TOPIC: COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. British crown colonies excludes ______.
A. Lagos
B. Accra
C. Wal
D. Freetown
The correct answer is option [C]
2. The policy of association was adopted by the _____.
A. British to replace their policy of indirect rule
B. French to replace their policy of assimilation
C. British on their arrival in West Africa
D. French for their home government
The correct answer is option [B]
3. Indirect rule system failed in the——-.
A.Northern and Eastern Nigeria
B. Northern and Western Nigeria
C. Western and Eastern Nigeria
D. All parts of the country
The correct answer is option [C]
4. The first black African state to gain independence from a colonial power was—
A. Nigeria
B. Liberia
C. Ghana
D. Ethiopia
The correct answer is option [C]
5. Who was the architect of British rule in Nigeria?
A. George Tubman Goldie
B. Fredrick Lugard
C. Hugh Clifford
D. Arthur Richards
The correct answer is option [B]. This was the same man who amalgamated northern and southern Nigeria in 1914.
6. The governor in the colonial administration served as ______.
A. president of the executive council only
B. senate president of the legislative council only
C. president of both the legislative and executive councils
D. mere adviser to the traditional rulers
The correct answer is option [C]
7. The forceful domination of one country by another is called _______.
A. nationalism
B. totalitarianism
C. dictatorship
D. colonialism
The correct answer is option [D]
TOPIC: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. Which of the following is not true of the executive council of Clifford’s constitution?
A. It was adopted in 1922
B. The constitution introduced elective principle for the first time
C. It was made up of 46 members
D. It was made up of 12 members
The correct answer is option [C]. It was the legislative council of Clifford’s constitution that had forty six (46) members. The executive council is an advisory body with membership of twelve (12) people under Article 4 of the Royal Instruction of 19922. The council had no African as a member until the appointment of two (2) Africans in the council in 1943.
2. The Ibadan all Nigeria constitutional conference was held in—–
A. 1950
B. 1951
C. 1954
D. 1959
The correct answer is option [A]
3. The 1975 Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) which was chaired by Chief Rotimi Williams was made up of ______ members?
A. 48
B. 49
C. 50
D. 51
The correct answer is option [B]. It was proposed to be 50-members committee, but Chief Awolowo opted out because he was not duly informed.
4. The colonial governor whose constitution introduce elective principles into Nigerian politics was _______.
A. Arthur Richards
B. Frederick Lugard
C. Hugh Clifford
D. John Mapherson
The correct answer is option [C]. In 1923, Hugh Clifford introduced elective principle which for the first time allowed Nigerians to elect their representatives into the legislative councils
5. Which riot contributed to the breakdown of Macpherson’s constitution?
A. Kaduna riot
B. Kano riot
C. Aba women riot
D. Niger Delta Riot
The correct answer is option [B]
6. The commission of enquiry set up in 1957 was _______ commission.
A. Louis Chick’s
B. Lennox-Boyd’s
C. Sir Henry Willink’s
D. Sir Bernard Bourdillon’s
The correct answer is option [C]
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