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POL111
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1. A government by the elderly is
called___________________
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2. 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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3. The Organization of African Unity (OAU)
now (AU) was founded in
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4. One of the sources of authority that
confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is
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5. The Senate President in the Nigeria's
First Republic was
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6. The best way to differential Substantive
from Subordinate laws is
through____________________
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7. Election by show of hand in such a
manner that others know how one has
voted is an example of
_voting
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8. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution
took place in Russia in
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9. 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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10. The concept of
responsibility is a feature of
parliamentary system of government
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11. The most powerful nation among the
World's Superpowers in the 21st century
is
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12. Chapter IV Sec. 33-45of the Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,
deals with_____________________
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13. 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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14. In international relations, factors
correlated with national powers could
be_______________
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15. A__Constitution is one that is very easy
to amend__________________
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16. Another name for Appropriation Bill
presented annually to the Legislature is
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17. Political gerrymandering
means__________________
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18. The Latin phrase ‘ultra vires’, means an
action taken beyond
capacity
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19. If the Kwara State Governor vetos a Bill
passed by the State Assembly,
then_______________
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20. One of the followings is not a feature of
written
constitution_______________________
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21. The two major blocs that formed the OAU
were Casablanca and
_groups
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22. One of the following may be a factor for
military coup________________
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23. The only political system that tolerates
opposition is
_democracy
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24. The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,
is a political animal’ is credited
to______________
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25. 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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26. The US Constitution was fundamentally
different from that of Nigeria
because__________________
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27. There is no freedom without limitation
because_____________
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28. A Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria is elected from a
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29. The theory stating that "God creates
authority and that He appoints some
people to rule on His behalf" is known
as_____________________
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30. The writ of Habeas corpus is aimed
at_____________
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31. The first African country to experience
military coup
is__________________________
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32. Lagos is not a state in the sense of
Nigerian State because it lacks
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33. The arrangement under which individuals
in a State surrender their rights to rule
themselves to the government is known
as_______________________
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34. When the whole House of Parliament
dissolves into a committee, the
which is the
House's symbol of authority is also
removed from the table
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35. Law of libel is___________
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36. President Goodluck Jonathan first
became Nigeria’s Acting President
through what is called
invoked by
the National Assembly
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37. By the provision of the 1999 Nigerian
Constitution, both the Federal and the
component States have power to
legislate on the items
under_________________ List
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38. A system of government where the
leader engages in excessive use of
power or authority is called
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39. Military rule is classified as
_because it
is a government by few but powerful
people
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40. The followings but one is NOT the scope
of political science____________
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41. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for
additional local governments is
determined by_____________________
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42. Subordinate laws made by the Local
Government Councils are
called______________________
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43. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with
independence in 1960, the current
dispensation is the
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44. The political philosopher that describes
life in the state of nature as "solitary,
poor, nasty, brutish and short." was
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45. 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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46. The Nigerian Constitution, 1979, took
one of the following
steps__________________
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47. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent
secession from the union, a federal
constitution must
be_____________________
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48. Bi-Cameralism
means_______________________
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49. By the provision of Article 24(1), the
Headquarters of the African Union is in
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50. One of the arguments for government
participation in public enterprises
is______________________
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