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