POL111

1. Safe from her economic resources,

Nigeria is regarded as giant of Africa

because of her

_size

2. One of the elements of State that is

1. defined as land, water and airspace is

3. It is a truism that every constitution must

always be codified in a single document.

True or False

4. The two major blocs that formed the OAU

were Casablanca and

_groups

5. The difference between Social and

Natural Sciences is that the theories and

hypothesis in the

_lack

universal validity

6. Aristocracy is a__________________

7. The 1954 Oliver Littleton constitution was

significant because it______________

8. The process that removes an elected

President or Governor from office before

the end of his or her tenure is called

9. The United Nations' principle of

_states that

Nigeria and United states of America are

contemporaries

10. One of the arguments for government

participation in public enterprises

is______________________

11. Coup d’etat is different from Terrorism

because while the former is a forceful

change of government, the latter could

be described as_________________

Constitutionalism as a concept could
mean___________

13. Nigerian Patriots who fought for the

revalidation of 'June 12' election came

under the umbrella organization called

14. Politics is defined as a social science

because it________________

15. The statement that “power corrupts, and

absolute power corrupts absolutely” by

Lord Acton is emphasizing the doctrine

of____________

16. The only political system that tolerates

opposition is

_democracy

17. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution

took place in Russia in

18. An element of state that states the size of

the inhabitants of the area is

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

constitution, the quorum of a House of

Assembly shall be_______________of

all the members

20. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for

additional local governments is

determined by_____________________

21. The popular saying that ‘man, by nature,

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

22. The surrender note was collected from

Gen. Phillips Effiong of the Biafran Army

to mark the end of the Nigerian civil war

in 1970 by

23. The first African country to experience

military coup

is__________________________

24. Law of libel is___________

25. The British unwritten constitution is

based on

_which is the customary ways in which

things are done by the British

26. Lagos is not a state in the sense of

Nigerian State because it lacks

27. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

28. Under the law of social contract theory,

Rousseau argues that government is

legitimate only if it operates only

according to the principles of

29. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

30. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent

secession from the union, a federal

constitution must

be_____________________

31. The political concept that describes

citizens’ love and loyalty to their country

is______________________

32. The constitutional provision whereby Mr.

President may grant any person

convicted of any offence a pardon is

called

33. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

34. The followings but one is NOT the scope

of political science____________

35. The concept of

responsibility is a feature of

parliamentary system of government

36. Which of the following is correct with

regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and

the Nigerian Labour

Congress__________________

37. The writ of Habeas corpus is aimed

at_____________

38. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

39. Voting in an election by a citizen is

performing a

_duty

40. In international relations, factors

correlated with national powers could

be_______________

41. A political ideology that sees religion as

opium of the society is

42. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________

43. The power sharing nature as one of the

features of the Nigerian Constitution,

suggests that the country

practices_________________ system of

government

44. A constitutional provision that makes

some public officials literally above the

law is called

_clause

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

Headquarters of the African Union is in

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___________________

47. 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

48. One of the methods of studying political

science is__________________

49. The (Super Powers) permanent member

of the Security Council of the United

Nations have

_power

50. Political gerrymandering

means__________________