POL111

1. The 1954 Oliver Littleton constitution was

significant because it______________

2. Law of libel is___________

3. Military rule is regarded as an aberration

because____________________

4. The concept of power was defined as

“who gets what, how and when” is a

contribution by___________

5. The best way to differential Substantive

from Subordinate laws is

through____________________

6. The Nigeria's prime Minister in the First

Republic was

7. The preamble ‘we the people of

Nigeria…’ in the Nigerian Constitution,

1999 is deceptive

because________________

8. The electoral constituency within which a

Councilor is elected is called

9. The theory that explains the legitimacy of

kingship in the political system is

10. By tradition, the military suspends the

constitution to rule by

11. The most powerful organ of the United

Nations is

12. By the provision of Article 24(1), the

Headquarters of the African Union is in

13. The first African country to experience

military coup

is__________________________

14. The United Nations Organization was

established in the year

15. The theory stating that "God creates

authority and that He appoints some

people to rule on His behalf" is known

as_____________________

16. The arrangement under which individuals

in a State surrender their rights to rule

themselves to the government is known

as_______________________

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

action taken beyond

capacity

18. The most striking characteristic of a State

that differentiates it from other forms of

association of people

is_____

19. Lagos is not a state in the sense of

Nigerian State because it lacks

20. Bi-Cameralism

means_______________________

21. The surrender note was collected from

Gen. Phillips Effiong of the Biafran Army

to mark the end of the Nigerian civil war

in 1970 by

22. According to S.153(1) of the 1999

Constitution, which of the followings is

the odd one out__________________

23. Nigeria was divided into three regions by

the Richard’s Constitution

of___________________

1914 1954 1946 1951 C

MCQ The first colonial Governor to

24. Political Science and Economics have a

common denominator in that the two

disciplines study

_in his

environment

25. A government by the elderly is

called___________________

26. The difference between Social and

Natural Sciences is that the theories and

hypothesis in the

_lack

universal validity

27. In Nigeria, the legal bases of political

institutions are found

in________________

28. Which of the following is correct with

regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and

the Nigerian Labour

Congress__________________

29. The territorial boundary of a country

includes land, airspace and

30. The official record of debates in the

Parliament is

called__________________

31. Aristocracy is a__________________

32. The use of one’s official position to

further one’s personal interest could be

regarded

as_____________________________

33. The mandatory period of four years,

which the constitution allows holders of

the office of the President or Governor is

known as

34. Under the law of social contract theory,

Rousseau argues that government is

legitimate only if it operates only

according to the principles of

35. The immediate cause of 'operation we tie'

in the Western Region was the massive

rigging of the election of

36. _is a

constitutional procedure by which

electorates may cause withdrawal of their

representative from Legislature

37. Military rule is classified as

_because it

is a government by few but powerful

people

38. Law, in relation to political science, could

simply mean__________________

39. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

40. During the period of

_, citizens'

rights to freedom of movement could be

violated by the state

41. One of the elements of State that is

1. defined as land, water and airspace is

42. Once elected

_is above

his political party

43. By the provision of the 1999 Nigerian

Constitution, both the Federal and the

component States have power to

legislate on the items

under_________________ List

44. One of the followings is an example of

public enterprise in

Nigeria_________________

45. An element of state that states the size of

the inhabitants of the area is

46. A constitutional provision that makes

some public officials literally above the

law is called

_clause

Constitutionalism as a concept could
mean___________

48. One of the methods of studying political

science is__________________

49. A political philosopher who describes the

state of nature as “poor, solitary, nasty,

brutish and short” in his book “The

Leviathan”___

50. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________