- 1. Nigeria practiced federalism for the first time in _______
A) 1953
B) 1951
C) 1954
D) 1952
- 2. In federalism, the power of government comes from _______
A) rulers
B) military
C) constitution
D) leaders
- 3. The following are conferences that gave rise to Nigeria federalism, except _______
A) Paris conference
B) London conference
C) Lagos conference
D) none
- 4. The London conference was held in _______
A) 1952
B) 1954
C) 1951
D) 1953
- 5. Clifford constitution was the _______ constitution of Nigeria.
A) fourth
B) first
C) third
D) second
- 6. _______ requires that appointments and government positions are fairly distributed among different ethnic groups.
A) Federal attitude
B) none
C) Federal behavior
D) Federal character
- 7. The primary function of the legislature is to ________ laws.
A) Enforce
B) Make
C) Interpret
D) Implement
- 8. The executive arm of government is composed of how many tiers?
A) 3
B) 1
C) 4
D) 2
- 9. The highest court in the federal level is the _______ court.
A) Appeal
B) High
C) Supreme
D) Magistrate
- 10. A federal state is made up of the center and _______
A) corporate units
B) component units
C) composite units
D) cooperate units
- 11. The first set of states that were created in Nigeria were how many?
A) 11
B) 13
C) 12
D) 10
- 12. _______ is the first political party in Nigeria.
A) NPC
B) NCNC
C) NNA
D) NNDP
- 13. The president of the Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP) was ________
A) Herbert Macaulay
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) None
- 14. Lagos Youth Movement was changed to _________ Youth Movement in 1935.
A) Nigeria
B) National
C) none
D) International
- 15. The following are pre-independence political parties, except _________
A) AG
B) APC
C) NNDP
D) NCNC
- 16. Action Group was a political party created by and for the _________ Nigeria.
A) Northern
B) Western
C) Southern
D) Eastern
- 17. NPC was a political party created by and for the _________ Nigeria.
A) Southern
B) Western
C) Northern
D) Eastern
- 18. NCNC was a political party created by and for the _________ Nigeria.
A) Eastern
B) Western
C) Southern
D) Northern
- 19. The 1923 election took place in the following places, except ________
A) Kogi
B) none
C) Calabar
D) Lagos
- 20. What two political parties were created in 1951?
A) NCNC and NNDP
B) AG and APC
C) AG and NPC
D) None
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