UTME History Questions and Answers

UTME History Questions and Answers

Here are 20 UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) history questions with options and correct answers:

Who was the first President of Nigeria?

a) Obafemi Awolowo

b) Nnamdi Azikiwe

c) Ahmadu Bello

d) Tafawa Balewa

Correct answer: d) Tafawa Balewa

Which event marked the beginning of World War I?

a) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b) Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c) Signing of the Treaty of Versailles

d) Russian Revolution

Correct answer: a) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?

a) Vladimir Lenin

b) Joseph Stalin

c) Leon Trotsky

d) Mikhail Gorbachev

Correct answer: a) Vladimir Lenin

The Berlin Wall, which divided East and West Germany, fell in which year?

a) 1985

b) 1989

c) 1991

d) 1993

Correct answer: b) 1989

Which country colonized Nigeria?

a) France

b) Germany

c) United Kingdom

d) Portugal

Correct answer: c) United Kingdom

Who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mohandas Gandhi

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Rajiv Gandhi

Correct answer: b) Mohandas Gandhi

The Battle of Waterloo, which marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, took place in which year?

a) 1805

b) 1812

c) 1815

d) 1820

Correct answer: c) 1815

Who is considered the father of modern computer science?

a) Alan Turing

b) Isaac Newton

c) Albert Einstein

d) Nikola Tesla

Correct answer: a) Alan Turing

The Renaissance, a period of great cultural and intellectual change in Europe, originated in which country?

a) France

b) Italy

c) Spain

d) England

Correct answer: b) Italy

Which document proclaimed the independence of the United States from Great Britain?

a) Constitution of the United States

b) Emancipation Proclamation

c) Declaration of Independence

d) Bill of Rights

Correct answer: c) Declaration of Independence

Who was the first African-American President of the United States?

a) Barack Obama

b) Martin Luther King Jr.

c) Malcolm X

d) Nelson Mandela

Correct answer: a) Barack Obama

Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

a) Rome

b) Paris

c) Athens

d) London

Correct answer: c) Athens

Who wrote the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

a) Harper Lee

b) J.D. Salinger

c) Mark Twain

d) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Correct answer: a) Harper Lee

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between which two superpowers?

a) United States and China

b) United States and Soviet Union

c) China and Soviet Union

d) United Kingdom and Soviet Union

Correct answer: b) United States and Soviet Union

Which African country was formerly known as Rhodesia?

a) Zimbabwe

b) Nigeria

c) South Africa

d) Kenya

Correct answer: a) Zimbabwe

Who discovered the theory of relativity?

a) Isaac Newton

b) Albert Einstein

c) Galileo Galilei

d) Nikola Tesla

Correct answer: b) Albert Einstein

The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, limited the power of which English monarch?

a) Henry VIII

b) Elizabeth I

c) King John

d) Richard the Lionheart

Correct answer: c) King John

The Suez Canal, a vital waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, is located in which country?

a) Egypt

b) Saudi Arabia

c) Israel

d) Iran

Correct answer: a) Egypt

Who was the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement and delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

a) Rosa Parks

b) Martin Luther King Jr.

c) Malcolm X

d) Harriet Tubman

Correct answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Which country was the first to reach the moon?

a) United States

b) Russia (Soviet Union)

c) China

d) India

Correct answer: a) United States

These questions cover a range of historical events and figures from different time periods and regions. Good luck with your preparation for the UTME!