Question 0A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed aA.nationB.stateC.dominionD.leviathanE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The process by which political beliefs and values are transmitted from one generation to another is best known as politicalA.socializationB.cultureC.trainingD.decentralizationE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The fusion of the executive and legislative organs of government is associated withA.monarchyB.the presidential systemC.fascismD.the parliamentary systemE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0One criticism of delegated legislation is that itA.subjects citizens to executive decreesB.makes laws too flexibleC.makes laws too technicalD.is not useful in emergency situationE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0A system of government in which the central government is supreme over other levels isA.totalitarianB.confederalC.federalD.unitaryE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Which of the following ideologies advocates governmental control over all sources of power?A.totalitarianismB.feudalismC.liberationD.democracyE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Which of the following is NOT an an acceptable means of achieving democracy?A.referendumB.recallC.initiativeD.riotsE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0In the cabinet system of government individual responsibility of ministers means thatA.only ministers can be held responsible for errorsB.a minister must hold his subordinates responsible for his failuresC.the prime minister can remove an erring ministerD.no individual can be held responsible for government decisionsE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The principle of collective responsibility does not operate under the presidential system of government becauseA.cabinet members are responsible peopleB.the legislative and the executive work togetherC.the executive is elected for a fixed termD.the judiciary will overrule the impeachment of the cabinetE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Law making under military regimes is done throughA.delegated legislationB.administrative enactmentsC.the promulgation of decreesD.the ministry of justiceE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The most critical debates on a bill and amendments to it take place during theA.first readingB.second readingC.third readingD.assentE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The fundamental rights of citizens includeA.social security and free speechB.religious freedom and collective aggressionC.immunity from libel and right to employmentD.right to life and libertyE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Electoral colleges have been criticized because theyA.are very expensiveB.create more seats in the legislatureC.make the legislature too responsiveD.sometimes negate the wishes of the electorateE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Universal adult suffrage is usually restricted in most political systems toA.those with landed propertyB.literatesC.citizensD.those not more than 70 years oldE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0An election in which citizens are called upon to vote for or against a specified issue is called aA.mandateB.referendiumC.by electionD.run off electionE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The most important objective of political parties is toA.elect their spokesmenB.lobby the governmentC.from effective national organizationsD.control the governmentE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The primary function of a pressure group is toA.win and control governmental powerB.elect their officialsC.influence government policyD.organize worker to confront governmentE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The biased presentation of information in order to influence public opinion is referred to asA.mobilizationB.propagandaC.indoctrinationD.distortioE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Which of the following was a great military and political power before the colonization of Nigeria?A.the idoma kingdomB.the nupe kingdomC.the kwararafa empireD.the lgala empireE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The Yoruba traditional governmental system wasA.EgalitarianB.RepublicanC.democraticD.monarchicalE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0During the pre-colonial period in Eastern Nigeria autocratic rule was made difficult by theA.activities of secret societiesB.ruler's fear of detronementC.absence of a system of centralized authorityD.demands of pressure groupsE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Vassalage as a political system was practised by theA.lbibio and lgalaB.TivC.Haua FulaniD.lgbo and EfikE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Which of the following was NOT a feature of colonial administration in Nigera?A.forced labourB.low prices for exportsC.taxes on the populationD.education levyE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Dual mandate was proposed byA.Hugh ClappertonB.Hugh CliffordC.Lord LugardD.George GoldieE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The Aba women riot was caused by the attempt to introduceA.Indirect Rule to Southern NigeriaB.direct taxesC.the warrant chief systemD.forced labourE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0One of the unique innovations of the 1951 constitution was the introductions ofA.Regional premiersB.the office the speakerC.the office of the prime ministerD.regional executivesE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0To qualify to be president of the federal republic of Nigeria under the 1979 constitution , a candidate mustA.be at least 40 years of ageB.be a Nigerian by birthC.have the highest number of votes cast at the electionD.have not less than 1/4 of the votes cast at the election in each of at least 2/3 of all states in the federationE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0By statute, the main responsibility of the armed forces of Nigeria is toA.from a military governmentB.maintain law and orderC.defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countryD.take part in peace -keeping operations in troubled neighbouring countriesE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The highest court in Nigeria before 1963 was theA.supreme courtB.high courtC.judicial committees of the privy councilD.court of appealE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The primary factor which led to the formation of political parties in colonial Nigeria wasA.introduction of the elective principle and representative institutionB.increased wealth of the indigenous eliteC.granting of seif government by the colonial administrationD.call by black people all over the world for a final assault on colonialismE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Three of the principles used in revenue allocation in Nigeria areA.national interest cultural ethnocentrism and national unityB.land mass, primary school enrolment and Geographical locationC.derivation, equality and even developmentD.needs, derivation and relative stabilityE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The results of the 1973 census in Nigeria were rejected becauseA.the figures were unacceptable to the U.N.BB.the figures were controversialC.Nigerians were contented with the existing population figuresD.there were preparations for a fresh censusE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0One of the advantages of privatization is that itA.relieves government of its liquidity problemB.makes the poor to be richerC.gives private individuals control over public corporationsD.make public corporations more effectiveE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The most important aspect of the 1976 Local Government Reforms was theA.introduction of a uniform system of local governmentB.introduction of party politics at the local levelsC.sbordination of local governments to the federal and state governmentsD.recognition of local government as autonomus and sovereign governmentE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Local governments were created in Nigeria mainly toA.realise the objective of full employmentB.bring government nearer to the peopleC.prevent the creation of more statesD.encourage competition and rivalry amongst ethinc groupsE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The Nigerian Military Government launched the Second National Development Plan in 1970 purposelyA.to develop all the disadvantaged statesB.to accelerate the development of the countryC.for rapid economic and social development of the cuntry after the civil warD.to further the cause of a united, strong and self reliant nationE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0A feature unique to General Murtala Muhammed's Supreme Military Council as compared to that of General Yakubu Gowon was theA.inclusion of civilians as membersB.exculsion of military governors from the councilC.inclusion of the chief justice as a memberD.exclusion of the Inspector General of Plice from the councilE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0A major problem of military governments in Nigeria is theA.absence of proper accountabilityB.abolition of the post of ombudsmanC.absence of the rule of lawD.encouragement of foreign investorsE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0In 1973, following an OAU resolution, Nigeria broke diplomatic relations withA.South AfricaB.FranceC.IsraelD.CubaE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Nigeria's foreign policy of non-alignment was a reaction toA.British imperialismB.East-West ideological competitionC.militarism of ex-colonial powersD.Third World povertyE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Which of the following countries had a strained relationship countries had a strained relationship with Nigeria over the Angolan crisis of 1975?A.the Soviet UnionB.TanzaniaC.the United States of AmericaD.South AfricaE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The major liberation organization which fought for Namibia's independence wasA.SWAPOB.ANCC.FRELIMOD.MPLAE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0In first republic, Nigeria was very reluctant to have meaningful interaction withA.ItalyB.The Soviet UnionC.the United States of AmericaD.GermanyE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0Which of these international organization which the predecessor of the United Nations?A.the European Economic CommunityB.the Organisation of American StatesC.the League of NationsD.the North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationE.Objective Show full explanation
Question 0The dramatic rise in the membership of the UN during late 1991 and early 1992 is best accounted for by theA.admission of a large number of newly independent African statesB.appointment of the first African as Secretary-GeneralC.break -up of the Soviet Union into independent RepublicsD.expansion of the membership of the Security CouncilE.Objective Show full explanation