POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 246:

• JAMB 1990

The legislative organ of the federal government in the first republic was the

A. Parliament
B. Judiciary
C. Legislative council
D. National assembly

Question 247:

• JAMB 1990

Which of the following is an autonomous governmental agency?

A. The Civil Service Commission
B. The Manpower Advisory Committee
C. The National Emergency Relief Agency
D. The National Security Council

Question 248:

• JAMB 1990

Which of the following was the LEAST important rationale for Nigerian federalism?

A. The vastness of the territory and the size of the population
B. Diverse cultures
C. Economic benefits
D. Bicameral legislature

Question 249:

• JAMB 1990

One of the agreements of the 1957 constitutional conference was that

A. Southern cameroons should constitute a separate region
B. A house of Chiefs was to be created in the Western Region
C. The office of the speaker of the house of representatives was to be created
D. The police was to be regionalized

Question 250:

• JAMB 1990

The two nationalist leaders who led the tour of Northern Nigeria in 1946 to campaign against the Richards Constitution were

A. Ahmadu Bello and Abubakar Tawafa Balewa
B. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo
C. Ahmadu Bello and Samuel Ladoke Akintola
D. Herbert Macaulay and Nnamdi Azikiwe