POL111

1. Bi-Cameralism

means_______________________

2. One of the methods of studying political

science is__________________

3. The Residual powers in the Nigerian

1999 Constitution belong to the Local

Government, otherwise known

as________________Level

4. The Nigerian Constitution, 1979, took

one of the following

steps__________________

5. A Senator of the Federal Republic of

Nigeria is elected from a

6. During the Nigerian civil war, Lt. Col.

Yakubu Gowon led the federal troops

while Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu led the

_troops

7. Copy - The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

8. One of the followings is an example of

public enterprise in

Nigeria_________________

9. Law, in relation to political science, could

simply mean__________________

10. Aristocracy is a__________________

11. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent

secession from the union, a federal

constitution must

be_____________________

12. In Nigeria, the legal bases of political

institutions are found

in________________

13. The Nigeria's prime Minister in the First

Republic was

14. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with

independence in 1960, the current

dispensation is the

15. Politics is not and cannot be pure science

like Physics, Chemistry and Biology

because___________________

16. The most powerful nation among the

World's Superpowers in the 21st century

is

17. By the Nigerian constitution of 1999, one

must belong to a

_to stand for

any election

18. The United Nations Organization was

established in the year

19. The arrangement under which individuals

in a State surrender their rights to rule

themselves to the government is known

as_______________________

20. Due process simply

means_____________________

21. An order by a Law Court seeking

production of a detainee is

called________________

22. The electoral constituency within which a

Councilor is elected is called

23. The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

24. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

25. Membership of the Nigerian National

Council of State comprises the following

but one__________________

26. Election by show of hand in such a

manner that others know how one has

voted is an example of

_voting

27. The power sharing nature as one of the

features of the Nigerian Constitution,

suggests that the country

practices_________________ system of

government

28. Voting in an election by a citizen is

performing a

_duty

29. Nigeria was divided into three regions by

the Richard’s Constitution

of___________________

1914 1954 1946 1951 C

MCQ The first colonial Governor to

30. The concept of

responsibility is a feature of

parliamentary system of government

31. The United Nations' principle of

_states that

Nigeria and United states of America are

contemporaries

32. The only political system that tolerates

opposition is

_democracy

33. The Latin phrase ‘ultra vires’, means an

action taken beyond

capacity

34. A good example of a confederacy could

be_______________

35. If the Kwara State Governor vetos a Bill

passed by the State Assembly,

then_______________

36. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

37. Politics is defined as a social science

because it________________

38. The constitutional provision whereby Mr.

President may grant any person

convicted of any offence a pardon is

called

39. An element of state that states the size of

the inhabitants of the area is

40. 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

41. The Nigerian Labour Congress is distinct

from the Nigerian Labour Party because

the former is a

_group

42. The 1954 Oliver Littleton constitution was

significant because it______________

43. The Organization of African Unity (OAU)

now (AU) was founded in

44. One of the major achievements of the

civil rule in the first Republic

was______________

45. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

46. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

47. Coup d’etat is different from Terrorism

because while the former is a forceful

change of government, the latter could

be described as_________________

48. Once elected

_is above

his political party

49. There is no freedom without limitation

because_____________

50. The statement that “power corrupts, and

absolute power corrupts absolutely” by

Lord Acton is emphasizing the doctrine

of____________