GOVERNMENT THIRD TERM EXAMINATION SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS (SS 2) EXAM QUESTIONS VOLUME 1

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

SECTION A – OBJECTIVES

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

1. A system of government in which the Head of State is not the same as Head of Government is _______ system.

(a) presidential

(b) monarchy

(c) Feudal

(d) parliamentary

2. In the pre-colonial political system of the Igbos, _______ was referred to as the oldest titled man.

(a) the Oyomesi

(b) the Obi

(c) the Adaobi

(d) the Okpara

3. The second Republic of Nigeria was between _______ and _______.

(a) 1939/1943

(b) 1943/1947

(c) 1975/1979

(d) 1979/1983

4. _______ constitution was not published in 1939 due to the second world war.

(a) Hugh Clifford

(b) Lord Luggard

(c) Lyttleton

(d) Bernard bourdilon

5. The father of Nigeria’s nationalism is referred to as _______.

(a) Lord Luggard

(b) Mungo Park

(c) NnamdiAzikiwe

(d)Herbert Macaulay

6. The first political party to be established in Nigeria was the _______.

(a) Nigerian National Television party (NNTP)

(b) National council of Nigerians and the Camerouns (NCNC)

(c) Nigerian National Democratic party(NNDP)

(d) Action Group (AG)

7. The body responsible for organizing and conducting elections in any political system is called _______.

(a) independent national electoral commission

(b) electoral commission

(c) commission of electoral officers

(d) National Assembly

8. While the House of Representatives are made up of _______ members, the House of Senate is composed of _______ members.

(a) 360/190

(b) 109/360

(c) 306/901

(d) 360/109

9. The French colonial policy introduced in French speaking African colonies was the policy of _______.

(a) association

(b) assembly

(c) accommodation

(d) assimilation

10. In the pre-colonial political system of the old oyo empire, the _______ was the son of the Alaafin.

(a) the Abeke

(b) the Afonja

(c) the Aremo

(d) the Ogboni

11. The current Senate president of Nigeria is _______.

12. The political party that won the 1979 General elections in Nigeria was _______.

13. A system of removing a sitting executive president in Nigeria is called _______.

14. The major opposition political party in Nigeria is _______.

15. While the first world war began in the year _______, it ended in the year _______.

16. The nearest tier of government to the people is the _______.

17. The father of colonialism in Nigeria is referred to as _______.

18. While the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria was amalgamated by _______ in the year _______, the name Nigeria was given by _______.

19. A system of government based on land tenure is called _______.

20. In the Hausa/Fulani pre-colonial era, _______ were the Political Heads of the emirates.

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SECTION B – THEORY

INSTRUCTION – ATTEMPT ANY FOUR (4) QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. QUESTION ONE IS COMPULSORY. 

QUESTION 1

A. Give the origin/historical background of Nigerian federalism.

B. Trace the constitutions of the pre-colonial era of Nigeria up to the Republican constitution of 1963.

C. Define colonialism and state three major problems of such in Nigeria.

QUESTION 2

A. Differentiate between the French Policy of assimilation and the British policy of association.

B. Mention four British and five French colonies in Africa.

QUESTION 3

A. What is an electoral commission?

B. Highlight five functions performed by an electoral commission.

QUESTION 4

A. Write briefly on the following political parties in Nigeria’s colonial period:

I. NNDP

II. NPC

III. AG

IV. NYM

B. What do you understand by a coalition government?

QUESTION 5

A. State the immediate causes of the Nigerian civil war.

B. From 1960 till date, highlight all the Republics in relation to the names of Presidents and their periods.

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