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