Concise JAMB History Syllabus With Number Of Question Analysis
Jan 18, 2018
JAMB Syllabus
The aim of this 2018 JAMB History Syllabus for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), is to prepare the candidates for the Board's examinations. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:
- Impart knowledge of Nigerian history from earliest times to the present;
- Identify the similarities and relationships among the people of Nigeria as they relate to the issues of national unity and integration;
- Appreciate Nigerian history as the basis to understand West African and African history;
- Apply history to understand Nigerian and Africa's relationship with the wider world;
- Analyse issues of modernization and development;
- Relate the past to the present and plan for the future.
We provide a summary of JAMB History Syllabus with an average percentage of the number of question in each year. TestDriller team has analyzed questions from 17 years to come up with these statistics. You can only get such rare statistics from TestDriller. This information should guide you on topics you should give more attention to. More questions will be set from topics with higher percentages.
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| Rank | Topic | % Number Of Question |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA : GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS | 6.53 |
| 2 | COLONIALISM AND PROBLEMS OF NATION-BUILDING IN AFRICA : PATTERNS OF COLONIAL RULE IN AFRICA | 5.53 |
| 3 | NIGERIA 1900 - 1960 : THE COLONIAL ECONOMY | 5.03 |
| 4 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : YORUBALAND | 5.03 |
| 5 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : BENIN | 4.52 |
| 6 | NIGERIA 1900 - 1960 : COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE AMALGAMATION | 4.52 |
| 7 | NORTHERN AFRICA : GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS | 4.52 |
| 8 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE | 4.02 |
| 9 | THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800 : LAND AND PEOPLES OF THE NIGERIA AREA | 4.02 |
| 10 | NIGERIA 1900 - 1960 : NATIONALISM | 3.52 |
| 11 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : KANEM-BORNO | 3.02 |
| 12 | CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND INDEPENDENCE. | 3.02 |
| 13 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : BRITISH CONQUEST OF THE NIGERIA AREA | 3.02 |
| 14 | EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA : THE OMANI EMPIRE | 2.51 |
| 15 | COLONIALISM AND PROBLEMS OF NATION-BUILDING IN AFRICA : APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA | 2.51 |
| 16 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : EUROPEAN PENETRATION AND IMPACT | 2.51 |
| 17 | THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800 : EXTERNAL INFLUENCES | 2.01 |
| 18 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : THE POLICIES OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC AND MILITARY INTERVENTION | 2.01 |
| 19 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : THE SECOND REPUBLIC | 2.01 |
| 20 | WEST AND NORTH AFRICA : THE MAHDI AND MAHDIYYA MOVEMENT IN THE SUDAN | 2.01 |
| 21 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : NIGERIA IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | 2.01 |
| 22 | WEST AND NORTH AFRICA : SIERRA LEONE | 2.01 |
| 23 | IMPERIALISM | 1.51 |
| 24 | NIGERIA 1900 - 1960 : SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER COLONIAL RULE | 1.51 |
| 25 | WEST AND NORTH AFRICA : ISLAMIC REFORM MOVEMENTS AND STATE BUILDING IN WEST AFRICA | 1.51 |
| 26 | WEST AND NORTH AFRICA : EGYPT UNDER MOHAMMED ALI AND KHEDIVE ISMAIL | 1.51 |
| 27 | NIGERIA 1900 - 1960 : THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COLONIAL RULE UP TO 1914 | 1.51 |
| 28 | EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA : ETHIOPIA IN THE 19TH CENTURY | 1.51 |
| 29 | EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA : THE GREAT TREK | 1.51 |
| 30 | EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA : THE MFECANE | 1.51 |
| 31 | THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800 : ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND GROWTH OF STATES | 1.01 |
| 32 | NIGERIA 1900 - 1960 : THE AMALGAMATION OF 1914 | 1.01 |
| 33 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : MURTALA/OBASANJO REGIME | 1.01 |
| 34 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : EFIK | 1.01 |
| 35 | THE WORLD AT LARGE | 1.01 |
| 36 | THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800 : ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF STATES IN THE NIGERIA AREA. | 1.01 |
| 37 | THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800 : EARLY CENTRES OF CIVILIZATION | 1.01 |
| 38 | AFRICA AND THE WIDER WORLD SINCE 1800 | 1.01 |
| 39 | LIBERIA AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN WEST AFRICA | 1.01 |
| 40 | COLONIALISM AND PROBLEMS OF NATION-BUILDING IN AFRICA : THE POLITICS OF DECOLONIZATION | 1.01 |
| 41 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : THE BUHARI REGIME | 0.5 |
| 42 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : THE ABACHA REGIME | 0.5 |
| 43 | NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE : THE CIVIL WAR | 0.5 |
| 44 | THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 - 1900 : NUPE | 0.5 |
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