3rd Term S.S.S.2 Government Exam

1. Which of the following was a major political party during Nigeria’s First Republic?

• A) PDP

• B) Action Group (AG)

• C) APC

• D) Labour Party

2. The Northern People’s Congress (NPC) was dominant in which region of Nigeria during the First Republic?

• A) Western Region

• B) Eastern Region

• C) Northern Region

• D) Mid-Western Regon

3. The National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) was originally founded as the:

• A) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons

• B) Nigerian National Democratic Party

• C) Unity Party of Nigeria

• D) Northern Elements Progressive Unon

4. Which political party was formed by Chief Obafemi Awolowo during the First Republic?

• A) NCNC

• B) NPC

• C) Action Group (AG)

• D) UPN

5. Which of the following best describes the political parties of the First Republic?

• A) National in outlook with no ethnic bias

• B) Mainly regional and ethnic-based

• C) Formed after the civil war

• D) All banned before independence

6. The political party founded by Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the Second Republic was called:

• A) Action Group (AG)

• B) Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)

• C) National Party of Nigeria (NPN)

• D) Nigeria People’s Party (NPP)

7. Which political party was regarded as the dominant party during the Second Republic?

• A) Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)

• B) Nigeria People’s Party (NPP)

• C) National Party of Nigeria (NPN)

• D) Great Nigeria People’s Party (GNPP)

8. The political party that was considered a successor to the NCNC in the Second Republic was:

• A) GNPP

• B) PRP

• C) NPP

• D) UPN

9. 9. The NNDP was mainly based in which Nigerian city?

• A) Kano

• B) Ibadan

• C) Lagos

• D) Enugu

10. Who was the presidential candidate of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the 1979 elections?

• A) Nnamdi Azikiwe

• B) Shehu Shagari

• C) Obafemi Awolowo

• D) Waziri Ibrahim