POL111

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

Yakubu Gowon led the federal troops

while Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu led the

_troops

2. A political ideology that sees religion as

opium of the society is

3. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent

secession from the union, a federal

constitution must

be_____________________

4. Nigeria was divided into three regions by

the Richard’s Constitution

of___________________

1914 1954 1946 1951 C

MCQ The first colonial Governor to

5. The concept of

responsibility is a feature of

parliamentary system of government

6. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________

7. Political science cannot be studied in

isolation of other academic disciplines

because____________

8. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

9. The territorial boundary of a country

includes land, airspace and

10. The political concept that describes

citizens’ love and loyalty to their country

is______________________

11. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

12. The Nigerian Labour Congress is distinct

from the Nigerian Labour Party because

the former is a

_group

13. A good example of a confederacy could

be_______________

14. The difference between Social and

Natural Sciences is that the theories and

hypothesis in the

_lack

universal validity

15. The theory stating that "God creates

authority and that He appoints some

people to rule on His behalf" is known

as_____________________

16. Military rule is regarded as an aberration

because____________________

17. In Nigeria, the legal bases of political

institutions are found

in________________

18. The fact that the Nigerian Constitution

has a cumbersome procedure for its

amendment, makes

it_____________________

19. The federal character principle in the

Nigerian constitution is aimed at

ensuring_________________

20. A system of government where the

leader engages in excessive use of

power or authority is called

21. By the Nigerian Constitution of 1999, no

President can serve for more than

_terms

22. The British unwritten constitution is

based on

_which is the customary ways in which

things are done by the British

23. Politics is defined as a social science

because it________________

24. During the period of

_, citizens'

rights to freedom of movement could be

violated by the state

25. The Organization of African Unity (OAU)

now (AU) was founded in

26. Political Science and Economics have a

common denominator in that the two

disciplines study

_in his

environment

27. Aristocracy is a__________________

28. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

29. Law, in relation to political science, could

simply mean__________________

30. Under the law of social contract theory,

Rousseau argues that government is

legitimate only if it operates only

according to the principles of

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

Constitution, which of the followings is

the odd one out__________________

32. President Goodluck Jonathan first

became Nigeria’s Acting President

through what is called

invoked by

the National Assembly

33. The Chairman of the ‘49 wisemen’ who

drafted the 1979 constitution

was_____________________

34. The writ of Habeas corpus is aimed

at_____________

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

of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,

deals with_____________________

36. In the Westminster system of

government, the 'shadow cabinet' formed

by the official opposition has no place in

the _system

of government

37. The political system that tends to

eliminate the free market economy

38. A Senator of the Federal Republic of

Nigeria is elected from a

39. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

40. While experiments in pure Sciences are

conducted in the laboratory, political

scientists use the

_to carry out

their experiment

41. Political gerrymandering

means__________________

42. The most powerful nation among the

World's Superpowers in the 21st century

is

43. A country as a political unit could be

defined either as a State or a

because the

two concepts are used interchangeably

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

action taken beyond

capacity

45. Election by show of hand in such a

manner that others know how one has

voted is an example of

_voting

46. The United Nations Organization was

established in the year

47. The Residual powers in the Nigerian

1999 Constitution belong to the Local

Government, otherwise known

as________________Level

48. The official record of debates in the

Parliament is

called__________________

49. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for

additional local governments is

determined by_____________________

50. The 'Cold War' under the bi-polar world

politics was between two ideological

power blocs led by the Soviets Union and