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