AIC SS 2 Government 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) Uniting the people
B) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
C) Creating more political parties
D) To ensure peaceful changing of government
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Civil service union
B) Government
C) Electoral commission
D) Civil service commission
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
A) Punish political opponents
B) To know the people's opinions about its activities
C) Allow the public to have freedon
D) Organize political conferences
  • 4. 4. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) Primary election
B) Bye- election
C) Referendum
D) General election
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Orders
B) Bye laws
C) Acts
D) Decrees
  • 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) Nationalism
B) Colonialism
C) Federalism
D) Imperialism
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Africa independence
B) Investing surplus capital
C) Religious reasons
D) Geographical importance
  • 8. 8. The use of cultural, economic and political pressure to influence and control decisions in independent countries that were formal colonies is _____
A) Colonialism
B) Feudalism
C) Political control
D) Neo-colonialism
  • 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) Policy of assimilation
B) Rule of law
C) Authority
D) Indirect rule
  • 10. 10. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1917
B) 1770
C) 1817
D) 1970
  • 11. 11. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) The Executive Council
B) The Legislative Council
C) The Cabinet Member
D) Proclamation
  • 12. 12. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) Shehu Shagari
B) John Richard
C) Richard Bourdillon
D) David John
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1939 and 1954
B) 1935 and 1940
C) 1925 and 1930
D) 1939 and 1944
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Regionalism
B) Bi-cameral legislature
C) Legislative powers
D) Independence of the Judiciary
  • 15. 15. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Inspiration
B) Political and National conscious
C) Court of Appeals
D) A broad based Constitution
  • 16. 16. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) Council of ministers
B) The Chief Commissioners
C) Board of Directors
D) The Three provinces
  • 17. 17. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) Kano riot of 1953
B) The motion for self government
C) Veto power
D) Dominated by illiterates
  • 18. 18. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) Richard Constitution
B) MacPherson Constitution
C) Independent Constitution
D) Clifford Constitution
  • 19. 19. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Executive power
B) Parliamentary system.
C) Appointment of ministers
D) Census figures
  • 20. 20. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) Herbert Macaulay
C) Aminu Kano
D) Lateef Jakande
  • 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) Dr. Micheal Okpara
B) Ernest Okoli
C) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 23. 23. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
A) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
B) Many innocent lives were lost
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) Samuel Akinsanya
B) Ernest Ikoli
C) Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Dr. C. Vaughan
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) Northern People's Congress
B) Jamiyya People's Party
C) Nigeria National Democratic Party
D) United Middle Belt Congress
  • 26. 26. Action Group was _____
A) A political party that fought the British
B) The first political party in Western state
C) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC
D) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
  • 27. 27. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1944
B) 1936
C) 1951
D) 1923
  • 28. 28. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
B) Each state can develop at its own pace
C) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
D) Any components part can secede at any time
  • 29. 29. The immediate cause of the 1953 Kano riot was the ____
A) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
B) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
C) Existence of regionally based political parties
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) Sir Ahmadu Bello
B) Chief Anthony Enahoro
C) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
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