JAMB and WAEC History questions

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All topics British conquest of Nigeria · 38 Colonial administration in Nigeria · 36 Decolonisation and African unity · 40 Early centres of civilisation · 37 Eastern and southern Africa · 35 External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 38 Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 41 Nationalism and independence · 40 Nigeria since independence · 44 Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 44 Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 34 Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 36 The colonial economy · 37 The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 36 The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 38 West Africa in the nineteenth century · 36

Question 441· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought mainly between Ibadan and
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Answer: A. an Ekiti-Ijesa alliance
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Question 442· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The battle of Osogbo (about 1840) is significant because Ibadan forces
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Answer: A. stopped the southward advance of Ilorin
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Question 443· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Dahomey attacked Abeokuta in the nineteenth century but was
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Answer: C. driven back by the Egba
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Question 444· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Ijaye War of 1860–65 was fought between Ibadan and
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Answer: D. Ijaye under Kurunmi
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Question 445· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Egba founded the town of Abeokuta in about
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Answer: D. 1830
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Question 446· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Yoruba civil wars of the nineteenth century followed the collapse of
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Answer: C. the Old Oyo empire
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Question 447· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Kosoko was
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Answer: D. a king of Lagos deposed by the British in 1851
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Question 448· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Opobo was founded in 1869 by Jaja after he broke away from
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Answer: B. Bonny
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Question 449· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Samuel Ajayi Crowther is remembered as the
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Answer: D. first African Anglican bishop
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Question 450· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The 'legitimate trade' that replaced the slave trade in the Niger Delta was mainly in
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Answer: A. palm oil
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Question 451· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Ibadan's victory at Osogbo in about 1840 halted
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Answer: A. the southward advance of the Ilorin jihadists
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Question 452· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The trading state of Opobo was founded in 1869 by
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Answer: A. Jaja
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Question 453· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought mainly between
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Answer: B. Ibadan and the Ekitiparapo alliance
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Question 454· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Nana Olomu of Itsekiri was a leading
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Answer: D. trader and governor of the Benin River
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Question 455· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther led mission work mainly along the
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Answer: D. River Niger
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Question 456· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The main export of the Niger Delta states in the nineteenth century after the end of the slave trade was
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Answer: B. palm oil
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Question 457· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The British consul for the Bights of Benin and Biafra from 1849 was
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Answer: D. John Beecroft
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Question 458· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought between Ibadan and
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Answer: D. the Ekitiparapo confederacy
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Question 459· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The treaty of 1886 that ended the Kiriji war was arranged by
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Answer: B. the British governor of Lagos
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Question 460· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The collapse of the Old Oyo Empire was hastened by the revolt of
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Answer: B. Afonja at Ilorin
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought mainly between Ibadan and

The battle of Osogbo (about 1840) is significant because Ibadan forces

Dahomey attacked Abeokuta in the nineteenth century but was

The Ijaye War of 1860–65 was fought between Ibadan and

The Egba founded the town of Abeokuta in about

The Yoruba civil wars of the nineteenth century followed the collapse of

Kosoko was

Opobo was founded in 1869 by Jaja after he broke away from

Samuel Ajayi Crowther is remembered as the

The 'legitimate trade' that replaced the slave trade in the Niger Delta was mainly in

Ibadan's victory at Osogbo in about 1840 halted

The trading state of Opobo was founded in 1869 by

The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought mainly between

Nana Olomu of Itsekiri was a leading

Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther led mission work mainly along the

The main export of the Niger Delta states in the nineteenth century after the end of the slave trade was

The British consul for the Bights of Benin and Biafra from 1849 was

The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought between Ibadan and

The treaty of 1886 that ended the Kiriji war was arranged by

The collapse of the Old Oyo Empire was hastened by the revolt of