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