Subject: Government

First term Examination

1. Those that are qualified to vote in an election are referred to as (a candidate (b)
electorate (c) voters (d) electioneers
2. Is the political right of qualified adult citizen to vote and be voted for in political
election (a)limited (b)ballot (c) veto (d) franchise
3. The type of franchise that is restrictive is known as (a) limited (b) universal (c)
suffrage (d)unlimited
4. One these is not determining factor for restricted (a)age (b) sex (c) education (d)religion
5. Disenfranchisement is a disadvantage of limited or restricted franchise (a)true (b)false
6. Which type of franchise is the most popular, democratic and universally acknowledged (a)
limited (b)universal adult suffrage (c)voting (d)election
7. The minimum voting age of electorates in Nigeria is _____ (a)18 years (b)20 years (c)22 years
(d)30 years
8. The electoral commission that conducted the 1979 to 1983 second republic election is _______
(a)INEC (b)NEC (c)FEDECO (d)NAFDAC
9. _______ is a process which the electorates elect their representatives into different political
offices in government (a)economic system (b)electoral system (c)government system
(d)education system
10. The current federal body that is responsible for the conduction of election and screening of
candidates in Nigeria is ______ (a)NEC (b)INEC (c)SEC (d)FEDECO
11. “first past the post” could be referred to as all the followind except ______ (a)simple majority
(b)plurality system (c)proportional system (d)single –member system
12. An electoral constituency is simply a/an______ (a)electoral state (b)local government
(c)electoral district (d) electoral commission
13. The division of a country into constituencies is referred to as _____ (a)degradation
(b)delimitation (c)delinquencies (d)deforestation
14. One is a cause of electoral malpractice