A) To ensure peaceful changing of government B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties C) Creating more political parties D) Uniting the people
A) Civil service union B) Electoral commission C) Government D) Civil service commission
A) Allow the public to have freedon B) Organize political conferences C) Punish political opponents D) To know the people's opinions about its activities
A) Nominates candidates B) Appoint chief of staff C) Arrange for the conduction of election D) Support parties
A) General election B) Bye- election C) Referendum D) Primary election
A) Acts B) Bye laws C) Decrees D) Orders
A) Referendum B) Secret balloting C) Plebiscite D) Double voting
A) Give more powers to the traditional rulers B) Promotes local chiefs C) Bring government nearer to the people D) Divide the people in order to rule them
A) Board of directors B) Act of parliaments C) Governors D) Ministers
A) Waziri B) Emir C) Oba D) Mai
A) Colonialism B) Imperialism C) Federalism D) Nationalism
A) Investing surplus capital B) Religious reasons C) Africa independence D) Geographical importance
A) Positive and negative B) Upper and lower C) Legal and illicit D) Formal and informal
A) Kwame Nkrumah B) Chinua Achebe C) David Kwame D) Richard Nkrumah
A) Colonialism B) Neo-colonialism C) Political control D) Feudalism
A) Development of political parties B) Economic dependence and exploitation C) Introduction of money curency D) Creation of large political unit
A) Indirect rule B) Authority C) Policy of assimilation D) Rule of law
A) Rule of law B) Administration policy C) Direct rule D) Policy of assimilation
A) Indigenat policy B) Dethronement of the traditional rulers C) Abolition of people's culture D) The abolition of first class and second class citizens
A) 1917 B) 1970 C) 1817 D) 1770
A) The Cabinet Member B) Proclamation C) The Legislative Council 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) 1939 and 1944 D) 1925 and 1930
A) Bi-cameral legislature B) Regionalism C) Independence of the Judiciary D) Legislative powers
A) A broad based Constitution B) Inspiration C) Court of Appeals D) Political and National conscious
A) Council of ministers B) The Three provinces C) Board of Directors D) The Chief Commissioners
A) Veto power B) Kano riot of 1953 C) Dominated by illiterates D) The motion for self government
A) Richard Constitution B) Independent Constitution C) MacPherson Constitution D) Clifford 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) Appointment of ministers B) Census figures C) Executive power D) Parliamentary system.
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) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election D) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes
A) Aminu Kano B) Lateef Jakande C) Herbert Macaulay D) Obafemi Awolowo
A) National Council of Nigeria Citizens B) Northern People's Congress C) Nigeria National Democratic Party D) Action Group
A) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament B) Created the post of a Prime Minister C) Provided for equal representation between the North and South D) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units
A) Ernest Okoli B) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Herbert Macaulay 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 was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties D) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
A) Dr. C. Vaughan B) Ernest Ikoli C) Nnamdi Azikiwe D) Samuel Akinsanya
A) Northern People's Congress B) Jamiyya People's Party C) Nigeria National Democratic Party D) United Middle Belt Congress
A) A political party that fought the British B) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas C) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC D) The first political party in Western state
A) 1936 B) 1951 C) 1923 D) 1944
A) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government B) Each state can develop at its own pace C) Any components part can secede at any time D) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
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) Form a government B) Canvass for votes C) Organize elections D) Educate the electorate
A) Independence B) Enfranchisement C) Decolonization 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) First Nigerian to found a political party B) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party C) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa D) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns
A) The British Prime Minister B) Sir James Robertson C) The Queen of England D) Oliver Lyttleton
A) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished B) The cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature C) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council D) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State
A) Sir Ahmadu Bello B) Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Chief Obafemi Awolowo D) Chief Anthony Enahoro
A) 10 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 |