Government Practice Test – Development of Political Parties in Nigeria (Questions with Answers and Explanations)

The three largest political parties in Nigeria between 1951 and 1966 were _______ (JAMB 1979) 

A. Northern People’s Congress (NPC), Action Group (AG), Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
B. United National Independent Party (UNIP), National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC), and NPC
C. NCNC, NPC and AG
D. Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), AG and NEPU

In 1964, the National Council of Nigerian Citizens and the Action Group formed the _______ (JAMB 1981) 

A. Coalition Government
B. Nigerian Advance Party
C. Nigerian National Alliance
D. United Progressive Grand Alliance

The major political parties in Nigeria during the First Republic were _____ (JAMB 1989) 

A. NPC, NCNC, AG
B. UMBC, AG, NEPU
C. NNDP, NEPU, NPC
D. NPC, AG, NNDP

Four pre-independence political parties in Nigeria included the _____ (JAMB 1997) 

A. AG, NCNC, NNDP and NYM
B. NNDP, NCNC, NPC and AG
C. NNDP, NCNC, NCP and UMBC
D. NYM, NCNC, NPC and NNDR

In the First Republic politics in the Northern region was dominated by the _____ (JAMB 2003) 

A. NEPU
B. UMOC
C. NCNC
D. NPC