A) Creating more political parties B) To ensure peaceful changing of government C) Strengthening the powers of the political parties D) Uniting the people
A) Civil service commission B) Civil service union C) Electoral commission D) Government
A) To know the people's opinions about its activities B) Allow the public to have freedon C) Punish political opponents D) Organize political conferences
A) Nominates candidates B) Arrange for the conduction of election C) Appoint chief of staff D) Support parties
A) Primary election B) General election C) Bye- election D) Referendum
A) Decrees B) Orders C) Acts D) Bye laws
A) Double voting B) Secret balloting C) Plebiscite D) Referendum
A) Give more powers to the traditional rulers B) Bring government nearer to the people C) Divide the people in order to rule them D) Promotes local chiefs
A) Ministers B) Board of directors C) Governors D) Act of parliaments
A) Mai B) Waziri C) Emir D) Oba
A) Nationalism B) Colonialism C) Federalism D) Imperialism
A) Geographical importance B) Investing surplus capital C) Africa independence D) Religious reasons
A) Upper and lower B) Formal and informal C) Legal and illicit D) Positive and negative
A) Kwame Nkrumah B) Chinua Achebe C) Richard Nkrumah D) David Kwame
A) Feudalism B) Neo-colonialism C) Colonialism D) Political control
A) Development of political parties B) Economic dependence and exploitation C) Creation of large political unit D) Introduction of money curency
A) Authority B) Indirect rule C) Policy of assimilation D) Rule of law
A) Administration policy B) Rule of law C) Policy of assimilation D) Direct rule
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) 1817 B) 1770 C) 1970 D) 1917
A) The Cabinet Member B) Proclamation C) The Legislative Council D) The Executive Council
A) David John B) Shehu Shagari C) John Richard D) Richard Bourdillon
A) 1925 and 1930 B) 1939 and 1954 C) 1935 and 1940 D) 1939 and 1944
A) Legislative powers B) Regionalism C) Independence of the Judiciary D) Bi-cameral legislature
A) Inspiration B) Political and National conscious C) Court of Appeals D) A broad based Constitution
A) The Chief Commissioners B) The Three provinces C) Council of ministers D) Board of Directors
A) Kano riot of 1953 B) The motion for self government C) Dominated by illiterates D) Veto power
A) MacPherson Constitution B) Richard Constitution C) Independent Constitution D) Clifford Constitution
A) 1 president and 2 officials members B) 1 president and 4 unofficial member C) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members D) 1 president and 5 officials members
A) Executive power B) Parliamentary system. C) Appointment of ministers D) Census figures
A) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation B) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received C) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes D) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election
A) Obafemi Awolowo B) Lateef Jakande C) Aminu Kano D) Herbert Macaulay
A) National Council of Nigeria Citizens B) Northern People's Congress C) Action Group D) Nigeria National Democratic Party
A) Provided for equal representation between the North and South B) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament C) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units D) Created the post of a Prime Minister
A) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Ernest Okoli C) Dr. Micheal Okpara D) Herbert Macaulay
A) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court B) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas C) Many innocent lives were lost D) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
A) Samuel Akinsanya B) Ernest Ikoli C) Dr. C. Vaughan D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
A) United Middle Belt Congress B) Nigeria National Democratic Party C) Jamiyya People's Party D) Northern People's Congress
A) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas B) The first political party in Western state C) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC D) A political party that fought the British
A) 1936 B) 1923 C) 1951 D) 1944
A) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government B) Any components part can secede at any time C) Each state can develop at its own pace D) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
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
A) Form a government B) Organize elections C) Educate the electorate D) Canvass for votes
A) Sovereignty B) Enfranchisement C) Decolonization D) Independence
A) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens B) Everybody can do what he likes C) No one citizens can sue the other D) The law does not respect the people
A) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party B) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns C) First Nigerian to found a political party D) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa
A) The Queen of England B) Sir James Robertson C) The British Prime Minister D) Oliver Lyttleton
A) The cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature B) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council C) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State D) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
A) Chief Obafemi Awolowo B) Sir Ahmadu Bello C) Nnamdi Azikiwe D) Chief Anthony Enahoro
A) 6 B) 5 C) 10 D) 7 |