A) Uniting the people B) To ensure peaceful changing of government C) Strengthening the powers of the political parties D) Creating more political parties
A) Civil service commission B) Government C) Civil service union D) Electoral commission
A) To know the people's opinions about its activities B) Allow the public to have freedon C) Organize political conferences D) Punish political opponents
A) Appoint chief of staff B) Arrange for the conduction of election C) Nominates candidates D) Support parties
A) General election B) Referendum C) Primary election D) Bye- election
A) Acts B) Orders C) Decrees D) Bye laws
A) Secret balloting B) Plebiscite C) Referendum D) Double voting
A) Bring government nearer to the people B) Promotes local chiefs C) Give more powers to the traditional rulers D) Divide the people in order to rule them
A) Act of parliaments B) Board of directors C) Ministers D) Governors
A) Mai B) Waziri C) Emir D) Oba
A) Federalism B) Colonialism C) Imperialism D) Nationalism
A) Investing surplus capital B) Africa independence C) Religious reasons D) Geographical importance
A) Upper and lower B) Positive and negative C) Legal and illicit D) Formal and informal
A) Chinua Achebe B) David Kwame C) Richard Nkrumah D) Kwame Nkrumah
A) Neo-colonialism B) Feudalism C) Colonialism D) Political control
A) Creation of large political unit B) Development of political parties C) Economic dependence and exploitation D) Introduction of money curency
A) Indirect rule B) Authority C) Policy of assimilation D) Rule of law
A) Administration policy B) Rule of law C) Direct rule D) Policy of assimilation
A) Abolition of people's culture B) The abolition of first class and second class citizens C) Dethronement of the traditional rulers D) Indigenat policy
A) 1770 B) 1970 C) 1817 D) 1917
A) The Legislative Council B) The Executive Council C) The Cabinet Member D) Proclamation
A) Richard Bourdillon B) John Richard C) Shehu Shagari D) David John
A) 1939 and 1954 B) 1939 and 1944 C) 1935 and 1940 D) 1925 and 1930
A) Regionalism B) Legislative powers C) Bi-cameral legislature D) Independence of the Judiciary
A) Political and National conscious B) Inspiration C) Court of Appeals D) A broad based Constitution
A) The Three provinces B) Board of Directors C) Council of ministers D) The Chief Commissioners
A) The motion for self government B) Veto power C) Kano riot of 1953 D) Dominated by illiterates
A) Independent Constitution B) Clifford Constitution C) MacPherson Constitution D) Richard Constitution
A) 1 speaker (as president) and 3 ex-officials members B) 1 president and 5 officials members C) 1 president and 2 officials members D) 1 president and 4 unofficial member
A) Parliamentary system. B) Appointment of ministers C) Census figures D) Executive power
A) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation B) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received C) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes D) Over the disputes on the conduct of the election
A) Aminu Kano B) Herbert Macaulay C) Obafemi Awolowo D) Lateef Jakande
A) National Council of Nigeria Citizens B) Action Group C) Nigeria National Democratic Party D) Northern People's Congress
A) Created the post of a Prime Minister B) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament C) Provided for equal representation between the North and South D) Provided for a division of functions between the centre and the component units
A) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Ernest Okoli C) Herbert Macaulay D) Dr. Micheal Okpara
A) Many innocent lives were lost B) It was the first outbreak of violence between the major political parties C) It involves rioting between Igbos and Hausas D) The police couldn't arrest the rioters, thus nobody was charged to court
A) Samuel Akinsanya B) Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Dr. C. Vaughan D) Ernest Ikoli
A) Jamiyya People's Party B) Northern People's Congress C) United Middle Belt Congress D) Nigeria National Democratic Party
A) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas B) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC C) The first political party in Western state D) A political party that fought the British
A) 1923 B) 1936 C) 1944 D) 1951
A) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government B) Each state can develop at its own pace C) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government D) Any components part can secede at any time
A) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force B) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos C) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution D) Existence of regionally based political parties
A) Organize elections B) Canvass for votes C) Educate the electorate D) Form a government
A) Enfranchisement B) Independence C) Sovereignty D) Decolonization
A) The law does not respect the people B) There is inequality between the executive and the citizens C) No one citizens can sue the other D) Everybody can do what he likes
A) Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party B) First Nigerian to found a political party C) Founder of the National Congress of British West Africa D) Co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and Camerouns
A) The Queen of England B) Oliver Lyttleton C) The British Prime Minister D) Sir James Robertson
A) The prime minister was nominated by the Executive Council B) The prime minister ceased to be Head of State C) The cabinet was no longer responsible to the Legislature D) The Governor-general's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
A) Sir Ahmadu Bello B) Nnamdi Azikiwe C) Chief Anthony Enahoro D) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
A) 10 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 |