SS 3 GOVERNMENT FIRST TERM CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST

TIME: 40 minutes

INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions in Sections A and B.

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST

NO. OF QUESTIONS: 20

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer from the options lettered A – D.

1. The economic  community  of  west African states (ECOWAS),  is   (a) an economic association (b) a political  association (c) a social association (d) a cultural association
2. Which of the following concept is out of place?  (a) fascism (b) welfarism  (c) totalitarianism (d) authoritarianism
3. Nigeria  became a federation of 19 states  in (a) 1963 (b) 1976 (c) 1979 (d) 1973
4. The  use  of forced labour  was one  of  the features of  (a) British colonial policy (b) French colonial policy (c) Japanese  colonial policy (d) Chinese policy
5. The  excessive use of formalities  in administration is known as  (a) bureaucracy (b) tribalism (c) idiosyncrasy (d) democracy
6. The question of Nigeria’s civil war was  raised for  the  first time  at  the meeting  of  the O.A.U in September 1967 in (a) Kampala  (b) Addis Ababa (c) Lagos  (d) Nairobi
7. The  former  editor  of west African pilot is (a) Ernest  Ikoli (b) Kwame Nkrumah  (c) Nnamdi Azikiwe  (d) Obafemi Awolowo
8. The introduction of indirect rule in Eastern Nigeria led  to the Aba women’s riot of (a) 1914 (b ) 1929 (c) 1935 (d) 1940
9. All the  following are  officials  of the electoral  commission in Nigeria except  (a) the chairman (b) the resident electoral commission (c) returning officers  (d) the party chairman
10. The  Anglo-Nigeria defence pact was abrogated shortly after independence because (a) opposition from university students (b) the  British government was dissatisfied with the arrangement  (c) the prime minister of Nigeria was dissatisfied with the arrangement (d) the soviet union advised Nigeria to abrogate the pact.