POL111

1. The Divine Right Theory serves to give

legitimacy to the rule by a

2. The territorial boundary of a country

includes land, airspace and

3. In the grammar of politics, franchise

means______________

4. The arrangement under which individuals

in a State surrender their rights to rule

themselves to the government is known

as_______________________

5. A constitutional provision that makes

some public officials literally above the

law is called

_clause

6. The concept of power was defined as

“who gets what, how and when” is a

contribution by___________

7. NADECO, a pro-democracy group was

formed in 1993 to fight the military regime

of

8. A government by the elderly is

called___________________

9. A good example of a confederacy could

be_______________

10. By the Nigerian constitution of 1999, one

must belong to a

_to stand for

any election

11. The Nigerian Constitution, 1979, took

one of the following

steps__________________

12. The difference between Social and

Natural Sciences is that the theories and

hypothesis in the

_lack

universal validity

13. Political gerrymandering

means__________________

14. Voting in an election by a citizen is

performing a

_duty

15. The Nigeria's prime Minister in the First

Republic was

16. Subordinate laws made by the Local

Government Councils are

called______________________

17. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

18. Absolute monarchy is a system of

government where

the__________________

19. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

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

Headquarters of the African Union is in

21. The theory that explains the legitimacy of

kingship in the political system is

22. The first African country to experience

military coup

is__________________________

23. The first colonial Governor to introduce a

Constitution that gave franchise to

Nigerians was______________

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

action taken beyond

capacity

25. While experiments in pure Sciences are

conducted in the laboratory, political

scientists use the

_to carry out

their experiment

26. One of the reliable sources of law

is_____________________

27. Membership of the Nigerian National

Council of State comprises the following

but one__________________

28. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

29. The only political system that tolerates

opposition is

_democracy

30. One of the significance of the 1963

Republican Constitution was

that_____________________

31. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

32. There is no freedom without limitation

because_____________

33. The US Constitution was fundamentally

different from that of Nigeria

because__________________

34. Nigerian Patriots who fought for the

revalidation of 'June 12' election came

under the umbrella organization called

35. A country as a political unit could be

defined either as a State or a

because the

two concepts are used interchangeably

36. 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

37. The most powerful nation among the

World's Superpowers in the 21st century

is

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

of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,

deals with_____________________

39. The mandatory period of four years,

which the constitution allows holders of

the office of the President or Governor is

known as

40. Which of the following is correct with

regard to the Nigerian Labour Party and

the Nigerian Labour

Congress__________________

41. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

42. One of the arguments for government

participation in public enterprises

is______________________

43. The use of one’s official position to

further one’s personal interest could be

regarded

as_____________________________

44. The most striking characteristic of a State

that differentiates it from other forms of

association of people

is_____

45. Political science cannot be studied in

isolation of other academic disciplines

because____________

46. Once elected

_is above

his political party

Constitutionalism as a concept could
mean___________

48. Under the law of social contract theory,

Rousseau argues that government is

legitimate only if it operates only

according to the principles of

49. Lagos is not a state in the sense of

Nigerian State because it lacks

50. Decisions can be democratically taken at

the parliament either by division; show of

hands or by

_votes