POL221



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POL221

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1.

The 1957 constitutional conference
granted self-government to
Western and Eastern Nigeria while
the North attained the status in the
year

2 / 50

2.

The British__was lowered for the
Nigeria’s Green/White/Green Flag
on 1st October, 1960 to mark her
independence

3 / 50

3.

The Nigerian civil war lasted for
months

4 / 50

4.

The first Nigerian newspaper
established to champion the cause
of nationalist struggle
was_____________

5 / 50

5.

Corruption and nepotism were
some of the remote causes of the
first military coup in Nigeria led by

6 / 50

6.

__was the first indigenous
governor-general in Nigeria

7 / 50

7.

The
_coalition government during the
Nigeria’s First Republic was
contracted because the 1959
elections results showed no clear
winner

8 / 50

8.

The first demonstration by Nigerian
students took place in 1961 against
Anglo-Nigerian

9 / 50

9.

The monarch who ceded the
territory of Lagos to the British
was_______________

10 / 50

10.

Lord Lugard returned from India to
become the Governor of the
Northern Protectorates in the
year___________

11 / 50

11.

The system of government
introduced by the 1960
independence constitution
was____________

12 / 50

12.

The political symbol or emblem
used by the NCNC in Nigeria’s First
Republic was a

13 / 50

13.

Apart from his nationalist struggle,
Chief Anthony Enahoro was a
popular figure in the House of
Representatives in the First
Republic because he moved the
motion for
in
1953

14 / 50

14.

In the two colonial policies while the
French regarded Africans
as__,Africans in the British colonies
were regarded as subjects

15 / 50

15.

In order to implement the policy of
Indirect Rule in the Eastern part of
Nigeria, the colonial government
had to create__________in lieu of
any recognized central authority in
the area

16 / 50

16.

The 1951 constitution provided for
Bi-cameral
_only
for Northern and Western Nigeria

17 / 50

17.

The West African Student Union
was created to fight__

18 / 50

18.

In a truly federal state, the
components units are not__

19 / 50

19.

Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in
as a
prelude to independence

20 / 50

20.

In 1967, the secession of the
Eastern Nigeria was announced by
Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu who
was the
_of the
Region

21 / 50

21.

The Nigeria's war time finance
commissioner was

22 / 50

22.

The Nigerian Youth Movement
started as
Youth
Movement

23 / 50

23.

Geographical contiguity is one of
the conditions for a group of
autonomous states
seeking_________________

24 / 50

24.

The elective principle of 1922
provided for (4) seats for Africans in
Lagos and Calabar in the
Legislative Council in the following
ratio
respectively________________

25 / 50

25.

One of the defects of the Clifford’s
constitution was the retention of the
isolation policy of the
_provinces, which retarded the
process of political development of
the area

26 / 50

26.

The colonial Governor-General that
succeeded Governor Richard
was___________

27 / 50

27.

The Protectorates of the Northern
and Southern Nigeria were
amalgamated by__

28 / 50

28.

Sir John Macpherson’s 1951
constitution was a complete
departure from all others
because____________

29 / 50

29.

One of the bone of contentions
against the 1922 constitution was
the use of traditional rulers to the
exclusion of the
elites

30 / 50

30.

The Action Group Party led by
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was an
offshoot of a Yoruba Socio-Cultural
Group called________________

31 / 50

31.

The 1966 mililitary coup in Nigeria
was regarded as
because no political leader from the
East was a victim

32 / 50

32.

The 1951 constitution led to the
emergence of the following major
political parties of the Nigerian First
Republic____________

33 / 50

33.

According to Okafor (1981), Lagos
was not officially pronounced “a
British Colony” until__

34 / 50

34.

The war time Military Governor of
the Mid-West Region was

35 / 50

35.

The 1960 independence
constitution provided for a
_as
the Head of government and a
President as ceremonial Head of
State

36 / 50

36.

In response to minority agitation,
the British colonial government set
up a commission headed
by______________to look into
ways of allaying their fears

37 / 50

37.

There was a stalemate after the
general election of__as Dr. Nnamdi
Azikiwe was constitutionally unable
to invite any of the political parties
to form the government because
none of the political parties won the
mandatory majority

38 / 50

38.

In forming a
_union, geographical contiguity by
the independent states is one of the
prerequisites

39 / 50

39. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__

40 / 50

40.

Dual Headship is one of the defects
of
System of government practiced in
Nigeria’s First Republic

41 / 50

41.

Which of the following regions
attained the status of selfgovernment in
1957_____________

42 / 50

42.

The British Settlement Act of__
empowered the British government
to establish a Crown Colony
System of government

43 / 50

43.

__was the Lady who first
suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for
the amalgamated British colonial
territory

44 / 50

44.

In the First Republic, Nigeria
practised __system of government

45 / 50

45.

The 1954 constitution provided for
a Federal
Court
from the central to replace the West
African Court of Appeal

46 / 50

46.

The British Settlement Act of 1843,
enabled the British Government to
establish a Crown Colony system in

47 / 50

47.

The territory of__became the
British Crown Colony in 1861

48 / 50

48.

The Nigerian Council created in
1922 was composed of officials and
_members

49 / 50

49.

Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s first
indigenous

50 / 50

50.

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was a
__President in Nigeria’s First
Republic

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