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