Government Past Questions And Answers
3051
Public opinion enables a government to
- A. influence the public
- B. Suppress its opponents
- C. cut down the coat of governing
- D. know the feeling of the masses
3052
A principal defect of the Commonwealth is
- A. lack of commitment among member states
- B. lack of a quorom at annual summits
- C. poverty among member states
- D. lack of a democratic head
3053
Which of the following is a function of a head of state?
- A. Settles cases
- B. Arbitrates electoral petitions
- C. Creates new constitutions
- D. Receives foreign dignitaries
3054
The first Legislative Counc?l in Nigeria was establisthed by
- A. Clifford Constitution
- B. Richards Constitution
- C. Macpherson Constitution
- D. Lytleton Constitution
3055
The Loi-Cadre Reforms of 1956 in the French West Africa were as a result of
- A. pressure from the French territories
- B. change in French Policy of Association
- C. opposition to Bamako Conference
- D. British colonial policy of granting internal self-government
3056
The delineation of constituencies is a major duty of the __________
- A. electoral commission
- B. boundary commission
- C. national assemblies
- D. political parties
3057
The pre-colonial Yoruba political system as a whole can best be described as a
- A. federation of cheifdoms and localities
- B. confederation of chiefdoms and localities
- C. confederation of monarchies and chiefdoms
- D. highly centralized kingdom
3058
Power refers to the__________
- A. ability to impose one’s will upon others
- B. duties an individual imposes on himself
- C. legal nature of a constitution
- D. duties political parties demand of their registered members
3059
Which of the following African leaders played a significant role in the formation of NEPAD?
- A. Julius Nyerere
- B. Nelson Mandela
- C. Muammar Gaddafi
- D. Robert Mugabe
3060
One major weakness of 1946 Richard Constitution was its
- A. cumbersome constitutional provision
- B. limited application of the elective principle
- C. imprecision in legal clarification
- D. disregard for the views of traditional rulers