A) Uniting the people B) To ensure peaceful changing of government C) Creating more political parties D) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
A) Civil service commission B) Civil service union C) Electoral commission D) Government
A) Allow the public to have freedon B) Punish political opponents C) Organize political conferences D) To know the people's opinions about its activities
A) Nominates candidates B) Appoint chief of staff C) Support parties D) Arrange for the conduction of election
A) Primary election B) Bye- election C) Referendum D) General election
A) Bye laws B) Orders C) Decrees D) Acts
A) Double voting B) Plebiscite C) Secret balloting D) Referendum
A) Give more powers to the traditional rulers B) Bring government nearer to the people C) Promotes local chiefs D) Divide the people in order to rule them
A) Governors B) Ministers C) Board of directors D) Act of parliaments
A) Emir B) Mai C) Oba D) Waziri
A) Colonialism B) Nationalism C) Imperialism D) Federalism
A) Religious reasons B) Africa independence C) Geographical importance D) Investing surplus capital
A) Positive and negative B) Legal and illicit C) Upper and lower D) Formal and informal
A) David Kwame B) Richard Nkrumah C) Chinua Achebe D) Kwame Nkrumah
A) Colonialism B) Neo-colonialism C) Political control D) Feudalism
A) Creation of large political unit B) Introduction of money curency C) Economic dependence and exploitation D) Development of political parties
A) Policy of assimilation B) Authority C) Rule of law D) Indirect rule
A) Rule of law B) Administration policy C) Direct rule D) Policy of assimilation
A) Abolition of people's culture B) Indigenat policy C) Dethronement of the traditional rulers D) The abolition of first class and second class citizens
A) 1917 B) 1770 C) 1817 D) 1970
A) The Legislative Council B) The Executive Council C) The Cabinet Member D) Proclamation
A) Richard Bourdillon B) David John C) Shehu Shagari D) John Richard
A) 1925 and 1930 B) 1939 and 1944 C) 1935 and 1940 D) 1939 and 1954
A) Bi-cameral legislature B) Regionalism C) Independence of the Judiciary D) Legislative powers
A) Political and National conscious B) Inspiration C) A broad based Constitution D) Court of Appeals
A) The Chief Commissioners B) Council of ministers C) The Three provinces D) Board of Directors
A) Kano riot of 1953 B) Veto power C) Dominated by illiterates D) The motion for self government
A) Richard Constitution B) MacPherson Constitution C) Clifford Constitution D) Independent Constitution
A) 1 president and 5 officials members B) 1 president and 4 unofficial member C) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members D) 1 president and 2 officials members
A) Parliamentary system. B) Census figures C) Executive power D) Appointment of ministers
A) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election 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) 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) Nigeria National Democratic Party D) Northern People's Congress
A) Created the post of a Prime Minister B) Provided for equal representation between the North and South C) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units D) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament
A) Herbert Macaulay B) Ernest Okoli C) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe D) Dr. Micheal Okpara
A) Many innocent lives were lost B) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court C) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas D) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Samuel Akinsanya C) Dr. C. Vaughan D) Ernest Ikoli
A) Jamiyya People's Party B) Nigeria National Democratic Party C) Northern People's Congress D) United Middle Belt Congress
A) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas B) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC C) The first political party in Western state D) A political party that fought the British
A) 1944 B) 1951 C) 1936 D) 1923
A) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government B) Any components part can secede at any time C) Each state can develop at its own pace D) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
A) Existence of regionally based political parties B) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution C) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos D) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
A) Educate the electorate B) Canvass for votes C) Form a government D) Organize elections
A) Independence B) Sovereignty C) Enfranchisement D) Decolonization
A) The law does not respect the people B) No one citizens can sue the other C) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens D) Everybody can do what he likes
A) First Nigerian to found a political party B) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party C) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns D) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa
A) The Queen of England B) Oliver Lyttleton C) Sir James Robertson D) The British Prime Minister
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 cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature D) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Chief Obafemi Awolowo C) Sir Ahmadu Bello D) Chief Anthony Enahoro
A) 10 B) 6 C) 7 D) 5 |