POL111

1. An element of state that states the size of

the inhabitants of the area is

2. The electoral constituency within which a

Councilor is elected is called

3. Political Science and Economics have a

common denominator in that the two

disciplines study

_in his

environment

4. The British unwritten constitution is

based on

_which is the customary ways in which

things are done by the British

5. Absolute monarchy is a system of

government where

the__________________

6. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________

7. The symbol of authority that is used by

the presiding officer in the legislature to

terminate debate is called

8. Politics is defined as a social science

because it________________

9. By the Nigerian constitution of 1999, one

must belong to a

_to stand for

any election

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

Federal Republic of Nigeria was broken

into _States

11. The best way to differential Substantive

from Subordinate laws is

through____________________

12. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution

took place in Russia in

13. Subordinate laws made by the Local

Government Councils are

called______________________

14. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

15. Nigeria was divided into three regions by

the Richard’s Constitution

of___________________

1914 1954 1946 1951 C

MCQ The first colonial Governor to

16. The (Super Powers) permanent member

of the Security Council of the United

Nations have

_power

17. In a developing democracy, Fundamental

Human Rights are better guaranteed

under a

_Constitution

18. _is a

constitutional procedure by which

electorates may cause withdrawal of their

representative from Legislature

19. One of the elements of State that is

1. defined as land, water and airspace is

20. Political gerrymandering

means__________________

21. The Senate President in the Nigeria's

First Republic was

22. One of the methods of studying political

science is__________________

23. The Nigeria's prime Minister in the First

Republic was

24. One of the arguments for government

participation in public enterprises

is______________________

25. Decisions can be democratically taken at

the parliament either by division; show of

hands or by

_votes

26. The political system that tends to

eliminate the free market economy

27. A government by the elderly is

called___________________

28. The territorial boundary of a country

includes land, airspace and

29. The Residual powers in the Nigerian

1999 Constitution belong to the Local

Government, otherwise known

as________________Level

30. 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

31. The 1922 Constitution was regarded as a

watershed in the political development of

Nigeria because it________________

32. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

33. The immediate cause of 'operation we tie'

in the Western Region was the massive

rigging of the election of

34. One of the following may be a factor for

military coup________________

35. The first colonial Governor to introduce a

Constitution that gave franchise to

Nigerians was______________

36. The Organization of African Unity (OAU)

now (AU) was founded in

37. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

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

Constitution, which of the followings is

the odd one out__________________

39. When the whole House of Parliament

dissolves into a committee, the

which is the

House's symbol of authority is also

removed from the table

40. A credible and generally acceptable

election is a criterion for examine political

41. By the provision of the 1999 Nigerian

Constitution, both the Federal and the

component States have power to

legislate on the items

under_________________ List

42. The most striking characteristic of a State

that differentiates it from other forms of

association of people

is_____

43. 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______________

44. One of the significance of the 1963

Republican Constitution was

that_____________________

45. Aristocracy is a__________________

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

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

47. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

48. To protect the citizens’ rights and prevent

secession from the union, a federal

constitution must

be_____________________

49. The United Nations' principle of

_states that

Nigeria and United states of America are

contemporaries

50. The Chairman of the ‘49 wisemen’ who

drafted the 1979 constitution

was_____________________