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POL124
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1. _is the power or right of a person commanding other people to do things
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2. Aristotle refers to the -----
as the best form of
government attainable by a
state.
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3. Legislatures are either
_or
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4. The legislative arm of
government is composed of
honorable men/women
usually elected from -----
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5. A democratic government
accommodates citizen’s
dissent because it is their
right to ------ against
unpopular government’s
programmes.
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6. Who is the foremost authority on federalism? _.
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7. The following are the
characteristics of a state
except ------
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8. Montesquieu, held that
States are of three types
namely
,
and
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9. The doctrine of fusion of
powers is practised in the
_system of government
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10. The Prime Minister is first
_in a parliamentary system
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11. The two legislative
chambers in Nigeria is
known as
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12. The separation of the
judiciary from other arms of
government in the
discharge of its
responsibilities
presupposes ------
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13. In public administration, is basically concerned with the scientific study of human behaviour in diverse social settings
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14. The fundamental human
rights of the citizens are
defined and enforced by the
-----
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15. In Nigeria as well as the
world, when judicial officers
are appointed by the
President/Governors it is
usually on the
recommendation of the
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16. Which writ is issued to protect a citizen from being deprived of a public office to which he/she may have a right to? _.
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17. An administrative/constitutional arrangement in which two or more sovereign and independent states agree to come together to have a central but weak government is known as _.
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18. In Nigeria members of both
Upper and Lower
Legislative Houses are -----
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In the parliamentary system there is _among the three organs of government
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was first under the chairmanship of ------
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21. The four regions in the country were abolished and replaced with by Maj. Gen J.T.U. Aguiyi Ironsi.
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22. The payment of better
salaries to judges
checkmates -----
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23. The institution of a nonparliamentary executive is
characteristic of the
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24. A
is the machinery through
which the purpose of a
state is achieved
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25. The Odua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Arewa Peoples ‘Congress (APC) and Egbesu and Bakassi Boys groups in Nigeria are examples of ethnic
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26. The state as an entity has
the right to exercise power
over the ----- and the
people.
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27. The rule – mixed
government is also called --
---
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28. A
_refers to a group of people
who believe they have the
followings in common:
culture, language, history,
tradition, and religion in a
fixed territory.
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29. The checks on the
actions/inactions on both
Executive and Legislative
arms of government by the
judiciary is known as the
power of
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30. administration involves the establishment of machinery for planning economic growth,mobilizing and allocating resources to expand national income.
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31. The authority from which
the Constitution of Nigeria,
1999 (as amended) is
made is contained in the ---
Preface Proposal Statute Preamble D
MCQ The
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32. In pursuit of some special interests, pressure groups bring pressure to bear upon the administration through officers
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33. The absolute and unlimited
authority which a State
possesses confers on it ----
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34. This is the first country to
practice the presidential
system in the world: ------
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35. Public administration is very closely related to the study of political science. True or False
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The doctrine of separation of powers is pronounced in the ----- system of government.
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37. The ministerial organization of civil servants is headed by a Secretary.
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38. The former Eastern region of Nigeria under the late Col. Emeka Odumegu Ojukwu favoured a _at the Aburi meeting in Ghana.
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39. The Legislature can upturn
the power of assent of Mr.
President by the use of -----
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40. The proposition that a country’s constitution must be unitary , if it is uni-lingual or uni-national is credited to
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41. In totalitarian states, the law
is used to serve the interest
of the ----- to the detriment
of the weak.
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42. The ------ committee
submitted that the
appointment of Chairman of
the Independent National
Electoral Commission
(INEC) should not be made
by the President.
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43. The civil service in Nigeria is organized into the Federal _service, and the state service.
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44. The extent and nature of
duties undertaken by
government in the modern
societies are functions of
one of the following ------
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45. The horizontal structuring of civil services into classes was abolished by the 19 Civil Service Reforms
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The Council Chairman in the local government is assisted by the ---- in the administration of its functions.
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47. Public Administration is organized in two basis namely and _basis.
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48. The mechanism adopted to
defend a country's
corporate existence from
either external invasion or
internal insurrection
includes all of the following
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49. Which of these is an
element of the State ---
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50. The quasiparliamentary/presidential
model of executive system
of government is linked to --
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