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 481· The colonial economy· JAMB
Coal mining in colonial Nigeria was centred at
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Answer: C. Enugu
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Question 482· The colonial economy· WAEC
The introduction of British currency in Nigeria replaced
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Answer: C. cowries and manillas
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Question 483· The colonial economy· JAMB
From 1912 the money issued in British West Africa by the West African Currency Board was in
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Answer: A. pounds, shillings and pence
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Question 484· The colonial economy· WAEC
The colonial economy encouraged Nigerians to produce
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Answer: A. cash crops for export
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Question 485· The colonial economy· JAMB
The groundnut boom in northern Nigeria was made possible largely by
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Answer: D. the railway reaching Kano
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Question 486· The colonial economy· JAMB
Nigeria changed its currency from the pound to the naira in
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Answer: B. 1973
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Question 487· The colonial economy· JAMB
The Lagos-Ibadan railway was completed in
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Answer: D. 1901
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Question 488· The colonial economy· JAMB
The United Africa Company was
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Answer: C. a large British trading company
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Question 489· The colonial economy· WAEC
Groundnut production in colonial Nigeria was concentrated around
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Answer: B. Kano
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Question 490· The colonial economy· JAMB
The Iva Valley shooting of 1949 involved
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Answer: B. coal miners in Enugu
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Question 491· The colonial economy· WAEC
Port Harcourt was developed by the colonial government mainly to export
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Answer: D. coal from Enugu
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Question 492· The colonial economy· JAMB
The railway line from Lagos reached Kano in
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Answer: C. 1912
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Question 493· The colonial economy· WAEC
Colonial taxation was introduced partly to
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Answer: D. make Africans work for cash or grow cash crops
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Question 494· The colonial economy· WAEC
The colonial economy of Nigeria was mainly geared towards
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Answer: D. producing raw materials for export
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Question 495· The colonial economy· WAEC
Forced labour under colonial rule was used for
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Answer: A. building roads and railways
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Question 496· The colonial economy· JAMB
The West African Currency Board was created in
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Answer: A. 1912
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Question 497· The colonial economy· WAEC
The West African Currency Board was set up in
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Answer: A. 1912
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Question 498· The colonial economy· JAMB
Cocoa production in colonial Nigeria was concentrated in the
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Answer: D. Western Region
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Question 499· The colonial economy· WAEC
The colonial economy in Nigeria was designed mainly to
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Answer: B. produce raw materials for export to Britain
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Question 500· The colonial economy· WAEC
The railway from Lagos reached Kano in
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Answer: D. 1912
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

Coal mining in colonial Nigeria was centred at

The introduction of British currency in Nigeria replaced

From 1912 the money issued in British West Africa by the West African Currency Board was in

The colonial economy encouraged Nigerians to produce

The groundnut boom in northern Nigeria was made possible largely by

Nigeria changed its currency from the pound to the naira in

The Lagos-Ibadan railway was completed in

The United Africa Company was

Groundnut production in colonial Nigeria was concentrated around

The Iva Valley shooting of 1949 involved

Port Harcourt was developed by the colonial government mainly to export

The railway line from Lagos reached Kano in

Colonial taxation was introduced partly to

The colonial economy of Nigeria was mainly geared towards

Forced labour under colonial rule was used for

The West African Currency Board was created in

The West African Currency Board was set up in

Cocoa production in colonial Nigeria was concentrated in the

The colonial economy in Nigeria was designed mainly to

The railway from Lagos reached Kano in