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