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AIC SS 2 Government 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
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  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) To ensure peaceful changing of government
B) Creating more political parties
C) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
D) Uniting the people
  • 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) Organize political conferences
B) Allow the public to have freedon
C) To know the people's opinions about its activities
D) Punish political opponents
  • 4. 4. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) Referendum
B) Primary election
C) General election
D) Bye- election
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Orders
B) Decrees
C) Bye laws
D) Acts
  • 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) Colonialism
B) Federalism
C) Imperialism
D) Nationalism
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Investing surplus capital
B) Religious reasons
C) Geographical importance
D) Africa independence
  • 8. 8. The use of cultural, economic and political pressure to influence and control decisions in independent countries that were formal colonies is _____
A) Colonialism
B) Political control
C) Neo-colonialism
D) Feudalism
  • 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) Rule of law
B) Policy of assimilation
C) Authority
D) Indirect rule
  • 10. 10. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1770
B) 1917
C) 1817
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) Shehu Shagari
B) Richard Bourdillon
C) John Richard
D) David John
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1939 and 1954
B) 1935 and 1940
C) 1939 and 1944
D) 1925 and 1930
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Regionalism
B) Independence of the Judiciary
C) Bi-cameral legislature
D) Legislative powers
  • 15. 15. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Inspiration
B) Court of Appeals
C) A broad based Constitution
D) Political and National conscious
  • 16. 16. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) Board of Directors
B) The Chief Commissioners
C) Council of ministers
D) The Three provinces
  • 17. 17. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) Veto power
B) Dominated by illiterates
C) The motion for self government
D) Kano riot of 1953
  • 18. 18. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) Independent Constitution
B) Clifford Constitution
C) MacPherson Constitution
D) Richard Constitution
  • 19. 19. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Census figures
B) Appointment of ministers
C) Executive power
D) Parliamentary system.
  • 20. 20. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Herbert Macaulay
B) Aminu Kano
C) Obafemi Awolowo
D) Lateef Jakande
  • 21. 21. Nigeria became a federation under the 1954 Constitution because the Constitution _____
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) Provided for equal representation between the North and South
D) Created the post of a Prime Minister
  • 22. 22. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Herbert Macaulay
C) Dr. Micheal Okpara
D) Ernest Okoli
  • 23. 23. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
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
  • 24. 24. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Dr. C. Vaughan
B) Ernest Ikoli
C) Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Samuel Akinsanya
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) Northern People's Congress
B) Nigeria National Democratic Party
C) United Middle Belt 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) The first political party in Western state
C) A political party that fought the British
D) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
  • 27. 27. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1951
B) 1923
C) 1944
D) 1936
  • 28. 28. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
B) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
C) Each state can develop at its own pace
D) Any components part can secede at any time
  • 29. 29. The immediate cause of the 1953 Kano riot was the ____
A) Existence of regionally based political parties
B) Ambition of some politicians to secure Independence from British by force
C) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
D) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
  • 30. 30. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
C) Chief Anthony Enahoro
D) Sir Ahmadu Bello
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