POL111

1. The United Nations Organization was

established in the year

2. The concept of

responsibility is a feature of

parliamentary system of government

3. The only political system that tolerates

opposition is

_democracy

4. One of the significance of the 1963

Republican Constitution was

that_____________________

5. A country as a political unit could be

defined either as a State or a

because the

two concepts are used interchangeably

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

constitution, the quorum of a House of

Assembly shall be_______________of

all the members

7. The symbol of authority that is used by

the presiding officer in the legislature to

terminate debate is called

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

of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999,

deals with_____________________

9. Political science cannot be studied in

isolation of other academic disciplines

because____________

10. There is no freedom without limitation

because_____________

11. The Chairman of the ‘49 wisemen’ who

drafted the 1979 constitution

was_____________________

12. One of the arguments for government

participation in public enterprises

is______________________

13. The theory stating that "God creates

authority and that He appoints some

people to rule on His behalf" is known

as_____________________

14. The Senate President in the Nigeria's

First Republic was

15. A Senator of the Federal Republic of

Nigeria is elected from a

16. The 1954 Oliver Littleton constitution was

significant because it______________

17. The official record of debates in the

Parliament is

called__________________

18. One of the methods of studying political

science is__________________

19. Under the law of social contract theory,

Rousseau argues that government is

legitimate only if it operates only

according to the principles of

20. Political Science and Economics have a

common denominator in that the two

disciplines study

_in his

environment

21. The State must protect citizens’ rights

and liberties to ensure_____________

22. _is a

constitutional procedure by which

electorates may cause withdrawal of their

representative from Legislature

23. tie of vote on a particular motion in the

legislature is resolved

by_________________

24. 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

25. Bi-Cameralism

means_______________________

26. In international relations, factors

correlated with national powers could

be_______________

27. A government by the elderly is

called___________________

28. 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______________

29. The mandatory period of four years,

which the constitution allows holders of

the office of the President or Governor is

known as

30. The United Nations' principle of

_states that

Nigeria and United states of America are

contemporaries

31. The process that removes an elected

President or Governor from office before

the end of his or her tenure is called

32. During the period of

_, citizens'

rights to freedom of movement could be

violated by the state

33. Democratic rule in Nigeria began with

independence in 1960, the current

dispensation is the

34. In a developing democracy, Fundamental

Human Rights are better guaranteed

under a

_Constitution

35. The theory that explains the legitimacy of

kingship in the political system is

36. Oligarchy as a form of government is

defined as a_______________________

37. The arrangement under which individuals

in a State surrender their rights to rule

themselves to the government is known

as_______________________

38. Nigerian Patriots who fought for the

revalidation of 'June 12' election came

under the umbrella organization called

39. Coup d’etat is different from Terrorism

because while the former is a forceful

change of government, the latter could

be described as_________________

40. Election by show of hand in such a

manner that others know how one has

voted is an example of

_voting

41. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

42. The Nigerian Labour Congress is distinct

from the Nigerian Labour Party because

the former is a

_group

43. Absolute monarchy is a system of

government where

the__________________

44. Statistical and Mathematical models are

used as tools of analysis in Natural

Sciences but never in the Social

Sciences. True or False

45. The Nigerian Constitution, 1979, took

one of the following

steps__________________

46. Press censorship is a nature of

rule unlike a

democratic government

47. A political philosopher who describes the

state of nature as “poor, solitary, nasty,

brutish and short” in his book “The

Leviathan”___

48. NADECO, a pro-democracy group was

formed in 1993 to fight the military regime

of

49. The British unwritten constitution is

based on

_which is the customary ways in which

things are done by the British

50. Law, in relation to political science, could

simply mean__________________