POL111

1. The process that removes an elected

President or Governor from office before

the end of his or her tenure is called

2. Bi-Cameralism

means_______________________

3. The arrangement under which individuals

in a State surrender their rights to rule

themselves to the government is known

as_______________________

4. A good example of a confederacy could

be_______________

5. The Nigerian Labour Congress is distinct

from the Nigerian Labour Party because

the former is a

_group

6. The writ of Habeas corpus is aimed

at_____________

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

action taken beyond

capacity

8. The US Constitution was fundamentally

different from that of Nigeria

because__________________

9. President Goodluck Jonathan first

became Nigeria’s Acting President

through what is called

invoked by

the National Assembly

10. According to S.96(1) of the 1999

constitution, the quorum of a House of

Assembly shall be_______________of

all the members

11. Copy - The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

12. A__Constitution is one that is very easy

to amend__________________

13. The Senate President in the Nigeria's

First Republic was

14. The power sharing nature as one of the

features of the Nigerian Constitution,

suggests that the country

practices_________________ system of

government

15. A State is an entity that lives in perpetuity

while is her

agent

16. The theory that explains the legitimacy of

kingship in the political system is

17. The territorial boundary of a country

includes land, airspace and

18. 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______________

19. One of the major achievements of the

civil rule in the first Republic

was______________

20. The theory stating that "God creates

authority and that He appoints some

people to rule on His behalf" is known

as_____________________

21. Military rule is classified as

_because it

is a government by few but powerful

people

22. Political Science and Economics have a

common denominator in that the two

disciplines study

_in his

environment

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

Nation's

24. A Senator of the Federal Republic of

Nigeria is elected from a

25. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________

26. The immediate cause of 'operation we tie'

in the Western Region was the massive

rigging of the election of

27. By tradition, the military suspends the

constitution to rule by

Constitutionalism as a concept could
mean___________

29. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

30. The most powerful organ of the United

Nations is

31. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

32. The most striking characteristic of a State

that differentiates it from other forms of

association of people

is_____

33. In addition to English language, the

business of the Kaduna State House of

Assembly may be conducted in one of

the following Nigerian

languages__________________

34. The Divine Right Theory serves to give

legitimacy to the rule by a

35. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

36. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

37. A political philosopher who describes the

state of nature as “poor, solitary, nasty,

brutish and short” in his book “The

Leviathan”___

38. A political ideology that sees religion as

opium of the society is

39. Membership of the Nigerian National

Council of State comprises the following

but one__________________

40. Aristocracy is a__________________

41. In the Westminster system of

government, the 'shadow cabinet' formed

by the official opposition has no place in

the _system

of government

42. Safe from her economic resources,

Nigeria is regarded as giant of Africa

because of her

_size

43. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

44. In the grammar of politics, franchise

means______________

45. One of the followings is not a feature of

written

constitution_______________________

46. The first colonial Governor to introduce a

Constitution that gave franchise to

Nigerians was______________

47. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution

took place in Russia in

48. It is a truism that every constitution must

always be codified in a single document.

True or False

49. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent

secession from the union, a federal

constitution must

be_____________________

50. Under the law of social contract theory,

Rousseau argues that government is

legitimate only if it operates only

according to the principles of