WorksheetsJAMB Government Quiz 5
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The 1976 Local Government Reform in Nigeria aimed primarily to:
Centralize authority
Promote traditional leadership
Decentralize governance
Reduce public participation
Which of the following is a function of local governments in Nigeria?
Conducting national elections
Maintaining international relations
Provision of primary healthcare
Formulating foreign policy
The head of a local government council in Nigeria is known as the:
Chairman
Governor
Mayor
President
Local governments derive their existence from the:
State House of Assembly
National Assembly
Constitution
Presidential decree
Which of the following is NOT a source of revenue for local governments in Nigeria?
Property tax
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Grants from state governments
Import duties
One major challenge facing local government administration in Nigeria is:
Excessive autonomy
Adequate funding
Political interference
Overstaffing
The Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) is responsible for:
Allocating funds to federal ministries
Managing state government budgets
Disbursing funds to local governments
Supervising national elections
Which tier of government is closest to the people in Nigeria?
Federal
State
Local
Regional
The first constitution to introduce elective principles into Nigeria was the:
Clifford Constitution of 1922
Richards Constitution of 1946
Macpherson Constitution of 1951
Lyttleton Constitution of 1954
The Lyttleton Constitution of 1954 established Nigeria as a:
Unitary state
Confederation
Federal state
Monarchy
Which constitution granted Nigeria independence?
1951 Constitution
1954 Constitution
1960 Constitution
1963 Constitution
The republican status of Nigeria was achieved in:
1960
1963
1979
1999
The 1979 Constitution introduced the:
Parliamentary system of government
Presidential system of government
Confederal system of government
Monarchical system of government
The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria is described as:
Rigid and unwritten
Flexible and written
Rigid and written
Flexible and unwritten
Which constitution recognized local governments as the third tier of government?
1963 Constitution
1979 Constitution
1989 Constitution
1999 Constitution
The Macpherson Constitution of 1951 was unique because it:
Was imposed without consultation
Introduced regional autonomy
Was the first to be drafted with Nigerian input
Established a unitary system
The political system of the Yoruba pre-colonial society can be described as:
Centralized monarchy
Acephalous
Gerontocracy
Theocracy
In the Hausa/Fulani pre-colonial administration, the Emir was assisted by a council known as:
Ogboni
Emirate Council
Ulama
Aremo
The Igbo pre-colonial political system is best described as:
Centralized
Monarchical
Acephalous
Theocratic
The Yoruba political system featured a council of chiefs known as the:
Ogboni
Aremo
Emirate
Eze-in-council
In the Hausa/Fulani system, taxation and law were based primarily on:
Customary laws
Christian doctrines
Sharia law
British ordinances
The Oba of Benin was regarded as:
A religious leader only
A constitutional monarch
Semi-divine and absolute ruler
A figurehead ruler
The title of the traditional ruler in Igbo communities is commonly known as:
Oba
Obi or Igwe
Emir
Ooni
One key difference between the Yoruba and Igbo pre-colonial systems is that the Yoruba system:
Had no clear leadership
Was democratic and decentralized
Was hierarchical and centralized
Was based on age grades
The system of administration introduced by Lord Lugard in Nigeria was:
Assimilation
Association
Indirect rule
Direct rule
The British introduced indirect rule to Nigeria mainly to:
Eradicate local customs
Minimize administrative cost
Promote independence quickly
Educate Nigerians politically
Which of these groups resisted British indirect rule in Nigeria?
Yoruba
Igbo
Hausa/Fulani
Kanuri
Indirect rule failed in the Eastern region of Nigeria mainly because:
There were too many chiefs
The people were illiterate
There was no centralized authority
Missionaries were in charge
The amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates occurred in:
1900
1914
1922
1946
The British justified indirect rule by claiming it:
Was based on equality
Preserved local traditions
Removed corrupt leaders
Encouraged democracy
Lord Lugard was the first:
Nigerian Governor-General
Governor-General of the Southern Protectorate
Governor-General of amalgamated Nigeria
Military administrator
Which region adapted most easily to British indirect rule?
Eastern
Middle Belt
Northern
Western
The French system of colonial administration was based on the policy of:
Indirect rule
Native authority
Assimilation
Federation
The ultimate aim of the French assimilation policy was to:
Establish federal rule
Create separate laws for natives
Make Africans French citizens
Encourage cultural diversity
Under the policy of assimilation, Africans who adopted French culture were known as:
Indigenes
Assimilés
Emirs
Natives
The French policy of association replaced assimilation because:
Assimilation was too expensive
The British resisted it
Africans rejected total assimilation
It promoted native rights
Which of the following West African countries was not under French colonial rule?
Senegal
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Mali
The French colonial territories were administered from:
London
Paris
Berlin
Brussels
Unlike the British, the French colonial system:
Allowed indirect rule in all areas
Promoted cultural assimilation
Retained all traditional rulers
Practiced confederation
One major consequence of the French assimilation policy was:
Decline in African traditions
Spread of indirect rule
Autonomy of traditional rulers
Creation of new empires
