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