AIC SS 2 Government 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) Uniting the people
B) To ensure peaceful changing of government
C) Creating more political parties
D) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Civil service commission
B) Civil service union
C) Government
D) Electoral commission
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
A) To know the people's opinions about its activities
B) Allow the public to have freedon
C) Organize political conferences
D) Punish political opponents
  • 4. 4. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) Bye- election
B) Primary election
C) General election
D) Referendum
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Bye laws
B) Orders
C) Acts
D) Decrees
  • 6. 6. The policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance is _____
A) Nationalism
B) Federalism
C) Imperialism
D) Colonialism
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Religious reasons
B) Investing surplus capital
C) Geographical importance
D) Africa independence
  • 8. 8. The use of cultural, economic and political pressure to influence and control decisions in independent countries that were formal colonies is _____
A) Colonialism
B) Political control
C) Neo-colonialism
D) Feudalism
  • 9. 9. A system of administration in which the British colonial government adopted as its colonial policy in dealing with the people is called ______
A) Rule of law
B) Indirect rule
C) Policy of assimilation
D) Authority
  • 10. 10. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1970
B) 1817
C) 1917
D) 1770
  • 11. 11. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) The Cabinet Member
B) The Legislative Council
C) The Executive Council
D) Proclamation
  • 12. 12. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) Shehu Shagari
B) John Richard
C) Richard Bourdillon
D) David John
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1925 and 1930
B) 1939 and 1944
C) 1939 and 1954
D) 1935 and 1940
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Regionalism
B) Independence of the Judiciary
C) Bi-cameral legislature
D) Legislative powers
  • 15. 15. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Inspiration
B) Court of Appeals
C) A broad based Constitution
D) Political and National conscious
  • 16. 16. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) The Chief Commissioners
B) The Three provinces
C) Board of Directors
D) Council of ministers
  • 17. 17. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) Dominated by illiterates
B) The motion for self government
C) Veto power
D) Kano riot of 1953
  • 18. 18. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) Independent Constitution
B) Richard Constitution
C) Clifford Constitution
D) MacPherson Constitution
  • 19. 19. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Executive power
B) Census figures
C) Appointment of ministers
D) Parliamentary system.
  • 20. 20. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Lateef Jakande
B) Aminu Kano
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 21. 21. Nigeria became a federation under the 1954 Constitution because the Constitution _____
A) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament
B) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units
C) Provided for equal representation between the North and South
D) Created the post of a Prime Minister
  • 22. 22. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Dr. Micheal Okpara
C) Herbert Macaulay
D) Ernest Okoli
  • 23. 23. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
A) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
B) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court
C) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
D) Many innocent lives were lost
  • 24. 24. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Dr. C. Vaughan
B) Samuel Akinsanya
C) Ernest Ikoli
D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) United Middle Belt Congress
B) Jamiyya People's Party
C) Northern People's Congress
D) Nigeria National Democratic Party
  • 26. 26. Action Group was _____
A) A political party that fought the British
B) The first political party in Western state
C) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC
D) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
  • 27. 27. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1923
B) 1944
C) 1936
D) 1951
  • 28. 28. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
B) Any components part can secede at any time
C) Each state can develop at its own pace
D) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
  • 29. 29. The immediate cause of the 1953 Kano riot was the ____
A) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
B) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
C) Existence of regionally based political parties
D) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
  • 30. 30. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Chief Anthony Enahoro
B) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
C) Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Sir Ahmadu Bello
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