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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) Strengthening the powers of the political parties
B) Uniting the people
C) To ensure peaceful changing of government
D) Creating more political parties
  • 2. 2. The appointment, promotion and discipline of the civil servants are the responsibilities of _____
A) Civil service union
B) Electoral commission
C) Government
D) Civil service commission
  • 3. 3. Public opinion enables the government to ____
A) To know the people's opinions about its activities
B) Punish political opponents
C) Allow the public to have freedon
D) Organize political conferences
  • 4. 4. An election conducted to resolve important political issues facing a country is called ____
A) General election
B) Bye- election
C) Referendum
D) Primary election
  • 5. 5. Local government laws are known as_____
A) Acts
B) Bye laws
C) Decrees
D) Orders
  • 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) Nationalism
B) Imperialism
C) Federalism
D) Colonialism
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not the reason for colonialism
A) Africa independence
B) Investing surplus capital
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) Colonialism
B) Feudalism
C) Political control
D) Neo-colonialism
  • 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) Indirect rule
B) Policy of assimilation
C) Rule of law
D) Authority
  • 10. 10. The NCBWA was founded in ____
A) 1770
B) 1917
C) 1970
D) 1817
  • 11. 11. One of the following is not a provision for Clifford Constitution of 1922
A) The Legislative Council
B) The Cabinet Member
C) Proclamation
D) The Executive Council
  • 12. 12. The Governor of Nigeria at the outbreak of the second world war was ____
A) Richard Bourdillon
B) Shehu Shagari
C) John Richard
D) David John
  • 13. 13. The Governor was in office between year _____&____
A) 1925 and 1930
B) 1939 and 1954
C) 1939 and 1944
D) 1935 and 1940
  • 14. 14. The following except one is not the features of Richard Constitution
A) Legislative powers
B) Independence of the Judiciary
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) A broad based Constitution
D) Inspiration
  • 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) Kano riot of 1953
D) Dominated by illiterates
  • 18. 18. _____ Constitution was revised through conferences and the product of the revision exercise was Lyttleton Constitution
A) Richard Constitution
B) MacPherson Constitution
C) Clifford Constitution
D) Independent Constitution
  • 19. 19. Main characteristics of the Independence Constitution of 1960 include ___
A) Census figures
B) Executive power
C) Parliamentary system.
D) Appointment of ministers
  • 20. 20. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ____
A) Aminu Kano
B) Herbert Macaulay
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) Provided for equal representation between the North and South
C) Abolished the practice of nominating some members of parliament
D) Created the post of a Prime Minister
  • 22. 22. The first president of the National Council for Nigeria and Camerouns (NCNC) was _____
A) Herbert Macaulay
B) Dr. Micheal Okpara
C) Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Ernest Okoli
  • 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) Ernest Ikoli
B) Samuel Akinsanya
C) Dr. C. Vaughan
D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  • 25. 25. The Jumiyya Mutanem Arewa cultural group later developed into the ______
A) Northern People's Congress
B) Jamiyya People's Party
C) Nigeria National Democratic Party
D) United Middle Belt Congress
  • 26. 26. Action Group was _____
A) A political party that fought the British
B) A cultural association that sought the unity of the Yorubas
C) An association that teamed up with the NYM to fight the NCNC
D) The first political party in Western state
  • 27. 27. The NCNC was formed in ____
A) 1936
B) 1923
C) 1944
D) 1951
  • 28. 28. One of the importance of federalism is that
A) Each state can develop at its own pace
B) Citizens cannot be taxed by both State and federal government
C) Citizens can only be loyal to the state government
D) Any components part can secede at any time
  • 29. 29. The immediate cause of the 1953 Kano riot was the ____
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
  • 30. 30. The 1953 motion that Nigeria should attain self government in 1956 was moved by _____
A) Chief Anthony Enahoro
B) Sir Ahmadu Bello
C) Nnamdi Azikiwe
D) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
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