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 461· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Which new Yoruba power rose after the fall of Old Oyo and became a leading military state?
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Answer: A. Ibadan
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Question 462· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Ijaye war (1860-62) was fought between
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Answer: D. Ibadan and Ijaye
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Question 463· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Nana Olomu was the governor of the river in
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Answer: D. Itsekiri land
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Question 464· The colonial economy· WAEC
Marketing boards were established in Nigeria mainly to
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Answer: C. buy export crops and stabilise prices
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Question 465· The colonial economy· WAEC
Marketing boards were set up in the colonial period to
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Answer: A. control the buying and export of cash crops
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Question 466· The colonial economy· JAMB
A negative effect of colonial economic policy was
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Answer: B. dependence on a few export crops
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Question 467· The colonial economy· JAMB
Tin mining on the Jos Plateau began in the
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Answer: A. early twentieth century
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Question 468· The colonial economy· JAMB
A major aim of the colonial economy in Nigeria was to
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Answer: B. produce raw materials for British industries
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Question 469· The colonial economy· WAEC
Cocoa was the main cash crop of colonial
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Answer: C. Western Nigeria
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Question 470· The colonial economy· JAMB
The Enugu coal mines opened in
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Answer: C. 1915
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Question 471· The colonial economy· JAMB
The Colonial Development and Welfare Acts of the 1940s provided
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Answer: A. funds for development projects in the colonies
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Question 472· The colonial economy· JAMB
The railway from Port Harcourt to Enugu was built mainly to carry
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Answer: C. coal
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Question 473· The colonial economy· WAEC
The Central Bank of Nigeria began operations in
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Answer: B. 1959
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Question 474· The colonial economy· JAMB
The cocoa hold-up of 1937–38 was a protest against
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Answer: A. low prices fixed by European firms
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Question 475· The colonial economy· JAMB
The main export crop of colonial Northern Nigeria was
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Answer: C. groundnuts
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Question 476· The colonial economy· WAEC
Expatriate firms such as the UAC dominated
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Answer: D. import and export trade
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Question 477· The colonial economy· JAMB
The colonial marketing boards in Nigeria were set up mainly to
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Answer: C. control the buying and export of cash crops
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Question 478· The colonial economy· WAEC
Cash crops encouraged by the colonial government included
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Answer: C. cocoa, groundnut and cotton
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Question 479· The colonial economy· WAEC
Forced labour under colonial rule was often used to
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Answer: A. build roads and railways
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Question 480· The colonial economy· WAEC
Groundnut pyramids in Kano were a symbol of
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Answer: B. the export trade in groundnuts from the north
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

Which new Yoruba power rose after the fall of Old Oyo and became a leading military state?

The Ijaye war (1860-62) was fought between

Nana Olomu was the governor of the river in

Marketing boards were established in Nigeria mainly to

Marketing boards were set up in the colonial period to

A negative effect of colonial economic policy was

Tin mining on the Jos Plateau began in the

A major aim of the colonial economy in Nigeria was to

Cocoa was the main cash crop of colonial

The Enugu coal mines opened in

The Colonial Development and Welfare Acts of the 1940s provided

The railway from Port Harcourt to Enugu was built mainly to carry

The Central Bank of Nigeria began operations in

The cocoa hold-up of 1937–38 was a protest against

The main export crop of colonial Northern Nigeria was

Expatriate firms such as the UAC dominated

The colonial marketing boards in Nigeria were set up mainly to

Cash crops encouraged by the colonial government included

Forced labour under colonial rule was often used to

Groundnut pyramids in Kano were a symbol of