AIC SS 2 Government 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
  • 1. 1. One of the following is the reason for conducting election
A) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
B) To ensure peaceful changing of government
C) Uniting the people
D) Creating more political parties
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Civil service commission
B) Government
C) Electoral commission
D) Civil service union
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
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
  • 4. 4. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) Bye- election
B) Referendum
C) Primary election
D) General election
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Decrees
B) Bye laws
C) Orders
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) Imperialism
C) Nationalism
D) Federalism
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Investing surplus capital
B) Africa independence
C) Geographical importance
D) Religious reasons
  • 8. 8. The use of cultural, economic and political pressure to influence and control decisions in independent countries that were formal colonies is _____
A) Neo-colonialism
B) Political control
C) 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) 1917
B) 1817
C) 1770
D) 1970
  • 11. 11. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) Proclamation
B) The Cabinet Member
C) The Legislative Council
D) The Executive Council
  • 12. 12. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) Richard Bourdillon
B) David John
C) John Richard
D) Shehu Shagari
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1935 and 1940
B) 1925 and 1930
C) 1939 and 1944
D) 1939 and 1954
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Independence of the Judiciary
B) Legislative powers
C) Regionalism
D) Bi-cameral legislature
  • 15. 15. Aims and objectives of Richard Constitution include _____
A) Court of Appeals
B) Political and National conscious
C) Inspiration
D) A broad based Constitution
  • 16. 16. The provisions for MacPherson Constitution include all but one
A) Board of Directors
B) Council of ministers
C) The Three provinces
D) The Chief Commissioners
  • 17. 17. MacPherson Constitution's weaknesses include the following except one
A) Veto power
B) The motion for self government
C) Dominated by illiterates
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) Parliamentary system.
B) Executive power
C) Census figures
D) Appointment of ministers
  • 20. 20. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Herbert Macaulay
B) Obafemi Awolowo
C) Aminu Kano
D) Lateef Jakande
  • 21. 21. Nigeria became a federation under the 1954 Constitution because the Constitution _____
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
  • 22. 22. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Dr. Micheal Okpara
B) Ernest Okoli
C) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 23. 23. The Kano riots of 1953 is significant because
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
  • 24. 24. Who among the following was not a founding father of the Nigeria Youth Movement
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Samuel Akinsanya
C) Ernest Ikoli
D) Dr. C. Vaughan
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party
B) United Middle Belt Congress
C) Jamiyya People's Party
D) Northern People's Congress
  • 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) 1944
B) 1951
C) 1923
D) 1936
  • 28. 28. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Any components part can secede at any time
B) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
C) Each state can develop at its own pace
D) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
  • 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) Humiliation of Northern legislators in Lagos
D) Weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution
  • 30. 30. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
B) Chief Anthony Enahoro
C) Sir Ahmadu Bello
D) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
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