Government Past Questions And Answers
161
The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1979 constitution do not include _________
- A. democracy and social justice
- B. federal character and inequality
- C. concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
- D. national integration and ethnic loyalty
162
Who was the political head of the Old Oyo Empire?
- A. Bashorun
- B. Oyomesi
- C. Aremo
- D. Alaafin
163
Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as
- A. legal authority
- B. charismatic authority
- C. rational authority
- D. traditional authority
164
Devolution of power is associated with a
- A. decentralized political system
- B. feudal political system
- C. totalitarian political system
- D. centralized political system
165
Citizenship may be changed by
- A. renunciation
- B. birth
- C. divorce
- D. conviction
166
Membership of a society is
- A. voluntary
- B. constitutional
- C. conventional
- D. mandatory
167
Which of the following countries popularized the use of the Indirect Rule by the British?
- A. Nigeria
- B. Ghana
- C. Sierra Leone
- D. The Gambia
168
Public opinion is crystallized through all the following except
- A. opinion polls
- B. strikes
- C. referenda
- D. military coups
169
The main representative body of the United Nations is the
- A. Security Council B. General Assembly C. Trusteeship Council D. Secretariat A. Security Council
- B. General Assembly
- C. Trusteeship Council
- D. Secretariat
170
The Nigerian Macpherson Constitution of 1951 was significant for
- A. the introduction of electoral college
- B. providing for the office of the Prime Minister
- C. the creation of state s
- D. establishing the Supreme Court