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POL124
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1. For service to be effective and efficient, the first principle of good leadership in administration is _of authority.
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2. Internal communication
deals with the relationship
between the organization
and its ------
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3. The electoral system was first introduced in the year in Nigeria.
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4. Every official is responsible to and under the control of his/her administrative superiors known as _.
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5. In administration, top administrative officials are responsible to the representatives of the people.
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6. The fundamental principle of a is the division of power between the federal and the constituent governments.
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7. The head of the Executive
arm of government in a
democracy is elected by ----
- votes.
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8. The law-interpreting organs
of government in Nigeria is
composed of the following
bodies except -----
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9. The doctrine of separation
of powers could be traced
to
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10. In public administration, is basically concerned with the scientific study of human behaviour in diverse social settings
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11. This is the first country to
practice the presidential
system in the world: ------
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12. According to Okwudiaba Nnoli, was at the root of the development of political parties in Nigeria before independence.
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13. The payment of better
salaries to judges
checkmates -----
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14. The State is permanent
while the government is ----
-
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15. The
_constitution does not
provide for the principle of
separation of powers
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16. The Federal office of statistics and the Planning Commission are working for the collection of information and _.
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17. The extent and nature of
duties undertaken by
government in the modern
societies are functions of
one of the following ------
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18. A democratic government
accommodates citizen’s
dissent because it is their
right to ------ against
unpopular government’s
programmes.
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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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20. Montesquieu, held that
States are of three types
namely
,
and
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21. In Nigeria, the appointment
of judicial officers by the
President or /Governors is
usually subject to
ratification by the -----
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22. The ----- specifically
provided for the principle of
division of power and
checks and balances
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23. Who is the foremost authority on federalism? _.
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24. 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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25. Who presides over the
weekly meeting of the
Federal Executive Council?
_.
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26. 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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27. The charging of judicial
salaries based on first line
presupposes the existence
of an existence of a -----
which only the council can
manipulate for a purpose.
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28. The ----- take charge of the
specific functions of
education, health,
agriculture and works in the
local government.
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29. When a state or
government is in the hands
of a few people, it is said to
be an
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30. The doctrine of separation
of powers means ------
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31. In the parliamentary system
of government, duties like
presiding over important
national functions or
ceremonies, signing bills
into law and addressing the
parliament are
duties performed by the
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32. When the president
withholds his/her assent to
a bill, it amounts to an
exercise of ------
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33. The Babangida’s regime,
experimented with all sorts
of political contrivances
under the guise of -----
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34. In a federal system, a
bicameral legislature
ensures that a balance is
maintained between the
_and the
units.
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35. The horizontal structuring of civil services into classes was abolished by the 19 Civil Service Reforms
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36. The Legislature can upturn
the power of assent of Mr.
President by the use of -----
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37. In Nigeria as well as in
some other countries, the
fear of electing judges is
premised on the liability of -
-----
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38. In which weekly meeting
are major policy decisions
concerning the country
deliberated? -----
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The presidential system of government is anchored on the twin mechanisms of and
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40. Montesquieu, the French
political philosopher, held
that States are of -----
types.
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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. administration involves the establishment of machinery for planning economic growth,mobilizing and allocating resources to expand national income.
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43. In the performance of its
functions, the local
government chairperson is
assisted by -----
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44. who defined bureaucracy in terms of its structural characteristics? _.
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45. The institution of a nonparliamentary executive is
characteristic of the
_system of government
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46. Britain operates a unitary government but with a legislature.
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47. The mechanism adopted to
defend a country's
corporate existence from
either external invasion or
internal insurrection
includes all of the following
except ------
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48. The President is the ----- of
the Nigerian state.
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49. The
is a system of dual
executive in which there is
separation between the
head of state and the head
of government
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50. 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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