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POL111
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1. A State is an entity that lives in perpetuity
while is her
agent
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2. The arrangement under which individuals
in a State surrender their rights to rule
themselves to the government is known
as_______________________
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3. One of the sources of authority that
confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is
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4. On the eve of the Nigerian civil war, the
Federal Republic of Nigeria was broken
into _States
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5. Copy - The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,
is a political animal’ is credited
to______________
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6. The political philosopher that describes
life in the state of nature as "solitary,
poor, nasty, brutish and short." was
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7. A Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria is elected from a
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8. Election by show of hand in such a
manner that others know how one has
voted is an example of
_voting
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9. Coup d’etat is different from Terrorism
because while the former is a forceful
change of government, the latter could
be described as_________________
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10. President Goodluck Jonathan first
became Nigeria’s Acting President
through what is called
invoked by
the National Assembly
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11. While experiments in pure Sciences are
conducted in the laboratory, political
scientists use the
_to carry out
their experiment
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12. According to S.153(1) of the 1999
Constitution, which of the followings is
the odd one out__________________
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13. The most senior military officer in the
Interim National Government that took
over the reins of power from Gen.
Ibrahim Babangida in 1993
was___________________
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14. Politics is not and cannot be pure science
like Physics, Chemistry and Biology
because___________________
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15. The process that removes an elected
President or Governor from office before
the end of his or her tenure is called
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16. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for
additional local governments is
determined by_____________________
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17. In international relations, factors
correlated with national powers could
be_______________
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18. A government by the elderly is
called___________________
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19. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent
secession from the union, a federal
constitution must
be_____________________
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20. tie of vote on a particular motion in the
legislature is resolved
by_________________
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21. The stage at which debate takes place
on the general principle of a Bill in the
Legislature is
_reading
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22. Aristocracy is a__________________
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23. The 'Cold War' under the bi-polar world
politics was between two ideological
power blocs led by the Soviets Union and
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24. A__Constitution is one that is very easy
to amend__________________
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25. The symbol of authority that is used by
the presiding officer in the legislature to
terminate debate is called
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26. The constitutional provision whereby Mr.
President may grant any person
convicted of any offence a pardon is
called
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27. By the Nigerian Constitution of 1999, no
President can serve for more than
_terms
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28. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with
independence in 1960, the current
dispensation is the
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29. The Nigerian Constitution, 1979, took
one of the following
steps__________________
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30. Membership of the Nigerian National
Council of State comprises the following
but one__________________
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31. The most striking characteristic of a State
that differentiates it from other forms of
association of people
is_____
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32. Press censorship is a nature of
rule unlike a
democratic government
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33. The 1922 Constitution was regarded as a
watershed in the political development of
Nigeria because it________________
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34. Lagos is not a state in the sense of
Nigerian State because it lacks
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35. The Senate President in the Nigeria's
First Republic was
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36. Military rule is classified as
_because it
is a government by few but powerful
people
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37. The power sharing nature as one of the
features of the Nigerian Constitution,
suggests that the country
practices_________________ system of
government
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38. In the grammar of politics, franchise
means______________
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39. Bi-Cameralism
means_______________________
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40. Once elected
_is above
his political party
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41. One of the significance of the 1963
Republican Constitution was
that_____________________
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42. By the provision of Article 24(1), the
Headquarters of the African Union is in
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43. By tradition, the military suspends the
constitution to rule by
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44. The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,
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45. Politics is defined as a social science
because it________________
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46. Voting in an election by a citizen is
performing a
_duty
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47. Press censorship is a nature of
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48. The mandatory period of four years,
which the constitution allows holders of
the office of the President or Governor is
known as
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49. The theory stating that "God creates
authority and that He appoints some
people to rule on His behalf" is known
as_____________________
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50. In Nigeria, the legal bases of political
institutions are found
in________________
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