BUK Government 2020/2021 Past Questions

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The 1976 local government reforms provide for a ....... term of office

A.4-year
B.5-year
C.2-year
D.permanent

A country consisting of units that are semi-autonomous is:

A.a confederation
B.a federation
C.a region
D.unitary

A political party is significant becuase it

A.stimulates political rancour
B.encourages electoral malpractices
C.seeks political power
D.settles disputes

Which of the following was a great military empire in Nigeria before Nigeria's colonization?

A.The Nri Kingdom
B.the Idoma Kingdom
C.the Nupe Kingdom
D.the Kwerafa Kingdom

The world organization which existed before the United Nations Organization was the

A.League of Nations
B.European Economic Community
C.African Union (AU)
D.Commonwealth of Nations

Citizenship refers to the

A.indigenous member of the state
B.social status of a person in a state
C.highest position in a state
D.legal status of a member of a state

A written Constitution must contain a

A.dialogue
B.prologue
C.preamble
D.discourse

The major innovation to the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that

A.the Prime Minister ceased to be Head of State
B.the Governor's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
C.the Cabinet was no longer responsible to the legislature
D.it introduced the Executive Presidential System

The major distinguishing factor between a political party and a pressure group is that while the former ___.

A.is effectively organized, the latter is not
B.engages in propaganda, the latter does not
C.seeks power, the latter does riot
D.does not form a government, the latter does

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) were founded in ___.

A.1944
B.1945
C.1946
D.1947