Government Post Utme questions

||1. The follow are the key factors which influenced Nigeria foreign relations except
(A) peaceful co-existence
(B) economic dependence
(C) non-interference
(D) international co-operation
2. The first African military coup in Egypt occurred
(A) 1951
(B) 1952
(C) 1953
(D) 1954
3. Which of the following is not an accepted way of resolving international conflict?
(A) diplomacy
(B) propaganda
(C) military force
(D) nuclear war
4. Citizens who are legally qualified to vote form
(A) political parties
(B) trade union congress
(C) members of the House of Assembly
(D) the electorate
5. The Commonwealth is...
(A) an economic organisation
(B) made up of all independence ex-colonies of Britain
(C) made up of all countries who are friendly with Britain
(D) made up of independent European countries
6. The first elected Executive President of Nigeria was
(A) Sheu Shagari
(B) Umaru Yaradua
(C) Nnamdi Azikwe
(D) Olusegun Obasanjo


7. Nigeria became a federation of 19 states in
(A) 1996
(B) 1861
(C) 1976
(D) 1979
8. Under the 1979 Constitution, members of the Federal Executive Council were called
(A) ministers
(B) commissioners
(C) senators
(D) judges
9. All the folloǁiŶg ǁeƌe fƌoŶtliŶe fighteƌs foƌ Nigeƌia͛s iŶdepeŶdeŶĐe edžĐept
(A) Olu Fale
(B) Nnamdi Azikwe
(C) Obafemi Awolowo
(D) Tafawa Balewa
10. In a unitary system of government
(A) parliament is very weak
(B) there is high degree of centralisation
(C) political power is diffused
(D) there is low degree of centralisation
11. Which of the following is not a means by which government maintains law and order
(A) law making
(B) maintenance of police and other security agencies
(C) provision of socio-economic services
(D) establishment of provisional association
12. Nigeƌia͛s diploŵatiĐ ƌepresentative in Britain is known as
(A) high commissioner
(B) ambassador
(C) plenipotentiary
(D) permanent representative
13. Fascism emphasizes
(A) equality
(B) individualism
(C) totalitarianism
(D) communism
14  Government by the few for the interest of the few is known as
(A) monarchy
(B) dictatorship
(C) autocracy
(D) oligarchy
15. The doctrine of separation of powers is associated with
(A) Locke
(B) Marx
(C) Montesquieu
(D) Hobbes
16. The ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) was organised to maintain peace in
(A) Guinea
(B) Benin Republic
(C) Liberia
(D) Chad
17. Which of the following principle officials of the house is not an elected parliamentarian?
(A) leader
(B) speaker
(C) clerk
(D) chief whip
18. The ͚UŶitiŶg foƌ PeaĐe͛ ‘esolutioŶ of the UNO ǁas adopted iŶ
(A) 1945
(B) 1947
(C) 1950
(D) 1960
19. A tax law emanates from
(A) the speaker
(B) a public bill
(C) a judicial bill
(D) private bill
20. The process through which people develop their political attitude is called
(A) politicisation
(B) political socialisation
(C) political mobilisation
(D) political dissemination
21. Which of the following is not an agent of political socialisation?
(A) tourism
(B) family
(C) mass media
(D) peer group
22. Government can be described as the art of
(A) making constitutions
(B) collecting taxes
(C) engineering
(D) making and enforcing laws
23. An election in which people vote for issues of public policy rather than candidates is known as a
(A) mini election
(B) bye-election
(C) party primary
(D) referendum
24. Power is transformed into authority through
(A) force
(B) prayers
(C) legitimacy
(C) influence
25. The concept of sovereignty was popularised by
(A) J.J. Rousseau
(B) A.V. Dicey
(C) C.L. Montesquieu
(D) Jean Bodin
26. Power under military rule in Nigeria can be said to be
(A) absolutely separated
(B) absolutely fussed
(C) more separated than fussed
(D) absolutely centralised


27. How many Nigerians were elected into the Legislative Council when the elective principle was
introduced in 1922
(A) two
(B) three
(C) four
(D) six
28. The main deliberative organ of the UNO is the
(A) International Court of Justice
(B) Secretariat
(C) Economic and Social Council
(D) General Assembly
29. Which of the following will produce weak government?
(A) coalition
(B) two-party system
(C) general elections
(D) military
30. In democracies, political participation could be restricted on the basis of
(A) religion
(B) class
(C) race
(D) age
31. Who founded the Unity Party of Nigeria?
(A) Chief Ajasin
(B) Pa Adesanya
(C) Chief Falae
(D) Chief Awolowo
32. Free and fair election can exist where there is
(A) double voting
(B) secret balloting
(C) referendum
(D) plebiscite
33. The Commission for Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration is an organ of the
(A) ECOWAS
(B) AU
(C) Commonwealth
(D) OPEC
34. The first president of Nigeria Republic was
(A) Obafemi Awolowo
(B) Nnamdi Azikwe
(C) Ahmadu Bello
(D) Ibrahim Babangida
35. A federal constitution is usually
(A) flexible
(B) unwritten
(C) written and flexible
(D) written and rigid
36. One form of delegated legislation is
(A) case laws
(B) statutory instruments
(C) conventions
(D) man-made laws
37. The end of each session of the legislature is called
(A) dissolution
(B) suspension
(C) closure
(D) prorogation
38. Who among the following was dismissed from Action Group at the Jos Congress of February 1962?
(A) Anthony Ehahoro
(B) Ladoke Akintola
(C) Dauda Adegbenro
(D) Adesoji Aderemi
39. The chief executive in a parliamentary government is known as the
(A) president
(B) speaker
(C) prime minister
(D) governor-general


40. Pressure group use all the following techniques to achieve their objectives except
(A) lobbying
(B) demonstration
(C) Đoup d͛état
(D) strikes
41. Authority means
(A) an automatic right to be obey
(B) legitimate right to obeyed
(C) a civil right to obey orders
 (D) a civil right to be obeyed
42. Zionism resulted in the establishment of the state of
(A) Iraq
(B) Jordan
(C) Israel
(D) Lebanon
43. AŶ iŶstitutioŶ ǁhiĐh seeks to ƌedƌess people͛s gƌieǀaŶces against abuse of administration power is
the
(A) ombudsman
(B) Directorate of Public Prosecution
(C) Judicial Service Commission
44. To promote justice in a state, judges must
(A) belong to the ruling party
(B) punish people who oppose them
(C) enjoy security of tenure of office
(D) not socialise with the people
45. The two main policies introduced by the French in West Africa were
(A) indirect rule and direct rule
(B) indirect rule assimilation
(C) direct rule and indignant  
(D) assimilation and association
46. The scholar, who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in an authority was
(A) A,V. Dicey
(B) Jean Bodin
(C) John Austin
(D) Montesquieu
47. The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is
(A) Queen Elizabeth II
(B) Don McKinnon
(C) Tony Blair
(D) David Cameroon
48. Which of the following countries had practised confederated system of government?
(A) Senegal and Gambia
(B) Mali and Senegal
(C) Ghana and Nigeria
(D) none of the above
49. The 1978 Local Government Reform provided for a ---term of office
(A) 4-year
(B) 5-year
(C) 2-year
(D) 3-year
50. The exclusive list in a federal state includes
(A) education
(B) market
(C) defence
(D) transportation


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