AIC SS 2 Government Revision Test for 3rd Term 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) To ensure peaceful changing of government
B) Uniting the people
C) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
D) Creating more political parties
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Government
B) Electoral commission
C) Civil service union
D) Civil service commission
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
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
  • 4. 4. The major functions of an electoral commission is to ____
A) Support parties
B) Nominates candidates
C) Appoint chief of staff
D) Arrange for the conduction of election
  • 5. 5. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) General election
B) Referendum
C) Primary election
D) Bye- election
  • 6. 6. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Orders
B) Acts
C) Bye laws
D) Decrees
  • 7. 7. Free and fair election can exist where there is a _____
A) Double voting
B) Referendum
C) Secret balloting
D) Plebiscite
  • 8. 8. One of the reasons for the establishment of local government is to ____
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
  • 9. 9. Public corporations are set up by ____
A) Act of parliaments
B) Governors
C) Ministers
D) Board of directors
  • 10. 10. The head of the caliphate in the Hausa/Fulani precolonial political system was called _____
A) Oba
B) Mai
C) Emir
D) Waziri
  • 11. 11. The policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance is _____
A) Imperialism
B) Nationalism
C) Federalism
D) Colonialism
  • 12. 12. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Investing surplus capital
B) Geographical importance
C) Africa independence
D) Religious reasons
  • 13. 13. The two effects of colonialism include the following
A) Upper and lower
B) Positive and negative
C) Formal and informal
D) Legal and illicit
  • 14. 14. One of the following people views neocolonialism as a new form of subjugation
A) David Kwame
B) Chinua Achebe
C) Richard Nkrumah
D) Kwame Nkrumah
  • 15. 15. The use of cultural, economic and political pressure to influence and control decisions in independent countries that were formal colonies is _____
A) Neo-colonialism
B) Political control
C) Feudalism
D) Colonialism
  • 16. 16. Positive effects of colonialism includes the following except ____
A) Development of political parties
B) Creation of large political unit
C) Economic dependence and exploitation
D) Introduction of money curency
  • 17. 17. A system of administration in which the British colonial government adopted as its colonial policy in dealing with the people is called ______
A) Policy of assimilation
B) Rule of law
C) Authority
D) Indirect rule
  • 18. 18. The official colonial policy of the French administration in West Africa is _____
A) Policy of assimilation
B) Administration policy
C) Direct rule
D) Rule of law
  • 19. 19. Policy of association include the following
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
  • 20. 20. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1817
B) 1770
C) 1970
D) 1917
  • 21. 21. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) The Executive Council
B) Proclamation
C) The Legislative Council
D) The Cabinet Member
  • 22. 22. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) Richard Bourdillon
B) John Richard
C) David John
D) Shehu Shagari
  • 23. 23. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1939 and 1944
B) 1935 and 1940
C) 1925 and 1930
D) 1939 and 1954
  • 24. 24. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Independence of the Judiciary
B) Regionalism
C) Bi-cameral legislature
D) Legislative powers
  • 25. 25. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) A broad based Constitution
B) Political and National conscious
C) Court of Appeals
D) Inspiration
  • 26. 26. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) Board of Directors
B) The Chief Commissioners
C) Council of ministers
D) The Three provinces
  • 27. 27. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) The motion for self government
B) Kano riot of 1953
C) Veto power
D) Dominated by illiterates
  • 28. 28. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) MacPherson Constitution
B) Clifford Constitution
C) Richard Constitution
D) Independent Constitution
  • 29. 29. The composition of the federal house of representatives under the Lyttleton Constitution include ____
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
  • 30. 30. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Appointment of ministers
B) Census figures
C) Executive power
D) Parliamentary system.
  • 31. 31. The controversy over the 1979 Presidential election result was ____
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
  • 32. 32. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) Lateef Jakande
C) Herbert Macaulay
D) Aminu Kano
  • 33. 33. The first political party in Nigeria was _____
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party
B) Action Group
C) Northern People's Congress
D) National Council of Nigeria Citizens
  • 34. 34. Nigeria became a federation under the 1954 Constitution because the Constitution _____
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
  • 35. 35. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Ernest Okoli
B) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Herbert Macaulay
D) Dr. Micheal Okpara
  • 36. 36. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
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
  • 37. 37. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Ernest Ikoli
B) Dr. C. Vaughan
C) Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Samuel Akinsanya
  • 38. 38. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party
B) Northern People's Congress
C) Jamiyya People's Party
D) United Middle Belt Congress
  • 39. 39. Action Group was _____
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
  • 40. 40. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1951
B) 1944
C) 1923
D) 1936
  • 41. 41. One of the importance of federalism is that
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
  • 42. 42. The immediate cause of the rain 1953 Kano riot was the ____
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
  • 43. 43. Political parties are formed for all the following reasons except ____
A) Educate the electorate
B) Canvass for votes
C) Organize elections
D) Form a government
  • 44. 44. The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called _____
A) Independence
B) Decolonization
C) Sovereignty
D) Enfranchisement
  • 45. 45. Equality before the law implies that
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
  • 46. 46. Which of the following is not true of Herbert Macaulay?
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
  • 47. 47. Under the Independence Constitution of Nigeria, the Head of State was ____
A) The British Prime Minister
B) The Queen of England
C) Oliver Lyttleton
D) Sir James Robertson
  • 48. 48. The major innovation of the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that ____
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
  • 49. 49. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Sir Ahmadu Bello
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Chief Anthony Enahoro
D) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
  • 50. 50. The total number of parties registered for the 1979 elections in Nigeria was ____
A) 10
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
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