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POL111
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1. Membership of the Nigerian National
Council of State comprises the following
but one__________________
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2. One of the followings is not a feature of
written
constitution_______________________
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3. The stage at which debate takes place
on the general principle of a Bill in the
Legislature is
_reading
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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. The symbol of authority that is used by
the presiding officer in the legislature to
terminate debate is called
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6. Political gerrymandering
means__________________
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7. One of the arguments for government
participation in public enterprises
is______________________
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8. Aristocracy is a__________________
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9. 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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10. Under the law of social contract theory,
Rousseau argues that government is
legitimate only if it operates only
according to the principles of
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11. 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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12. One of the major problems of peaceful
political leadership succession in Africa
is_______________________
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13. Military rule is classified as
_because it
is a government by few but powerful
people
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14. The Nigeria's prime Minister in the First
Republic was
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15. Which of the following is correct with
regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and
the Nigerian Labour
Congress__________________
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16. 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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17. The difference between Social and
Natural Sciences is that the theories and
hypothesis in the
_lack
universal validity
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18. By tradition, the military suspends the
constitution to rule by
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19. While experiments in pure Sciences are
conducted in the laboratory, political
scientists use the
_to carry out
their experiment
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20. The concept of
responsibility is a feature of
parliamentary system of government
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21. Lagos is not a state in the sense of
Nigerian State because it lacks
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22. _is a
constitutional procedure by which
electorates may cause withdrawal of their
representative from Legislature
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23. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for
additional local governments is
determined by_____________________
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24. The State must protect citizens’ rights
and liberties to ensure_____________
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25. The fact that the Nigerian Constitution
has a cumbersome procedure for its
amendment, makes
it_____________________
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26. The colonial government created
in the
eastern part of Nigeria where there was
no central authority like the northern and
western parts of the country to sustain
the Indirect Rule system
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27. The United Nations' principle of
_states that
Nigeria and United states of America are
contemporaries
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28. Decisions can be democratically taken at
the parliament either by division; show of
hands or by
_votes
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29. A State is an entity that lives in perpetuity
while is her
agent
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30. The preamble ‘we the people of
Nigeria…’ in the Nigerian Constitution,
1999 is deceptive
because________________
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31. Another name for Appropriation Bill
presented annually to the Legislature is
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32. The first African country to experience
military coup
is__________________________
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33. The concept of power was defined as
“who gets what, how and when” is a
contribution by___________
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34. 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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35. Nigerian Patriots who fought for the
revalidation of 'June 12' election came
under the umbrella organization called
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36. An order by a Law Court seeking
production of a detainee is
called________________
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37. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with
independence in 1960, the current
dispensation is the
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38. The Senate President in the Nigeria's
First Republic was
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39. The United Nations Organization was
established in the year
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40. The best way to differential Substantive
from Subordinate laws is
through____________________
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41. The statement that “power corrupts, and
absolute power corrupts absolutely” by
Lord Acton is emphasizing the doctrine
of____________
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42. NADECO, a pro-democracy group was
formed in 1993 to fight the military regime
of
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43. A system of government where the
leader engages in excessive use of
power or authority is called
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44. The political system that tends to
eliminate the free market economy
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45. Chapter IV Sec. 33-45of the Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,
deals with_____________________
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46. A government by the elderly is
called___________________
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47. The only political system that tolerates
opposition is
_democracy
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48. One of the major achievements of the
civil rule in the first Republic
was______________
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Constitutionalism as a concept could mean___________
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50. The followings but one is NOT the scope
of political science____________
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