined UNO as the ___ member.
Options
A)
99th
B)
100th
C)
98th
D)
90th
The correct answer is A.
Question 28
The first school in Nigeria was __________.
Options
A)
CMS grammar school
B)
Yaba higher school
C)
Nursery of Infant Church
D)
None of the above
The correct answer is C.
Question 29
Nigeria’s vice president in the second republic was
Options
A)
Shehu Yar’adua
B)
Tunde Idiagbon
C)
Alex Ekwueme
D)
Mohammed Goni
The correct answer is C.
Question 30
The economic reforms of Theodore II of Ethiopia involved which of the following?
Options
A)
encouragement of slave trade
B)
improvement of agriculture
C)
reorganization of the fiscal system
D)
revival of external trade
The correct answer is C.
Question 31
Which of these was not an effect of the Great Trek?
Options
A)
Afrikaners remained politically divided for many years
B)
The Trek resulted in the cultural and economic isolation of the Boers.
C)
The Great Trek led directly to the founding of several autonomous Boer republics
D)
It reduced trade between black and white groups
The correct answer is D.
Question 32
Clothe dyeing started in what part of Nigeria?
Options
A)
South-East
B)
South-West
C)
North-East
D)
North-Central
The correct answer is B.
Question 33
How many states did General Murtala Mohammed create?
Options
A)
5
B)
7
C)
9
D)
11
The correct answer is B.
Question 34
In what year was the Oil River protectorate established?
Options
A)
1885
B)
1886
C)
1887
D)
1888
The correct answer is A.
Question 35
The Lagos colony and the Southern Protectorate was almagamated in _____.
Options
A)
1905
B)
1906
C)
1907
D)
1908
The correct answer is B.
Question 36
Who was known as the Napoleon of West Africa?
Options
A)
Cedric Senghor
B)
Mohammad Ali
C)
Samori Toure
D)
None of the above
The correct answer is C.
Question 37
What are the Kingmakers in Oyo called?
Options
A)
Ogoni
B)
Iwarefa
C)
Eunuchs
D)
Oyomesi
The correct answer is D.
Question 38
Who brought Christianity to Liberia?
Options
A)
Missionaries
B)
British Consuls
C)
Freed American slaves
D)
Freed British slaves
The correct answer is C.
Question 39
Who is the father of nationalism in Nigeria?
Options
A)
Obafemi Awolowo
B)
Nnamdi Azikiwe
C)
Hebert Macaulay
D)
Ahmadu Bello
The correct answer is C.
Question 40
The Nigerian civil war lasted _____ months.
Options
A)
20
B)
18
C)
30
D)
28
The correct answer is C.
Question 41
What is the king of the Nupe called?
Options
A)
Oba of Nupe
B)
Etsu Nupe
C)
King of Nupe
D)
Head of Nupe
The correct answer is B.
Question 42
Who founded Nupe?
Options
A)
Tapa
B)
Idah
C)
Tsoede
D)
Oduduwa
The correct answer is C.
Question 43
The Nigerian civil war lasted _____ months.
Options
A)
20
B)
18
C)
30
D)
28
The correct answer is C.
Question 44
What country was the first to be introduced to Christianity in West Africa?
Options
A)
Sierra Leone
B)
Liberia
C)
Nigeria
D)
Ghana
The correct answer is A.
Question 45
The Nok culture was known for
Options
A)
terracotta sculptures
B)
water painting
C)
fishing
D)
dancing
The correct answer is A.
Question 46
Who founded itsekiri kingdom?
Options
A)
Iginua
B)
Oba Olua
C)
Iyoba
D)
None of the above
The correct answer is B.
Question 47
How many states were created by Gen. Sani Abacha?
Options
A)
5
B)
6
C)
7
D)
9
The correct answer is B.
Question 48
Nigeria was birthed in the year
Options
A)
1900
B)
1906
C)
1914
D)
1960
The correct answer is C.
Question 49
The Great Trek happened in what country?
Options
A)
South Africa
B)
Liberia
C)
Sierra Leone
D)
Egypt
The correct answer is A.
Question 50
In what century did the Trans-Saharan trade start?
Options
A)
8th century
B)
5th century
C)
17th century
D)
4th century
The correct answer is A.
