A) Uniting the people B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties C) To ensure peaceful changing of government D) Creating more political parties
A) Government B) Electoral commission C) Civil service union D) Civil service commission
A) Punish political opponents B) Organize political conferences C) To know the people's opinions about its activities D) Allow the public to have freedon
A) Arrange for the conduction of election B) Appoint chief of staff C) Nominates candidates D) Support parties
A) Bye- election B) Primary election C) General election D) Referendum
A) Orders B) Acts C) Decrees D) Bye laws
A) Plebiscite B) Referendum C) Secret balloting D) Double voting
A) Divide the people in order to rule them B) Promotes local chiefs C) Give more powers to the traditional rulers D) Bring government nearer to the people
A) Board of directors B) Act of parliaments C) Governors D) Ministers
A) Mai B) Oba C) Emir D) Waziri
A) Federalism B) Nationalism C) Imperialism D) Colonialism
A) Africa independence B) Geographical importance C) Religious reasons D) Investing surplus capital
A) Formal and informal B) Upper and lower C) Positive and negative D) Legal and illicit
A) Kwame Nkrumah B) David Kwame C) Chinua Achebe D) Richard Nkrumah
A) Political control B) Feudalism C) Colonialism D) Neo-colonialism
A) Creation of large political unit B) Development of political parties C) Introduction of money curency D) Economic dependence and exploitation
A) Policy of assimilation B) Authority C) Rule of law D) Indirect rule
A) Administration policy B) Policy of assimilation C) Direct rule D) Rule of law
A) Abolition of people's culture B) Dethronement of the traditional rulers C) The abolition of first class and second class citizens D) Indigenat policy
A) 1817 B) 1970 C) 1770 D) 1917
A) Proclamation B) The Cabinet Member C) The Executive Council D) The Legislative Council
A) John Richard B) David John C) Richard Bourdillon D) Shehu Shagari
A) 1939 and 1954 B) 1939 and 1944 C) 1925 and 1930 D) 1935 and 1940
A) Independence of the Judiciary B) Legislative powers C) Regionalism 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) Board of Directors D) The Three provinces
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) Independent Constitution D) Clifford Constitution
A) 1 president and 4 unofficial member B) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members C) 1 president and 5 officials members D) 1 president and 2 officials members
A) Appointment of ministers B) Executive power C) Census figures 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) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes C) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election D) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation
A) Herbert Macaulay B) Obafemi Awolowo C) Aminu Kano D) Lateef Jakande
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party B) Northern People's Congress C) National Council of Nigeria Citizens D) Action Group
A) Provided for equal representation between the North and South B) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units C) Created the post of a Prime Minister D) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament
A) Dr. Micheal Okpara B) Ernest Okoli C) Herbert Macaulay D) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
A) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties B) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court C) Many innocent lives were lost D) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Samuel Akinsanya C) Dr. C. Vaughan D) Ernest Ikoli
A) United Middle Belt Congress B) Jamiyya People's Party C) Northern People's Congress D) Nigeria National Democratic Party
A) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC B) The first political party in Western state C) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas D) A political party that fought the British
A) 1951 B) 1936 C) 1944 D) 1923
A) Each state can develop at its own pace B) Any components part can secede at any time C) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government D) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
A) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution B) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force C) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos D) Existence of regionally based political parties
A) Organize elections B) Form a government C) Canvass for votes 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) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party B) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa C) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns D) First Nigerian to found a political party
A) Sir James Robertson B) Oliver Lyttleton C) The British Prime Minister D) The Queen of England
A) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council B) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished 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) 6 B) 5 C) 10 D) 7 |