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