‘Casting vote’ was one of the ways the Governor in British West Africa controlled the
- A. Colonial treasurer
- B. Colonial secretary
- C. Native authority
- D. Legislative council
Colonialism is defined as the
- A. struggle against foreign domination
- B. political struggle for independence
- C. economic dependence on developed nations
- D. imposition of foreign rule on a territory
In the pre -colonial African political system, the functions of the kingmakers were performed by
- A. Age grades
- B. Woman
- C. Council of elders
- D. Special people
The major source of local government revenue is
- A. donations
- B. income from investments
- C. loans from finance institutions
- D. grants from the central authority
Which of the following is a feature of the civil service?
- A. Disloloyalty
- B. Impartiality
- C. Political activism
- D. Temporary tenure
The Civil Service is an administrative institution of
- A. the executive arm of government
- B. Public corporations
- C. Para - military organization
- D. a business enterprise
The method in which a group of people are interviewed on a specific political issue is called
- A. referendum
- B. individual speech
- C. individual writing
- D. opinion sampling
Public opinion on the performance of a government is best measured by
- A. military strength
- B. general elections
- C. the mass media
- D. parliamentary debates
Public opinion is defined as the
- A. aggregate views of the people
- B. sentiments of opposition parties
- C. consensus of the mass media
- D. reaction of pressure groups
Which of the following is a function of pressure groups?
- A. Represent and protect the rich
- B. Protect the interest of government
- C. Serve as avenue for political victimization
- D. Provide forum for the ventilation of grievances
An election held to fill a vacant post in the legislature due to the death or resignation of a member is called
- A. run - off election
- B. electoral college
- C. bye - election
- D. primary elections
Politics is practically demonstrated during
- A. electioneering campaigns
- B. parliamentary debates
- C. formation of political parties
- D. inter-party consultative meetings
The following are the aims of an election except that
- A. a group sticks on to power
- B. there is accountability of the leaders
- C. there is a smooth change of government
- D. the people determine who rules
Franchise is the right to
- A. express political views
- B. control the government
- C. vote and be voted for
- D. ensure good governance
The practice of multi – party system in West Africa tends to promote
- A. sectionalism and factionalism
- B. national integration
- C. social discrimination
- D. economic integration
Which of the following party systems best represents all shades of opinions?
- A. Multi-party
- B. Two -party
- C. One- party
- D. Elite- party
Which of the following exists in a one – party state?
- A. Only the workers party is allowed to exist
- B. Only the students' party is allowed to exist
- C. Elections to the legislature are held at the party's conference
- D. The ruling party is the only legal party
A manifesto can be defined as the
- A. opportunity to form a political party
- B. proposed programmes of a political party
- C. policy of a political party in power
- D. power to rule the masses
The primary aim of any political party is to
- A. pressurize the government
- B. remain in the opposition
- C. control the government
- D. ensure fair play in business
The conferment of citizenship on a distinguished personality of another country is called
- A. citizenship by birth
- B. honorary citizenship
- C. adoption
- D. citizenship by registration
Citizenship can be acquired through all of the following methods except
- A. birth
- B. nationalization
- C. naturalization
- D. marriage