POL111

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

is a political animal’ is credited

to______________

2. The concept of power was defined as

“who gets what, how and when” is a

contribution by___________

3. One of the major achievements of the

civil rule in the first Republic

was______________

4. The preamble ‘we the people of

Nigeria…’ in the Nigerian Constitution,

1999 is deceptive

because________________

5. The territorial boundary of a country

includes land, airspace and

6. In a developing democracy, Fundamental

Human Rights are better guaranteed

under a

_Constitution

7. The concept of

responsibility is a feature of

parliamentary system of government

8. The symbol of authority that is used by

the presiding officer in the legislature to

terminate debate is called

9. A constitutional provision that makes

some public officials literally above the

law is called

_clause

10. The stage at which debate takes place

on the general principle of a Bill in the

Legislature is

_reading

11. The official record of debates in the

Parliament is

called__________________

12. _is a

constitutional procedure by which

electorates may cause withdrawal of their

representative from Legislature

13. The constitutional provision whereby Mr.

President may grant any person

convicted of any offence a pardon is

called

14. The Residual powers in the Nigerian

1999 Constitution belong to the Local

Government, otherwise known

as________________Level

15. The use of one’s official position to

further one’s personal interest could be

regarded

as_____________________________

16. Nigeria was divided into three regions by

the Richard’s Constitution

of___________________

1914 1954 1946 1951 C

MCQ The first colonial Governor to

17. There is no freedom without limitation

because_____________

18. The 1954 Oliver Littleton constitution was

significant because it______________

19. The followings but one is NOT the scope

of political science____________

20. The political philosopher that describes

life in the state of nature as "solitary,

poor, nasty, brutish and short." was

21. President Goodluck Jonathan first

became Nigeria’s Acting President

through what is called

invoked by

the National Assembly

22. Absolute monarchy is a system of

government where

the__________________

23. A country as a political unit could be

defined either as a State or a

because the

two concepts are used interchangeably

24. The federal character principle in the

Nigerian constitution is aimed at

ensuring_________________

25. Recently, Nigeria was elected as a non￾permanent member of the United

Nation's

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

action taken beyond

capacity

27. A political ideology that sees religion as

opium of the society is

28. The (Super Powers) permanent member

of the Security Council of the United

Nations have

_power

29. A system of government where the

leader engages in excessive use of

power or authority is called

30. 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

31. The first colonial Governor to introduce a

Constitution that gave franchise to

Nigerians was______________

32. Which of the following statements is NOT

correct about international

law_________________

33. Subordinate laws made by the Local

Government Councils are

called______________________

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

Headquarters of the African Union is in

35. One of the major problems of peaceful

political leadership succession in Africa

is_______________________

36. Safe from her economic resources,

Nigeria is regarded as giant of Africa

because of her

_size

37. One of the elements of State that is

1. defined as land, water and airspace is

38. The most legitimate source of political

authority is

through__________________

39. 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

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. Military rule is regarded as an aberration

because____________________

42. By the 1999 constitution, the demand for

additional local governments is

determined by_____________________

43. The Great October Bolshevik Revolution

took place in Russia in

44. In international relations, factors

correlated with national powers could

be_______________

45. The State must protect citizens’ rights

and liberties to ensure_____________

46. One of the sources of authority that

confers legitimacy by virtue of birth is

47. The International Court of Justice's

decision over

between

Nigeria and Cameroun is an example of

limitation to the sovereignty of the

Nigerian state

48. Bi-Cameralism

means_______________________

49. The Senate President in the Nigeria's

First Republic was

50. By tradition, the military suspends the

constitution to rule by