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