Acceleration of the independence movements in the British West African Colonies was essentially because of the________
- A. posture of the British Governor Generals
- B. influence of the christianity ideology
- C. tolerance for political participation and demonstration through political parties
- D. speedy grant of independence in the French Colonies
The solidarity for self-governance system and liberty of Africans demonstrated by Africans and Non-Africans in diaspora is termed__________
- A. Nationalism
- B. Afrocentrism
- C. Neo-colonialism
- D. Pan-Africanism
The Indigenat Policy is attributable to the ___
- A. French colonies
- B. British Crown colonies
- C. German colonies
- D. Portugese colonies
Colonialist arrival in Nigeria is traceable particularly to the_____
- A. introduction of christianity
- B. annexation of the Lagos Colony
- C. emergence of economic adventurism
- D. introduction of the indirect rule policy
The ____ Reform is influential to the inception of Local Government in Nigeria
- A. 1979
- B. 1978
- C. 1976
- D. 1975
The defining processes for the formation of a people’s political behaviour is___________
- A. political socialisation
- B. political culture
- C. political demonstration
- D. political participation
Opinion sampling may be necessary for the following reasons except________
- A. for aggregating popular thinking and standpoint on a subject matter
- B. for preparing public expenditure
- C. to evaluate the political strength of a political party
- D. to inspire public reasoning on population census
A political party often with a radical viewpoint and perspective to sensitive state affairs matters is often labelled as a ___party
- A. conservatist
- B. liberal
- C. democratic
- D. elitist
Lobbying is often a strategy adopted by________
- A. political parties
- B. public corporations
- C. public authorities
- D. pressure groups
One of the following reasons is unlikely to necessitate the emergence of a federal system?
- A. social factors
- B. geographical factors
- C. cultural diversity
- D. political sovereignty
Class stratification is a peculiar feature of___________
- A. capitalism
- B. communism
- C. socialism
- D. feudalism
The term ultra vires means_________
- A. the exercise of supervisory functions by the judiciary
- B. a situation where a public authority dutifully performs its functions
- C. a situation where a public authority acts beyond the scope of its duties
- D. the act of exercising administrative competence over a matter
____ is noted for having said “man by nature is a political animal”
- A. Thomas Hobbes
- B. Aristotle
- C. Plato
- D. J.J Rosseau
The concept of delegated legislation is often criticised for all but one of the following reasons?
- A. it may lead to abuse of the powers
- B. for reasons of sheer ignorance on legislative substance and procedure
- C. for reasons of expertise rule making on specific subject matters
- D. it is a clear violation of the separation of powers concept
In most recent times, a seemingly workable solution to the Nigerian federal question is that of_______
- A. state police
- B. restructuring
- C. terrorism
- D. revenue allocation
A predominant feature of the Precolonial governance system was that_________
- A. the British Indirect rule system penetrated it largely
- B. the governance structures were largely undefined
- C. the customary laws were prevalent
- D. theocratic system was widely embraced
The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________
- A. dissolution
- B. prorogation
- C. gerrymandering
- D. delimitation
The newspaper established by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe to project the interest of nationalists was__________
- A. West African Pilot
- B. Lagos Weekly Record
- C. Daily Times
- D. The Comet
The fact that the office of the Chairman is rotational in ECOWAS makes it a perfect example of a/an ……..
- A. Cartel
- B. Confederacy
- C. Economic and Egalitarian political merger
- D. Collegiate
Amendment of the U. N. O. charter is the duty of the ……..
- A. Security Council
- B. Secretariat
- C. General Assembly
- D. Trusteeship Council
Executive Council of the African Union makes decision by_______
- A. 1/3 majority vote
- B. discretion
- C. consensus
- D. the veto of the General Secretariat