Examination on History
Class: Primary 2
Term: Third Term
Time: 1 Hour
Total Marks: 70

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (40 Marks)
Instruction: Answer all questions.

1. ________ are people admired for their brave and good actions. (a) Heroes (b) Villains (c) Bullies
2. A heroine is a woman who is admired for her ________. (a) bad deeds (b) brave actions (c) selfish acts
3. A hero or heroine usually shows qualities like bravery and ________. (a) wickedness (b) selfishness (c) honesty
4. Which of the following is an achievement of a hero? (a) Causing division (b) Building schools (c) Stealing property
5. Heroes and heroines are remembered because they ________. (a) caused trouble (b) made great contributions (c) were very rich
6. Which of these is NOT a quality of a hero? (a) Courage (b) Selfishness (c) Kindness
7. Supporting education is an achievement of heroes because it helps to ________. (a) make people lazy (b) develop the community (c) create more problems
8. An example of a hero’s achievement is promoting ________. (a) conflict (b) justice (c) hatred
9. Fighting for independence means working to make a country ________. (a) dependent on others (b) self-governing (c) a colony
10. The main reason heroes fight for democracy is to ensure people have the right to ________. (a) suffer (b) choose their leaders (c) be slaves
11. Moshood Kashimawo Abiola is known as a ________. (a) musician (b) patriotic democrat (c) sportsman
12. All of these are types of development encouraged by heroes except ________. (a) building roads (b) causing poverty (c) building hospitals
13. Which of these is not a way heroes maintain peace? (a) Encouraging dialogue (b) Starting fights (c) Resolving disputes
14. The wife of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, Kudirat Abiola, is also remembered for her ________. (a) cooking (b) patriotism (c) dancing
15. The correct step patriotic democrats take is to ________. (a) oppress people (b) advocate for people’s rights (c) destroy public property
16. Knowing the name of your state’s first governor is part of understanding your state’s ________. (a) food (b) history (c) weather
17. The year a state was created tells us its ________. (a) age (b) size (c) population
18. The immediate past governor of a state is the one who served ________ the current governor. (a) after (b) before (c) with
19. Heroes who fought for independence wanted their country to be ________. (a) free (b) controlled (c) poor
20. Promoting justice means making sure everyone is treated ________. (a) unfairly (b) equally (c) badly

SECTION B: THEORY (30 Marks)
Instruction: Answer any THREE questions.

1. (a) Define a ‘hero’. (2 marks)
(b) List three qualities of a hero or heroine. (3 marks)
(c) Mention two reasons why we remember heroes and heroines. (3 marks)
(d) Give one example of a hero in your community. (2 marks)

2. (a) State two achievements of heroes in community development. (2 marks)
(b) How do heroes support education? (3 marks)
(c) Explain what it means for heroes to promote justice. (3 marks)
(d) Name one type of infrastructure development encouraged by heroes. (2 marks)

3. (a) What is democracy? (2 marks)
(b) How did some heroes fight for independence? (3 marks)
(c) Who was Moshood Kashimawo Abiola? (3 marks)
(d) Why is it important to have patriotic democrats? (2 marks)

4. (a) State the name of your school’s state. (2 marks)
(b) In what year was your state created? (3 marks)
(c) Name the first governor of your state. (3 marks)
(d) Who is the present governor of your state? (2 marks)

Objective Marking Scheme
Question 1 – ✅ (a) Heroes
Question 2 – ✅ (b) brave actions
Question 3 – ✅ (c) honesty
Question 4 – ✅ (b) Building schools
Question 5 – ✅ (b) made great contributions
Question 6 – ✅ (b) Selfishness
Question 7 – ✅ (b) develop the community
Question 8 – ✅ (b) justice
Question 9 – ✅ (b) self-governing
Question 10 – ✅ (b) choose their leaders
Question 11 – ✅ (b) patriotic democrat
Question 12 – ✅ (b) causing poverty
Question 13 – ✅ (b) Starting fights
Question 14 – ✅ (b) patriotism
Question 15 – ✅ (b) advocate for people’s rights
Question 16 – ✅ (b) history
Question 17 – ✅ (a) age
Question 18 – ✅ (b) before
Question 19 – ✅ (a) free
Question 20 – ✅ (b) equally