Government — 1995

The primary function of government in a state is to

A country is most likely to have a good government only if it had

Which of the following is a basic principle of democracy? Rule by

Which of the following is legal source of political authority?

which organ of government is vested with the responsibility of initiating bills and recommending them to the legislature for consideration? The

Which of the following is the unique feature of Monarchy?

Which of the following is a unique feature of a feudalism ?

Which of the following is a unique feature of a feudalism ?

The independence of the Judiciary can be enhance in all the following cases except where

There is no separation of power in a Cabinet system because

In democracies, political participation could be restricted on the basis of

Disenfranchisement refers to the

The limitation on the right to life can be found

Which of the following is not an agent of political socialization?

Political sovereignty belongs to

An alien who has lived in Nigeria for twenty years may acquire citizenship by

In a republican parliamentary system of government, the ceremonial Head of State is the

Which of the following is not a feature of capitalism?

A representative government can be established through

A necessary companion of the Rule of Law is

An appropriation bill is

A coalition government can be described as one which

One of the modern principles of government found in the traditional political system of Yoruba is that of

The function of the age-group in the Igbo pre-colonial society was to

An important feature of the traditional government in West Africa was the Council of

A political party is mainly interested in

The most important merit of a multi-system is that it

A pressure group can be defined as a

An election in which people vote for issues of public policy rather than candidates is known as a

Where no absolute majority is obtained in the first round of elections the most viable option is the

The indirect Rule system succeeded in Hausa/Fulani society because the

The Chicks Commission in Nigeria was up to look into the issue of

The first Head of State and Head of Government in Nigeria was

Which of the following was the first political party in Nigeria? The

The main criticism against pre-independence political parties in Nigeria was that they

Which of the following is a feature of public corporation ? It

One of the problem facing local government in Nigeria is the

Local government are essential because they

The goal which a state aspires to achieve in its relation with other states may be referred to as

The goal which a state aspires to achieve in its relation with other states may be referred to as

Which of the following has the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) failed to achieve?

ECOWAS was set up purely for

The resolutions and programmes of the OAU are executed by the

All the following organs/agencies of the United Nations Organization have their headquarters situated in New York except the

One of the objective of the United Nations Organization (UNO) is to

Which of the following did not generate political crises in Nigeria? The

Nigeria’s foreign policy came into the limelight at independence because

The first military Head of State in Nigeria was General

Which of the following countries was not involved in the peace-keeping effort in Liberia ?

Which of the following was not an election issue in Nigeria during the Second Republic ?

The major policy of General Gowon’s administration immediately after the Nigerian civil war was

Which of the following is not true of a federal system of government? The

Between 1960 and 1980 Nigeria experienced all the following system of government except

Which of the following was not required of a Presidential candidate for the 1979 election In Nigeria? He must

The decision to separate Lagos from the Western Region and make it a neutral Federal territory was taken at the

The 1954 Constitution of Nigeria made the country a true Federation because it provided for

One major achievement of the Richards Constitution of Nigeria was that it

Which of the following is a function of Electoral Commission ?

The function of government include all the following except the