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1. The right to participate in

political decision making

relates to -----

2. The rights to development,

social and physical

environment as well as

peace are known as -----

3. The

democratic system

restrains the arbitrary

exercise of state power and

ensures the respect for the

rights of the citizens.

4. When a citizen supports

and complies with just

institutions, such action is in

accord with the principle of

_.

5. What can be regarded as

the most privileged form of

nationality?

6. He posited that a State is

founded when ‘a leader,

with his band of warriors,

gets permanent control of a

definite territory of a

considerable size’: ------

7. Prior the emergences of the

nation state, members of

society were governed by

masters who own land

under the

_system of government.

8. What organ is regarded as

competent by everyone to

formulate and create

binding legal norms in any

domestic society ------

9. In the

_theory John Locke argued

that man had liberties and

rights that antedated

political society.

10. One important

characteristic of the state is

that it takes place in the

context of the ----- to which

all are subordinate.

11. The phrase “sense of

autonomy” or “self

determination” means

12. Who argued that the State

is at “the centre of

continuous struggle with

other organizations, over

the right and ability to make

binding rules in society”: ----

--

13. The main task of

safeguarding the personal

and civil rights of its citizens

is that of the

14. The laws of society is only

legitimate to the extent that

the ------- rights of citizens

are respected.

15. Negative rights or negative

liberty means ------

16. The notion that the state is

a ‘neutral, though coercive,

force’ is a proposition by ----

-- theorists

17. The declaration of the

Rights of Man and the

citizen was occasioned by

the French Revolution in

the year

18. When a government has

the legal right of making

decisions which people are

required to obey; and the

right to use coercion to

enforce its laws , it means -

-----

19. The essential attributes of a

state as a contracted

human

organization/institution is its

provision of

_Goods

20. The social contract theory

of Rousseau was inspired

by -----

21. For Hegel, while conflicts

and their resolutions may

be inevitable features of

any society, the state exists

to ----

22. Direct action can be likened

to

23. The bill of

_is the entitlement which no

just government should

refuse its citizens

24. When sovereignty is

supreme, final and

absolute, it is said to be -----

25. The principle of natural duty

is premised on the two

principles of

_.

26. The ----- theory is premised

on" an agreement entered

into by men and and

women who originally had

no governmental

organization which resulted

into a state.

27. The implication of states

being members of African

Union (AU), United Nations

(UN) is that the state will be

------ of the international

organization.

28. The premise of ------- theory

is that a state is a power,

separated from, in fact

standing above society.

29. An absolute State,

according to Hobbes, is

based on ----

30. The

theory is an agreement

entered into by men&

women who originally had

no governmental

organization.

31. The

_theory provided a basis for

articulating limited political

obligation.

32. Positive rights or positive

liberty implies ------

33. The emergence of rights is

traceable to the doctrine of

natural

_of man

34. The Secondary Imperatives

of the State are ------ in

nature

35. The provision of public

goods by a state is justified

by the ------

36. In which nature of rights

was personal, civil and

political rights merged into

a single category

_

37. The

_nature of the African

society is the basis of

denying any inalienable

rights to individual citizens.

38. The ----- are the essential

attributes a state provides

its citizens.

39. Nigeria was amalgamated

in 1914 by sir

40. The state is bound by the

supreme law of the land

called the

41. Negative and Positive rights

are two natures of

42. The freedom from

interference of others

presupposes

and

43. The Hegelian Organic and

Liberal-Democratic

Theories agree on ------

44. The valid social contract for

all in a political system is

based on the

and

_which a citizen is entitled

to within a given state.

45. This principle of justice in

political obligation is

associated with the general

administration of

_.

46. Thoreau, Gandhi, Martin

Luther King and Ralph

Abernathy among others

are theorists of the

_character of civil

disobedience.

47. The process which

encompasses the practice

of quotas, set-asides,

weighing gender as a

priority with the objective of

enhancing equal

opportunity is known as

_action

48. What is the premise of a

citizen’s obligation to the

state?

49. The goods which, by their

character, cannot be shared

out among their

beneficiaries can be said to

be

50. The placing of the individual

at the centre of the society

presupposes ------

51. The fourth and final

objective of the state is -----

-

52. _and are the two defining

features of public goods.

53. In the Nigerian society

there is ------ because most

people do not comply with

most laws most of the time.

54. What limits the power of

government in any given

State?

_.

55. The function of the state in

ensuring fair play is

couched in ------

56. Legal protection and

access to the courts of law

entitlements are known as

57. Sovereignty is legal when it

is ----- that fall within the

jurisdiction of sovereignty

58. The obligation of the citizen

to obey the laws of the

state is dependent upon the

government ------

59. The claim which the

individual can make both on

the state as well as on

other citizens is known as

60. Regionalization in Nigeria

was instituted in the bid to

operationalize the

_principle.

61. Utilitarianism is premised

on

62. The bane of ------ is that

each individual has certain

inherent rights linked to

human nature.

63. The idea that an individual

has certain inherent rights

which are connected to

human nature is at the core

of

64. The Two Treaties of

Government can be

credited to -----

65. One of the conditions of

civil society is that the state

------

66. The principle of fairness

and the principle of natural

duties are notions which

constitute the bane of

_obligation.

67. _is when a citizen not only

loves his/her country but is

willing to defend the

integrity.

68. The principle of

_underlines a citizen’s

obligation to an institution

or state.

69. For Locke, unlike Hobbes,

power resides with ----- and

not with the Government.

70. From a moral angle ----- are

more fundamental than the

existing laws of society.

71. The

_theory is against the re￾distribution of wealth

through the State

machinery

72. Constitutional or limited

government means -----

73. The most significant

component of British

constitutional bill of rights is

the great charter of

74. The state is an association

of human beings with the

appearance of ------ for

political ends

75. The power which the

government of a state

posseses to enforce the law

entrenched in the

constitution is known as

76. _liberty motivates purposes

which are rationally self￾determined, as opposed to

irrational passions.

77. According to W.K.

Frankena(1966) an

individual’s principle of

action is a moral one if it

satisfies two of the following

criteria ------

78. The ----- is greater than an

individual or any of it

constituent units.

79. The Nigerian Civil Service

was regionalised in the

80. According to Hegel, the

state is a rational order

which exists, essentially, to

achieve ----

81. Civil Society means a form

of__

82. The American Declaration

of Independence was in ----

--

83. Citizenship as defined by

_denotes all persons whom

a state is entitled to protect.

84. Sovereignty connotes

85. The ultimate factor in moral

decisions and actions is not

necessarily the ‘good’ act,

but rather in the ------

86. The competition for and

appropriation of offices of

the state for the benefit of

individual occupants and

their support groups is

known as

87. Which duty require

individual members of a

state to refrain from

performing bad acts?

88. The following words

‘Trancedental, inalienable,’

‘primordial’ can also be

used in reference to

_rights.

89. The type of political protest

in which the dissenter uses

his/her own body as a lever

to pry loose the policy of

government is a civil

disobedient act referred to

as

_action.

90. A government of laws is by

definition a

_government.

91. Prima facie moral obligation

means -----

92. This is considered to be the

first exponent of the idea of

natural individual rights: ----

--

93. The text 'A Theory of

Justice' is credited to

_.

94. According to Hume, among

savage tribes the long

continuance of the state

made people to -----

95. This refers to the socially

constructed roles,

responsibilities, norms, and

stereotypes accorded to

women and men in relation

to the question of

citizenship: --------

96. The rights to minimum of

vital necessities such as

food, shelter and aid refer

to ------

97. The democratic tradition

was inspired by ------

98. This differentiates the

modern state from the

feudal or traditional society:

------

99. In the impersonal state, the

status of a citizen was that

of a

100. The provision of economic

and social goods by the

state to the poor citizens

makes the state a

101. The ---- is capable of

regulating and affecting the

actions of man, including

that of the state.

102. The principle of natural

duties and the principle of

are two distinctive

principles of justice

according to Rawls.

103. In which theory does

fundamental human right

operate as structural device

for government.

104. The transcendence of

subjects to the new status

of a citizen comes with -----

105. John Locke is the first

exponent of the

_individual rights.

106. The ---- is for man and not

man for the ----

107. The Patriarchal theory was

derived from one of the

following sources

108. Fundamental benefits to the

citizens such as national

defence, good roads, health

programmes are refered to

as

109. Free speech, free press,

the rights to assembly and

organization are examples

of

110. The duties of fidelity, of

reparation, of gratitude, of

justice, and of self￾improvement are examples

of -----

111. The

_feature is applicable to the

availability of collective

goods to all members in a

group in a state.

112. For rights to be legal and

enforceable it must be

recognised as law by the

113. The entitlement of a set of

rights and obligations

confers the status of

on the individual.

114. The phrase Prima facie was

used first in the

classification of ------

115. The Latin word

‘Superamus’ means -----

116. The ----- theory of the state

is adjudged as old

fashioned.

117. The proponents of natural

justice advocate for political

rights being sacred and

sacrosanct in order to -----

of the state.

118. The notion that the state is

a ‘neutral, though coercive,

force’ is a proposition of

119. National defence, good

roads, health programmes,

law and order are examples

of ------

120. Which political system

guarantees fundamental

human rights?

_.

121. The ----- theory conceived

the State as an extension of

the family.

122. The ----- is larger than the

political system.

123. The ------ concept assumes

that nothing is desired for

its own sake, except

pleasure.

124. The concept of law is

regarded as a ----- of the

sovereign state directed to

the subjects as a regulator

of conduct.

125. The ---- theory proposed

that the 'state is the result

of the subjugation of the

weaker by the stronger'

126. and

_are the two perspectives

of liberty by Isaiah Berlin.

127. The formal distinction

between indigenes and

non-indigenes who are not

members of the native

community living in the area

of authority is

128. The state has to transcend

being a “set of broad

organizing principles which

constitutes the enduring

and continuous pattern of

rule and governance” into a

------

129. The classical 1969 essay

tilted “Two concepts of

liberty” owes its credit to ----

--

130. When a citizen goes on

hunger strike in protest

against some government

practice or policy, the action

is said to be

_.

131. The ------ is an essential

organ through which the

state achieves its moral

duty and obligation to

administer and render

service to the citizens of the

state.

132. A State is founded by

successful migrations and -

----

133. is the tendency on the part

of states to reserve their

public services exclusively

in the hands of their

indigenes or expendable

foreigners and ‘non￾indigenes.

134. The hypothetical situation

where the institutions of the

state do not exist is known

as a

135. The most significant

component of British

constitutional bill of rights is

the great charter of

136. The patriarchal theory

posits that the foundation of

the modern State was

characterized by three

features namely

_,

and

.

137. A citizens quality of being

true or faithful in the

support of his/her country is

referred to as

_.

138. This is one of the attributes

of rights: ------

139. The January 1966 coup

was led by Major

Chukwuma

140. The condition of 'warre' in

the state of nature means

and

141. The ------ is known as a

contracted human

organization/institution.

142. The patriarchal theory was

derived from the records of

the ancient law of the -----

and Hindu.

143. The decision forcing Nigeria

to cede Bakassi Peninsula

to Cameroon was in line

with the ----- ruling.

144. Moral reasoning is the

premise of ------

145. The process of acquiring

citizenship when a person

is born before and after the

date of independence, if

either parents belongs to a

community indigenous to

Nigeria is by

146. In a society fragmented into

‘contrasting interests’ the

state needs to ------

147. The tradition of atomistic

individualism in Western

societies presupposes that

the state should be -----

148. African societies have

argued that the ------ nature

of their society has been

the basis for the denial of

inalienable rights. to

individual citizens.

149. The duties of fidelity,

reparation, gratitude, justice

are some of examples of

prima facie duties based on

_relations.

150. The American Declaration

of Independence (1776)

and the French Declaration

of Human Rights (1789)

find expression in the idea

of

_individual rights.