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POL111
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1. One of the methods of studying political
science is__________________
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2. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with
independence in 1960, the current
dispensation is the
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3. The Nigerian Labour Congress is distinct
from the Nigerian Labour Party because
the former is a
_group
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4. The (Super Powers) permanent member
of the Security Council of the United
Nations have
_power
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5. The immediate cause of 'operation we tie'
in the Western Region was the massive
rigging of the election of
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6. Coup d’etat is different from Terrorism
because while the former is a forceful
change of government, the latter could
be described as_________________
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7. The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,
is a political animal’ is credited
to______________
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8. Law, in relation to political science, could
simply mean__________________
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9. 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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10. The arrangement under which individuals
in a State surrender their rights to rule
themselves to the government is known
as_______________________
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11. 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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12. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for
additional local governments is
determined by_____________________
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13. The Chairman of the ‘49 wisemen’ who
drafted the 1979 constitution
was_____________________
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14. Copy - The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,
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15. The first colonial Governor to introduce a
Constitution that gave franchise to
Nigerians was______________
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16. While experiments in pure Sciences are
conducted in the laboratory, political
scientists use the
_to carry out
their experiment
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17. The territorial boundary of a country
includes land, airspace and
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18. NADECO, a pro-democracy group was
formed in 1993 to fight the military regime
of
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19. The difference between Social and
Natural Sciences is that the theories and
hypothesis in the
_lack
universal validity
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20. There is no freedom without limitation
because_____________
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21. Voting in an election by a citizen is
performing a
_duty
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22. The statement that “power corrupts, and
absolute power corrupts absolutely” by
Lord Acton is emphasizing the doctrine
of____________
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23. Military rule is regarded as an aberration
because____________________
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24. The official record of debates in the
Parliament is
called__________________
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25. In a presidential democracy, Mr.
President combines both Executive and
functions
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26. A government by the elderly is
called___________________
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27. Aristocracy is a__________________
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28. Statistical and Mathematical models are
used as tools of analysis in Natural
Sciences but never in the Social
Sciences. True or False
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29. Recently, Nigeria was elected as a nonpermanent member of the United
Nation's
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30. The Senate President in the Nigeria's
First Republic was
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31. If the Kwara State Governor vetos a Bill
passed by the State Assembly,
then_______________
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32. Decisions can be democratically taken at
the parliament either by division; show of
hands or by
_votes
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33. The symbol of authority that is used by
the presiding officer in the legislature to
terminate debate is called
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34. 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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35. Nigeria was divided into three regions by
the Richard’s Constitution
of___________________
1914 1954 1946 1951 C
MCQ The first colonial Governor to
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36. Oligarchy as a form of government is
defined as a_______________________
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37. A Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria is elected from a
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38. 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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39. The United Nations Organization was
established in the year
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40. A country as a political unit could be
defined either as a State or a
because the
two concepts are used interchangeably
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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. During the period of
_, citizens'
rights to freedom of movement could be
violated by the state
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43. On the eve of the Nigerian civil war, the
Federal Republic of Nigeria was broken
into _States
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44. The US Constitution was fundamentally
different from that of Nigeria
because__________________
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45. The 'Cold War' under the bi-polar world
politics was between two ideological
power blocs led by the Soviets Union and
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46. The most senior military officer in the
Interim National Government that took
over the reins of power from Gen.
Ibrahim Babangida in 1993
was___________________
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47. Politics is defined as a social science
because it________________
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48. Chapter IV Sec. 33-45of the Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,
deals with_____________________
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49. The first African country to experience
military coup
is__________________________
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50. 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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