GOVERNMENT SS1 TEST

In the pre-colonial period, traditional rulers in most parts of West Africa were appointed by the

• oracle priest

• ogboni

• kingmakers

• age-grade

In the pre-colonial Yoruba society, the powers of the Oyomesi were checked by the

• Baale

• Ogboni

• Are onakakanfo

• Bashorun

The administration of the capital of the emirate under the pre-colonial Hausa-Fulani political system was entrusted to the

• Galadima

• Waziri

• Sarkin fada

• Sarkin pawa

The performance of ritual rites in the Yoruba Empire is the responsibility of the

• Oyomesi

• Aare-Onakakanfo

• Bashorun

• Ogboni

A major disadvantage of Indirect Rule System was that the

• economy was over industrialize

• appointments were based on qualification

• British failed to give qualitative education to Africans

• central administration was dominated by Africans.

The agency that was responsible for the execution of policies/projects in the Igbo traditional system was

• age-grade

• Ozo title holders

• Council of Chiefs

• Assembly of lineage heads

A major reason why the Warrant Chiefs were rejected in Eastern Nigeria was that

• the Chiefs were illiterates

• they were no indigenes

• they usurped the positions of the nationalists

• the system was not customary

After the annexation in 1861, Lagos became a

• trust territory

• crown colony

• protectorate

• consular territory

Colonialism is defined as the

• struggle against foreign domination

• political struggle for independence

• economic dependence on developed nations

• imposition of foreign rule on a territory

One of the modern principles of government found in the traditional political system of the Yoruba is that of

• the constitution

• checks and balances

• bicameralism

• the rule of law