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POL111
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1. By the Nigerian constitution of 1999, one
must belong to a
_to stand for
any election
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2. Law of libel is___________
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3. The fact that the Nigerian Constitution
has a cumbersome procedure for its
amendment, makes
it_____________________
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4. 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
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5. Political gerrymandering
means__________________
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6. Politics is defined as a social science
because it________________
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7. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with
independence in 1960, the current
dispensation is the
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8. Safe from her economic resources,
Nigeria is regarded as giant of Africa
because of her
_size
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9. The statement that “power corrupts, and
absolute power corrupts absolutely” by
Lord Acton is emphasizing the doctrine
of____________
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10. Once elected
_is above
his political party
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11. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for
additional local governments is
determined by_____________________
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12. According to S.96(1) of the 1999
constitution, the quorum of a House of
Assembly shall be_______________of
all the members
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13. A constitutional provision that makes
some public officials literally above the
law is called
_clause
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14. In addition to English language, the
business of the Kaduna State House of
Assembly may be conducted in one of
the following Nigerian
languages__________________
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15. Which of the following is correct with
regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and
the Nigerian Labour
Congress__________________
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16. Political Science and Economics have a
common denominator in that the two
disciplines study
_in his
environment
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17. By the provision of Article 24(1), the
Headquarters of the African Union is in
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18. 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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19. Nigerian Patriots who fought for the
revalidation of 'June 12' election came
under the umbrella organization called
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20. 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______________
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21. A political philosopher who describes the
state of nature as “poor, solitary, nasty,
brutish and short” in his book “The
Leviathan”___
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22. The Senate President in the Nigeria's
First Republic was
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23. In a developing democracy, Fundamental
Human Rights are better guaranteed
under a
_Constitution
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24. On the eve of the Nigerian civil war, the
Federal Republic of Nigeria was broken
into _States
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25. The followings but one is NOT the scope
of political science____________
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26. A system of government where the
leader engages in excessive use of
power or authority is called
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27. Lagos is not a state in the sense of
Nigerian State because it lacks
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28. The electoral constituency within which a
Councilor is elected is called
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29. In international relations, factors
correlated with national powers could
be_______________
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30. It is a truism that every constitution must
always be codified in a single document.
True or False
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31. The difference between Social and
Natural Sciences is that the theories and
hypothesis in the
_lack
universal validity
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32. Membership of the Nigerian National
Council of State comprises the following
but one__________________
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33. One of the significance of the 1963
Republican Constitution was
that_____________________
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34. The concept of power was defined as
“who gets what, how and when” is a
contribution by___________
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35. The power sharing nature as one of the
features of the Nigerian Constitution,
suggests that the country
practices_________________ system of
government
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36. 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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37. The Latin phrase ‘ultra vires’, means an
action taken beyond
capacity
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38. Political science cannot be studied in
isolation of other academic disciplines
because____________
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39. Subordinate laws made by the Local
Government Councils are
called______________________
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40. There is no freedom without limitation
because_____________
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41. The theory that explains the legitimacy of
kingship in the political system is
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42. Under the law of social contract theory,
Rousseau argues that government is
legitimate only if it operates only
according to the principles of
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43. One of the followings is an example of
public enterprise in
Nigeria_________________
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44. A credible and generally acceptable
election is a criterion for examine political
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45. The most legitimate source of political
authority is
through__________________
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46. The federal character principle in the
Nigerian constitution is aimed at
ensuring_________________
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47. Press censorship is a nature of
rule unlike a
democratic government
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48. If the Kwara State Governor vetos a Bill
passed by the State Assembly,
then_______________
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49. In the Westminster system of
government, the 'shadow cabinet' formed
by the official opposition has no place in
the _system
of government
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50. The immediate cause of 'operation we tie'
in the Western Region was the massive
rigging of the election of
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