AIC SS 2 Government 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) Creating more political parties
B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
C) Uniting the people
D) To ensure peaceful changing of government
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Electoral commission
B) Civil service union
C) Government
D) Civil service commission
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
A) Organize political conferences
B) Punish political opponents
C) Allow the public to have freedon
D) To know the people's opinions about its activities
  • 4. 4. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) Referendum
B) Primary election
C) Bye- election
D) General election
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Orders
B) Decrees
C) Bye laws
D) Acts
  • 6. 6. 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) Colonialism
C) Federalism
D) Nationalism
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Investing surplus capital
B) Africa independence
C) Geographical importance
D) Religious reasons
  • 8. 8. The use of cultural, economic and political pressure to influence and control decisions in independent countries that were formal colonies is _____
A) Political control
B) Neo-colonialism
C) Colonialism
D) Feudalism
  • 9. 9. A system of administration in which the British colonial government adopted as its colonial policy in dealing with the people is called ______
A) Indirect rule
B) Rule of law
C) Policy of assimilation
D) Authority
  • 10. 10. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1917
B) 1970
C) 1770
D) 1817
  • 11. 11. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) The Legislative Council
B) The Executive Council
C) Proclamation
D) The Cabinet Member
  • 12. 12. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) David John
B) Richard Bourdillon
C) Shehu Shagari
D) John Richard
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1935 and 1940
B) 1939 and 1944
C) 1939 and 1954
D) 1925 and 1930
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Regionalism
B) Legislative powers
C) Bi-cameral legislature
D) Independence of the Judiciary
  • 15. 15. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Court of Appeals
B) A broad based Constitution
C) Political and National conscious
D) Inspiration
  • 16. 16. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) Council of ministers
B) The Chief Commissioners
C) The Three provinces
D) Board of Directors
  • 17. 17. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) Kano riot of 1953
B) The motion for self government
C) Dominated by illiterates
D) Veto power
  • 18. 18. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) Richard Constitution
B) Clifford Constitution
C) MacPherson Constitution
D) Independent Constitution
  • 19. 19. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Parliamentary system.
B) Appointment of ministers
C) Executive power
D) Census figures
  • 20. 20. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Herbert Macaulay
B) Lateef Jakande
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) Aminu Kano
  • 21. 21. 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) Created the post of a Prime Minister
C) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament
D) Provided for equal representation between the North and South
  • 22. 22. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Ernest Okoli
B) Dr. Micheal Okpara
C) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 23. 23. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
A) Many innocent lives were lost
B) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
C) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court
D) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
  • 24. 24. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Dr. C. Vaughan
B) Ernest Ikoli
C) Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Samuel Akinsanya
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) United Middle Belt Congress
B) Nigeria National Democratic Party
C) Jamiyya People's Party
D) Northern People's Congress
  • 26. 26. Action Group was _____
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
  • 27. 27. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1951
B) 1944
C) 1923
D) 1936
  • 28. 28. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
B) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
C) Each state can develop at its own pace
D) Any components part can secede at any time
  • 29. 29. The immediate cause of the 1953 Kano riot was the ____
A) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
B) Existence of regionally based political parties
C) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
D) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
  • 30. 30. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
B) Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Sir Ahmadu Bello
D) Chief Anthony Enahoro
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