Government Past Questions And Answers
Apart from globalization, what other factor to a large extent affects the sovereignty of a state?
- A. Right of a franchise
- B. System of government
- C. International laws
- D. Inalienability
The political parties which formed a coalition government at the center after the 1954 general elections in Nigeria were the
- A. NEPU and AG
- B. NCNC and NEPU
- C. NPC and NEPU
- D. NPC and NCNC
Which of the following is a feature of Nigerian Federalism?
- A. Single-party system
- B. Centralized fiscal system
- C. Autonomy of local government
- D. Strong central government
A political system in which the state owns and controls the major means of production is known as?
- A. feudalism
- B. socialism
- C. fascism
- D. capitalism
In democracy, political sovereignty resides with the
- A. Judiciary
- B. Legislature
- C. Electorate
- D. President
The equivalent of the commissioner at the local government level is the
- A. Executive chairman
- B. Secretary
- C. Councilor
- D. Supervisory Councillor.
Representative democracy is characterized by
- A. free election and proper register of voters
- B. a politically educated elite
- C. representation of the poor only
- D. rule of the interest groups
The Babangida administration's transition to civil rule programme officially started in
- A. 1992
- B. 1990
- C. 1987
- D. 1985
The fundamental rights of citizens include
- A. social security and free speech
- B. religious freedom and collective aggression
- C. immunity from libel and right to employment
- D. right to life and liberty
A representative of a Commonwealth country in another member state is known as
- A. Consul-General
- B. Ambassador
- C. Attache
- D. High Commissioner