POL111

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POL111

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1. Which of the following is correct with

regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and

the Nigerian Labour

Congress__________________

A. Both are one and the same

B. NLC is a political group

C. NLP is not a registered political party

D. NLP has the objective of gaining power

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2. A credible and generally acceptable

election is a criterion for examine political

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3. Due process simply

means_____________________

A. Service delivery

B. Observing due protocol

C. Following official procedure

D. Dedication to duty

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4. A government by the elderly is

called___________________

A. Gerontocracy

B. Autocracy

C. Aristocracy

D. Classical Democracy

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

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

A. Plato

B. Thomas Hobbes

C. Aristotle

D. John Locke

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

Yakubu Gowon led the federal troops

while Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu led the

_troops

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7. Voting in an election by a citizen is

performing a

_duty

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8. On the eve of the Nigerian civil war, the

Federal Republic of Nigeria was broken

into _States

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9. The difference between Social and

Natural Sciences is that the theories and

hypothesis in the

_lack

universal validity

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10. Another name for Appropriation Bill

presented annually to the Legislature is

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11. Law, in relation to political science, could

simply mean__________________

A. Bye-laws

B. A proclamation by Mr. President

C. International law

D. A body of rules and regulations to guide human actions

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12. A good example of a confederacy could

be_______________

A. US

B. AU

C. NATO

D. USSR

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13. Oligarchy as a form of government is

defined as a_______________________

A. Rule by the King

B. Rule by Soldiers

C. Rule by the majority

D. Rule by few but powerful people

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14. The concept of power was defined as

“who gets what, how and when” is a

contribution by___________

A. Harold Lasswell

B. Jean Bodin

C. Harold Laski

D. Robert Dahl

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15. The political system that tends to

eliminate the free market economy

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16. By tradition, the military suspends the

constitution to rule by

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17. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

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

action taken beyond

capacity

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19. One of the reliable sources of law

is_____________________

A. Judicial review

B. Public opinion

C. A proclamation by President

D. The Nigerian Bar Association Bye-laws

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20. One of the major achievements of the

civil rule in the first Republic

was______________

A. The establishment of Regional Police

B. Creation of Mid-West from Western region

C. Declaration of a state of emergency in the Western Region

D. Acceptance of instrument of independence from the British

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21. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

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22. Bi-Cameralism

means_______________________

A. Legislative cameras

B. Two Digital camera

C. Two Legislative chambers

D. Cameral Legislature

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23. The United Nations' principle of

_states that

Nigeria and United states of America are

contemporaries

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24. The first African country to experience

military coup

is__________________________

A. Egypt

B. Ghana

C. Nigeria

D. Libya

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25. The 1954 Oliver Littleton constitution was

significant because it______________

A. Gave prominence to traditional rulers above the educated elite

B. Reinforced a federalism system

C. Eradicated slave trade

D. Gave more powers to the central authority

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26. The Residual powers in the Nigerian

1999 Constitution belong to the Local

Government, otherwise known

as________________Level

A. Second-tier

B. Judiciary

C. Third-tier

D. First-tier

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27. There is no freedom without limitation

because_____________

A. Freedom is fundamental to mankind

B. African leaders love power

C. Absolute freedom is as good as no freedom at all

D. UN charter makes it mandatory

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28. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for

additional local governments is

determined by_____________________

A. State government

B. Local Government Councilors

C. State Assembly

D. Referendum

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29. Politics is not and cannot be pure science

like Physics, Chemistry and Biology

because___________________

A. Its premises are uncertain

B. Its conclusions are unambiguous

C. It has domain of certainties

D. Its predictions are perfect

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30. The United Nations Organization was

established in the year

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31. The followings but one is NOT the scope

of political science____________

A. Political theory

B. Constitution and Constitutionalism

C. Public Administration

D. International relation

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32. One of the significance of the 1963

Republican Constitution was

that_____________________

A. The privy Council of England ceased to be Nigeria’s highest Appellate Court

B. The Queen of England remained Nigeria’s Head of States

C. Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe became Nigeria’s Executive President

D. Sir Abubakar TafawaBalewa became the Prime Minister

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33. 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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34. The provisions of S.27 (2)(g)(ii) of the

1999 constitution states that to acquire

the Nigerian citizenship by naturalization,

the applicant must have resided in

Nigeria for a continuous period

of______________

A. 24 months

B. 30 years

C. 15 years

D. 12 months

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35. The electoral constituency within which a

Councilor is elected is called

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36. Military rule is classified as

_because it

is a government by few but powerful

people

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37. During the period of

_, citizens'

rights to freedom of movement could be

violated by the state

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38. Chapter IV Sec. 33-45of the Constitution

of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,

deals with_____________________

A. Fundamental objectives of the State

B. The rule of law

C. Exclusive legislative powers

D. Fundamental Human Rights

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39. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

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40. Membership of the Nigerian National

Council of State comprises the following

but one__________________

A. The President/Commanderin-Chief

B. Past Presidents/Heads of State

C. Serving Chief Justice of the Federation

D. All State Governors

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41. A constitutional provision that makes

some public officials literally above the

law is called

_clause

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42. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution

took place in Russia in

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43. The Chairman of the ‘49 wisemen’ who

drafted the 1979 constitution

was_____________________

A. Chief Akintola Williams

B. Chief Rotimi Williams

C. Chief Obafemi Awolowo

D. Justice Udo Udoma

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44. A political philosopher who describes the

state of nature as “poor, solitary, nasty,

brutish and short” in his book “The

Leviathan”___

A. John Locke

B. Baron Montesquieu

C. A. V. Dicey

D. Thomas Hobbes

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45. The most powerful nation among the

World's Superpowers in the 21st century

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46. Recently, Nigeria was elected as a nonpermanent member of the United

Nation's

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47. An element of state that states the size of

the inhabitants of the area is

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48. The concept of

responsibility is a feature of

parliamentary system of government

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49. The Senate President in the Nigeria's

First Republic was

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50. The two major blocs that formed the OAU

were Casablanca and

_groups

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