POL111

1. The theory that explains the legitimacy of

kingship in the political system is

2. Law, in relation to political science, could

simply mean__________________

3. The use of one’s official position to

further one’s personal interest could be

regarded

as_____________________________

4. In international relations, factors

correlated with national powers could

be_______________

5. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with

independence in 1960, the current

dispensation is the

6. By tradition, the military suspends the

constitution to rule by

7. The theory stating that "God creates

authority and that He appoints some

people to rule on His behalf" is known

as_____________________

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

Constitution, which of the followings is

the odd one out__________________

9. There is no freedom without limitation

because_____________

10. Voting in an election by a citizen is

performing a

_duty

11. In addition to English language, the

business of the Kaduna State House of

Assembly may be conducted in one of

the following Nigerian

languages__________________

12. While experiments in pure Sciences are

conducted in the laboratory, political

scientists use the

_to carry out

their experiment

13. One of the followings is an example of

public enterprise in

Nigeria_________________

14. Politics is not and cannot be pure science

like Physics, Chemistry and Biology

because___________________

15. The Nigerian Constitution, 1979, took

one of the following

steps__________________

16. The most striking characteristic of a State

that differentiates it from other forms of

association of people

is_____

17. The writ of Habeas corpus is aimed

at_____________

18. A system of government where the

leader engages in excessive use of

power or authority is called

19. A political philosopher who describes the

state of nature as “poor, solitary, nasty,

brutish and short” in his book “The

Leviathan”___

20. 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

21. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________

22. A political ideology that sees religion as

opium of the society is

23. Aristocracy is a__________________

24. By the provision of Article 24(1), the

Headquarters of the African Union is in

25. The constitutional provision whereby Mr.

President may grant any person

convicted of any offence a pardon is

called

26. The (Super Powers) permanent member

of the Security Council of the United

Nations have

_power

27. The State must protect citizens’ rights

and liberties to ensure_____________

28. A government by the elderly is

called___________________

29. Lagos is not a state in the sense of

Nigerian State because it lacks

30. In a developing democracy, Fundamental

Human Rights are better guaranteed

under a

_Constitution

31. A country as a political unit could be

defined either as a State or a

because the

two concepts are used interchangeably

32. Another name for Appropriation Bill

presented annually to the Legislature is

33. Statistical and Mathematical models are

used as tools of analysis in Natural

Sciences but never in the Social

Sciences. True or False

34. The concept of power was defined as

“who gets what, how and when” is a

contribution by___________

35. Recently, Nigeria was elected as a non￾permanent member of the United

Nation's

36. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

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

of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,

deals with_____________________

38. The most powerful organ of the United

Nations is

39. Politics is defined as a social science

because it________________

40. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

41. The first colonial Governor to introduce a

Constitution that gave franchise to

Nigerians was______________

42. The power sharing nature as one of the

features of the Nigerian Constitution,

suggests that the country

practices_________________ system of

government

43. The US Constitution was fundamentally

different from that of Nigeria

because__________________

44. President Goodluck Jonathan first

became Nigeria’s Acting President

through what is called

invoked by

the National Assembly

45. The preamble ‘we the people of

Nigeria…’ in the Nigerian Constitution,

1999 is deceptive

because________________

46. A good example of a confederacy could

be_______________

47. The official record of debates in the

Parliament is

called__________________

48. The process that removes an elected

President or Governor from office before

the end of his or her tenure is called

49. The arrangement under which individuals

in a State surrender their rights to rule

themselves to the government is known

as_______________________

50. The Residual powers in the Nigerian

1999 Constitution belong to the Local

Government, otherwise known

as________________Level