A) Uniting the people B) Creating more political parties C) To ensure peaceful changing of government D) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
A) Civil service union B) Electoral commission C) Civil service commission D) Government
A) Allow the public to have freedon B) Organize political conferences C) To know the people's opinions about its activities D) Punish political opponents
A) Appoint chief of staff B) Nominates candidates C) Arrange for the conduction of election D) Support parties
A) Referendum B) Bye- election C) Primary election D) General election
A) Acts B) Orders C) Bye laws D) Decrees
A) Referendum B) Plebiscite C) Double voting D) Secret balloting
A) Bring government nearer to the people B) Promotes local chiefs C) Give more powers to the traditional rulers D) Divide the people in order to rule them
A) Governors B) Board of directors C) Act of parliaments D) Ministers
A) Mai B) Waziri C) Oba D) Emir
A) Nationalism B) Imperialism C) Colonialism D) Federalism
A) Religious reasons B) Geographical importance C) Investing surplus capital D) Africa independence
A) Legal and illicit B) Formal and informal C) Upper and lower D) Positive and negative
A) David Kwame B) Kwame Nkrumah C) Chinua Achebe D) Richard Nkrumah
A) Colonialism B) Feudalism C) Neo-colonialism D) Political control
A) Creation of large political unit B) Economic dependence and exploitation C) Development of political parties D) Introduction of money curency
A) Authority B) Policy of assimilation C) Indirect rule D) Rule of law
A) Policy of assimilation B) Rule of law C) Direct rule D) Administration policy
A) Indigenat policy B) Dethronement of the traditional rulers C) The abolition of first class and second class citizens D) Abolition of people's culture
A) 1970 B) 1817 C) 1770 D) 1917
A) The Legislative Council B) Proclamation C) The Cabinet Member D) The Executive Council
A) John Richard B) Shehu Shagari C) David John D) Richard Bourdillon
A) 1939 and 1954 B) 1935 and 1940 C) 1925 and 1930 D) 1939 and 1944
A) Legislative powers B) Bi-cameral legislature C) Independence of the Judiciary D) Regionalism
A) Political and National conscious B) Inspiration C) Court of Appeals D) A broad based Constitution
A) Board of Directors B) The Three provinces C) Council of ministers D) The Chief Commissioners
A) Kano riot of 1953 B) The motion for self government C) Dominated by illiterates D) Veto power
A) MacPherson Constitution B) Clifford Constitution C) Richard Constitution D) Independent Constitution
A) 1 president and 4 unofficial member B) 1 president and 2 officials members C) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members D) 1 president and 5 officials members
A) Census figures B) Executive power C) Appointment of ministers D) Parliamentary system.
A) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received B) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation C) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes D) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election
A) Lateef Jakande B) Obafemi Awolowo C) Herbert Macaulay D) Aminu Kano
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party B) Action Group C) National Council of Nigeria Citizens D) Northern People's Congress
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) Created the post of a Prime Minister D) Provided for equal representation between the North and South
A) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Herbert Macaulay C) Ernest Okoli D) Dr. Micheal Okpara
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) Ernest Ikoli B) Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Dr. C. Vaughan D) Samuel Akinsanya
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 political party that fought the British C) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas D) The first political party in Western state
A) 1936 B) 1951 C) 1944 D) 1923
A) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government B) Any components part can secede at any time C) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government D) Each state can develop at its own pace
A) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos B) Existence of regionally based political parties C) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution D) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
A) Canvass for votes B) Organize elections C) Form a government D) Educate the electorate
A) Decolonization B) Enfranchisement C) Independence D) Sovereignty
A) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens B) The law does not respect the people C) Everybody can do what he likes D) No one citizens can sue the other
A) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa B) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns C) First Nigerian to found a political party D) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party
A) The Queen of England B) The British Prime Minister C) Sir James Robertson D) Oliver Lyttleton
A) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State B) The cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature C) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished D) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council
A) Chief Anthony Enahoro B) Sir Ahmadu Bello C) Chief Obafemi Awolowo D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
A) 6 B) 10 C) 7 D) 5 |