A) To ensure peaceful changing of government B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties C) Creating more political parties D) Uniting the people
A) Civil service commission B) Electoral commission C) Government D) Civil service union
A) Organize political conferences B) Allow the public to have freedon C) To know the people's opinions about its activities D) Punish political opponents
A) Support parties B) Arrange for the conduction of election C) Nominates candidates D) Appoint chief of staff
A) Primary election B) Referendum C) General election D) Bye- election
A) Acts B) Bye laws C) Decrees D) Orders
A) Secret balloting B) Plebiscite C) Referendum D) Double voting
A) Bring government nearer to the people B) Divide the people in order to rule them C) Give more powers to the traditional rulers D) Promotes local chiefs
A) Act of parliaments B) Governors C) Ministers D) Board of directors
A) Waziri B) Oba C) Mai D) Emir
A) Nationalism B) Colonialism C) Federalism D) Imperialism
A) Investing surplus capital B) Geographical importance C) Africa independence D) Religious reasons
A) Upper and lower B) Positive and negative C) Legal and illicit D) Formal and informal
A) Chinua Achebe B) David Kwame C) Kwame Nkrumah D) Richard Nkrumah
A) Colonialism B) Neo-colonialism C) Feudalism D) Political control
A) Introduction of money curency B) Creation of large political unit C) Economic dependence and exploitation D) Development of political parties
A) Rule of law B) Indirect rule C) Authority D) Policy of assimilation
A) Administration policy B) Rule of law C) Direct rule D) Policy of assimilation
A) The abolition of first class and second class citizens B) Abolition of people's culture C) Dethronement of the traditional rulers D) Indigenat policy
A) 1817 B) 1917 C) 1770 D) 1970
A) The Executive Council B) The Legislative Council C) Proclamation D) The Cabinet Member
A) Richard Bourdillon B) David John C) Shehu Shagari D) John Richard
A) 1939 and 1954 B) 1935 and 1940 C) 1925 and 1930 D) 1939 and 1944
A) Bi-cameral legislature B) Independence of the Judiciary C) Regionalism D) Legislative powers
A) A broad based Constitution B) Court of Appeals C) Political and National conscious D) Inspiration
A) Board of Directors B) Council of ministers C) The Three provinces D) The Chief Commissioners
A) Veto power B) Kano riot of 1953 C) Dominated by illiterates D) The motion for self government
A) Independent Constitution B) MacPherson Constitution C) Clifford Constitution D) Richard Constitution
A) 1 president and 4 unofficial member B) 1 president and 5 officials members C) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members D) 1 president and 2 officials members
A) Executive power B) Census figures C) Appointment of ministers D) Parliamentary system.
A) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation B) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election C) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received D) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes
A) Obafemi Awolowo B) Herbert Macaulay C) Lateef Jakande D) Aminu Kano
A) Northern People's Congress B) National Council of Nigeria Citizens C) Action Group D) Nigeria National Democratic Party
A) Created the post of a Prime Minister B) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament C) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units D) Provided for equal representation between the North and South
A) Ernest Okoli B) Herbert Macaulay C) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe D) Dr. Micheal Okpara
A) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas B) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties C) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court D) Many innocent lives were lost
A) Dr. C. Vaughan B) Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Samuel Akinsanya D) Ernest Ikoli
A) Jamiyya People's Party B) United Middle Belt Congress C) Nigeria National Democratic Party D) Northern People's Congress
A) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC B) A political party that fought the British C) The first political party in Western state D) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
A) 1923 B) 1936 C) 1944 D) 1951
A) Any components part can secede at any time B) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government C) Each state can develop at its own pace D) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
A) Existence of regionally based political parties B) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution C) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force D) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
A) Organize elections B) Educate the electorate C) Canvass for votes D) Form a government
A) Enfranchisement B) Independence C) Decolonization D) Sovereignty
A) Everybody can do what he likes B) No one citizens can sue the other C) The law does not respect the people D) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens
A) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party B) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns C) First Nigerian to found a political party D) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa
A) The British Prime Minister B) Sir James Robertson C) The Queen of England D) Oliver Lyttleton
A) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council B) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished C) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State D) The cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature
A) Chief Anthony Enahoro B) Sir Ahmadu Bello C) Nnamdi Azikiwe D) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
A) 6 B) 10 C) 5 D) 7 |