AIC SS 2 Government Revision Test for 3rd Term 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) Uniting the people
B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
C) To ensure peaceful changing of government
D) Creating more political parties
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Government
B) Electoral commission
C) Civil service union
D) Civil service commission
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
A) Punish political opponents
B) Organize political conferences
C) To know the people's opinions about its activities
D) Allow the public to have freedon
  • 4. 4. The major functions of an electoral commission is to ____
A) Arrange for the conduction of election
B) Appoint chief of staff
C) Nominates candidates
D) Support parties
  • 5. 5. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) Bye- election
B) Primary election
C) General election
D) Referendum
  • 6. 6. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Orders
B) Acts
C) Decrees
D) Bye laws
  • 7. 7. Free and fair election can exist where there is a _____
A) Plebiscite
B) Referendum
C) Secret balloting
D) Double voting
  • 8. 8. One of the reasons for the establishment of local government is to ____
A) Divide the people in order to rule them
B) Promotes local chiefs
C) Give more powers to the traditional rulers
D) Bring government nearer to the people
  • 9. 9. Public corporations are set up by ____
A) Board of directors
B) Act of parliaments
C) Governors
D) Ministers
  • 10. 10. The head of the caliphate in the Hausa/Fulani precolonial political system was called _____
A) Mai
B) Oba
C) Emir
D) Waziri
  • 11. 11. 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) Federalism
B) Nationalism
C) Imperialism
D) Colonialism
  • 12. 12. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Africa independence
B) Geographical importance
C) Religious reasons
D) Investing surplus capital
  • 13. 13. The two effects of colonialism include the following
A) Formal and informal
B) Upper and lower
C) Positive and negative
D) Legal and illicit
  • 14. 14. One of the following people views neocolonialism as a new form of subjugation
A) Kwame Nkrumah
B) David Kwame
C) Chinua Achebe
D) Richard Nkrumah
  • 15. 15. 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) Colonialism
D) Neo-colonialism
  • 16. 16. Positive effects of colonialism includes the following except ____
A) Creation of large political unit
B) Development of political parties
C) Introduction of money curency
D) Economic dependence and exploitation
  • 17. 17. A system of administration in which the British colonial government adopted as its colonial policy in dealing with the people is called ______
A) Policy of assimilation
B) Authority
C) Rule of law
D) Indirect rule
  • 18. 18. The official colonial policy of the French administration in West Africa is _____
A) Administration policy
B) Policy of assimilation
C) Direct rule
D) Rule of law
  • 19. 19. Policy of association include the following
A) Abolition of people's culture
B) Dethronement of the traditional rulers
C) The abolition of first class and second class citizens
D) Indigenat policy
  • 20. 20. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1817
B) 1970
C) 1770
D) 1917
  • 21. 21. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) Proclamation
B) The Cabinet Member
C) The Executive Council
D) The Legislative Council
  • 22. 22. 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
  • 23. 23. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1939 and 1954
B) 1939 and 1944
C) 1925 and 1930
D) 1935 and 1940
  • 24. 24. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Independence of the Judiciary
B) Legislative powers
C) Regionalism
D) Bi-cameral legislature
  • 25. 25. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Inspiration
B) A broad based Constitution
C) Political and National conscious
D) Court of Appeals
  • 26. 26. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) The Chief Commissioners
B) Council of ministers
C) Board of Directors
D) The Three provinces
  • 27. 27. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) Kano riot of 1953
B) Veto power
C) Dominated by illiterates
D) The motion for self government
  • 28. 28. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) Richard Constitution
B) MacPherson Constitution
C) Independent Constitution
D) Clifford Constitution
  • 29. 29. The composition of the federal house of representatives under the Lyttleton Constitution include ____
A) 1 president and 4 unofficial member
B) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members
C) 1 president and 5 officials members
D) 1 president and 2 officials members
  • 30. 30. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Appointment of ministers
B) Executive power
C) Census figures
D) Parliamentary system.
  • 31. 31. The controversy over the 1979 Presidential election result was ____
A) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received
B) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes
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
  • 32. 32. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Herbert Macaulay
B) Obafemi Awolowo
C) Aminu Kano
D) Lateef Jakande
  • 33. 33. The first political party in Nigeria was _____
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party
B) Northern People's Congress
C) National Council of Nigeria Citizens
D) Action Group
  • 34. 34. 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) Created the post of a Prime Minister
D) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament
  • 35. 35. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Dr. Micheal Okpara
B) Ernest Okoli
C) Herbert Macaulay
D) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
  • 36. 36. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
A) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
B) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court
C) Many innocent lives were lost
D) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
  • 37. 37. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Samuel Akinsanya
C) Dr. C. Vaughan
D) Ernest Ikoli
  • 38. 38. 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
  • 39. 39. Action Group was _____
A) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC
B) The first political party in Western state
C) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
D) A political party that fought the British
  • 40. 40. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1951
B) 1936
C) 1944
D) 1923
  • 41. 41. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Each state can develop at its own pace
B) Any components part can secede at any time
C) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
D) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
  • 42. 42. The immediate cause of the rain 1953 Kano riot was the ____
A) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
B) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
C) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
D) Existence of regionally based political parties
  • 43. 43. Political parties are formed for all the following reasons except ____
A) Organize elections
B) Form a government
C) Canvass for votes
D) Educate the electorate
  • 44. 44. The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called _____
A) Sovereignty
B) Enfranchisement
C) Independence
D) Decolonization
  • 45. 45. Equality before the law implies that
A) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens
B) No one citizens can sue the other
C) The law does not respect the people
D) Everybody can do what he likes
  • 46. 46. Which of the following is not true of Herbert Macaulay?
A) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party
B) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa
C) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns
D) First Nigerian to found a political party
  • 47. 47. Under the Independence Constitution of Nigeria, the Head of State was ____
A) Sir James Robertson
B) Oliver Lyttleton
C) The British Prime Minister
D) The Queen of England
  • 48. 48. The major innovation of the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that ____
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 cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature
D) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State
  • 49. 49. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
C) Sir Ahmadu Bello
D) Chief Anthony Enahoro
  • 50. 50. The total number of parties registered for the 1979 elections in Nigeria was ____
A) 6
B) 5
C) 10
D) 7
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