GOVERNMENT THIRD TERM SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS (SS 2) EXAM QUESTIONS VOLUME 2

Third Term Examination Government Senior Secondary Schools (SS 2) Exam Questions Volume 1

SECTION A – OBJECTIVES

INSTRUCTION – CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTIONS A – D.

1. The legislature of a federal state is usually ______.

(a) unicameral

(b) rigid

(c) multi cameral

(d) bicameral

 

2. The first military administration to create states in Nigeria was the ______.

(a) Aguyi Ironsi

(b) Ibrahim Babagida

(c) Yakubu Gowon

(d) Muritala Mohammed

 

3. Which was not a Revenue Allocation Commission in Nigeria?

(a) Okigbo Commission

(b) Chick Commission

(c) Henry Wilink Commission

(d) Danjuma Commission.

 

4. The introduction of federalism in Nigeria was to encourage ______.

(a) sectionalism

(b) unity in diversity

(c) statism

(d) regionalism

 

5. Lagos became a federal territory under the ______.

(a) 1949 Constitution

(b) 1921 Constitution

(c ) 1951 Constitution

(d) 1954 Constitution

 

6. The two political parties which formed the coalition government in 1959 to 1964 were ______.

(a) NRC and SDP

(b) AG and NPC

(c) NCNC and NPC

(d) GNPP and UMBC

 

7. Federalism is identified with ______.

(a) power tussle

(b) power pack

(c) power sharing

(d) power recognition

 

8. NNDP was formed under the leadership of ______.

(a) Clifford Orji

(b) Lord Luggard

(c) Sir Herbert Macaulay

(d) Nnamdi Azikiwe

 

9. NPC was found in ______.

(a) 1914

(b) 1923

(c) 1932

(d) 1951

 

10. The GNPP Political party was formed by ______.

(a) Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri

(b) Owolewa Dada

(c ) Chief Tom Ikimi

(d) Former Action Group Leaders

 

11. Which political party produced the first Prime Minister of Nigeria?

(a) AG

(b) NPC

(c ) GNPP

(d) None of above

 

12. The concept of Sovereignty was first was propounded by a French philosopher ______.

(a) Jean Bodin

(b) KarlMax

(c) Max Weber

(d) Dicey

 

13. Who is the scholar on authority?

(a) Max Weber

(b) Jean Bodin

(c) Benito Mussolini

(d) Adolf Hitler

 

14. Which type of government is hereditary?

(a) Fascism

(b) Aristocracy

(c) Monarchy

(d) Democracy

 

15. In a unitary system of government, power is derived from ______.

(a) the judiciary

(b) one source of authority

(c) the constitution

(d) monarch

 

16. Which of the following is supreme in a federal state?

(a) Constitution

(b) Judiciary

(c) President

(d) Legislature

 

17. A breach of law is punishable by the ______.

(a) police

(b) legislature

(c) executive

(d) courts

 

18. The highest court in Nigeria is ______.

(a) the High Court

(b) the Supreme Court

(c) the Native Court

(d) the Court of Appeal

 

19. The following except one are methods used by pressure groups to influence government.

(a) strikes

(b) enticement

(c ) mass Media

(d) lobbying

 

20. The term Franchise refers to ______.

(a) administrative procedure

(b) the ballot

(c) right to vote in an election

(d) delimitation of constituencies

 

SECTION B – FILL IN THE GAPS

21. NCNC means ______.

22. ______ amalgamated the Southern and Northern protectorates in 1914.

23. The PRP succeeded in winning ______ election in only two states.

24. The GNPP political party won gubernational election in two states. These states were ______ and ______.

25. The Nigeria Civil War started in the year ______ and ended in ______.

26. The leader of AG was ______.

27. A society without constituted authority is called ______.

28. The development of nationalist movement was late in French Africa because of the ______.

29. Apart from making laws, the legislature has the important function of ______.

30. In the Hausa/Fulani traditional political administration, the Madawaki was the ______.

 

THEORY – ANSWER ANY FOUR (4) IN THIS SECTION. QUESTION ONE IS COMPULSORY.

QUESTION 1

A. Explain the term federalism.

B. List four features of federalism.

 

QUESTION 2 – Enumerate the five problems of Nigerian federalism.

 

QUESTION 3

A. Write short notes on these political parties:

I. NPN

II. NPP

IIINEPU

B. State two reasons why Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri left NPP.

 

QUESTION 4

A. Define public opinion.

B. Highlight three ways by which public opinion can be formed.

 

QUESTION 5 – Highlight any five functions of the Secretary of State for the colonies in the colonial period.

 

QUESTION 6

A. What is legitimacy in government?

B. Outline any four ways of acquiring legitimacy.