AIC SS 2 Government 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
B) Creating more 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) Civil service union
B) Electoral commission
C) Civil service commission
D) Government
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
A) Punish political opponents
B) Organize political conferences
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) Bye- election
C) General election
D) Primary election
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Acts
B) Bye laws
C) Orders
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) Imperialism
B) Colonialism
C) Nationalism
D) Federalism
  • 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) Feudalism
B) Colonialism
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) Indirect rule
C) Authority
D) Rule of law
  • 10. 10. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1917
B) 1817
C) 1770
D) 1970
  • 11. 11. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) Proclamation
B) The Legislative Council
C) The Executive Council
D) The Cabinet Member
  • 12. 12. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) John Richard
B) Richard Bourdillon
C) David John
D) Shehu Shagari
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1939 and 1944
B) 1925 and 1930
C) 1939 and 1954
D) 1935 and 1940
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Independence of the Judiciary
B) Regionalism
C) Legislative powers
D) Bi-cameral legislature
  • 15. 15. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Court of Appeals
B) Political and National conscious
C) Inspiration
D) A broad based Constitution
  • 16. 16. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) The Chief Commissioners
B) Council of ministers
C) Board of Directors
D) The Three provinces
  • 17. 17. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) The motion for self government
B) Veto power
C) Dominated by illiterates
D) Kano riot of 1953
  • 18. 18. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) MacPherson Constitution
B) Richard Constitution
C) Clifford 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) Aminu Kano
B) Lateef Jakande
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 21. 21. Nigeria became a federation under the 1954 Constitution because the Constitution _____
A) Created the post of a Prime Minister
B) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units
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) Herbert Macaulay
B) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
C) Ernest Okoli
D) Dr. Micheal Okpara
  • 23. 23. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
A) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas
B) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties
C) Many innocent lives were lost
D) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court
  • 24. 24. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Ernest Ikoli
B) Samuel Akinsanya
C) Dr. C. Vaughan
D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) United Middle Belt Congress
B) Nigeria National Democratic Party
C) Northern People's Congress
D) Jamiyya People's Party
  • 26. 26. Action Group was _____
A) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC
B) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
C) The first political party in Western state
D) A political party that fought the British
  • 27. 27. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1944
B) 1923
C) 1936
D) 1951
  • 28. 28. 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) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
D) Each state can develop at its own pace
  • 29. 29. The immediate cause of the 1953 Kano riot was the ____
A) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
B) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
C) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
D) Existence of regionally based political parties
  • 30. 30. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Chief Anthony Enahoro
C) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
D) Sir Ahmadu Bello
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