POL111

1. In Nigeria, the legal bases of political

institutions are found

in________________

2. Lagos is not a state in the sense of

Nigerian State because it lacks

3. By the Nigerian constitution of 1999, one

must belong to a

_to stand for

any election

4. The power sharing nature as one of the

features of the Nigerian Constitution,

suggests that the country

practices_________________ system of

government

5. The Divine Right Theory serves to give

legitimacy to the rule by a

6. 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

7. By tradition, the military suspends the

constitution to rule by

8. By the Nigerian Constitution of 1999, no

President can serve for more than

_terms

9. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

10. In the grammar of politics, franchise

means______________

11. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

12. An element of state that states the size of

the inhabitants of the area is

13. A constitutional provision that makes

some public officials literally above the

law is called

_clause

14. One of the followings is an example of

public enterprise in

Nigeria_________________

15. _is a

constitutional procedure by which

electorates may cause withdrawal of their

representative from Legislature

16. On the eve of the Nigerian civil war, the

Federal Republic of Nigeria was broken

into _States

17. Politics is defined as a social science

because it________________

18. Election by show of hand in such a

manner that others know how one has

voted is an example of

_voting

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

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

20. The most powerful organ of the United

Nations is

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

Headquarters of the African Union is in

22. One of the major achievements of the

civil rule in the first Republic

was______________

23. One of the followings is not a feature of

written

constitution_______________________

24. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

25. The most legitimate source of political

authority is

through__________________

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

action taken beyond

capacity

27. 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

28. The US Constitution was fundamentally

different from that of Nigeria

because__________________

29. Which of the following is correct with

regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and

the Nigerian Labour

Congress__________________

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

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

31. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

32. In addition to English language, the

business of the Kaduna State House of

Assembly may be conducted in one of

the following Nigerian

languages__________________

33. The most senior military officer in the

Interim National Government that took

over the reins of power from Gen.

Ibrahim Babangida in 1993

was___________________

34. Absolute monarchy is a system of

government where

the__________________

35. During the period of

_, citizens'

rights to freedom of movement could be

violated by the state

36. The most powerful nation among the

World's Superpowers in the 21st century

is

37. Nigeria was divided into three regions by

the Richard’s Constitution

of___________________

1914 1954 1946 1951 C

MCQ The first colonial Governor to

38. Safe from her economic resources,

Nigeria is regarded as giant of Africa

because of her

_size

39. Nigerian Patriots who fought for the

revalidation of 'June 12' election came

under the umbrella organization called

40. By the provision of the 1999 Nigerian

Constitution, both the Federal and the

component States have power to

legislate on the items

under_________________ List

41. During the Nigerian civil war, Lt. Col.

Yakubu Gowon led the federal troops

while Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu led the

_troops

42. The Chairman of the ‘49 wisemen’ who

drafted the 1979 constitution

was_____________________

Constitutionalism as a concept could
mean___________

44. While experiments in pure Sciences are

conducted in the laboratory, political

scientists use the

_to carry out

their experiment

45. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with

independence in 1960, the current

dispensation is the

46. A Senator of the Federal Republic of

Nigeria is elected from a

47. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution

took place in Russia in

48. The Senate President in the Nigeria's

First Republic was

49. Membership of the Nigerian National

Council of State comprises the following

but one__________________

50. One of the reliable sources of law

is_____________________