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Sample Government Exam Questions and Answers
DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA
1. The establishment of the Action Group (AG) took place in ______.
A. January,1951
B. March, 1951
C. October, 1951
D. October, 1952
2. The chairman of the third republic political party – Social Democratiic Party (SDP) was _____.
A. Chief M.K.O. Abiola
B. Chief Bola Ige
C. Chief Tony Anenih
D. Chief Ernest Shonekan
3. The third republic political party – National Republican Convention (NRC) had its chairman as ______.
A. Chief Tony Anenih
B. Alhaji Babagana Kingibe
C. Chief Tom Ikimi
D. Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri
4. Pre-independence political parties in Nigeria had all of the following problems except ______.
A. ethnic loyalty
B. carpet crossing
C. intra-party conflict
D. issue oriented manifesto
5. The party which produced the first Nigerian Prime Minister in 1959 is the ______.
A. National Convention of Nigerian Citizens
B. Northern People’s Congress (NPC)
C. Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
D. Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM)
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FOREIGN POLICY OF NIGERIA
1. The non-alignment policy was highly contradicted in the first republic as a result of _____.
A. Nigeria’s emergence as a republican state
B. the signing of the Anglo-Nigeria defence pact
C. the independence of India
D. the parliamentary system of government in practice
2. Nigeria’s support of UPLA was motivated by which of her foreign policy principle?
A. Non alignment
B. Africa as the centre-piece
C. Respect for territorial integrity of other states
D. Peaceful resolution of disputes
3. Which of the following is not a foreign policy issue?
A. Redenomination of the naira
B. Creation of more states
C. Hosting of the world cup
D. Establishment of election tribunal
4. Which of the following is not a principle of Nigeria’s foreign policy?
A. Africa as a centre-piece
B. Non-alignment policy
C. Soverign equality of states
D. Western bloc policy
5. Which of the following was not a non-aligned nation?
A. India
B. Poland
C. Nigeria
D. Tanzania
