POL124

1. The policy of ‘Divide and Rule’ is treaceable to the _.

2. An administrative/constitutional arrangement in which two or more sovereign and independent states agree to come together to have a central but weak government is known as _.

The doctrine of separation
of powers is pronounced in
the ----- system of
government.

4. Internal communication

deals with the relationship

between the organization

and its ------

5. When the national or central government is supreme over other levels of government that might exist in a given state,it is said to be

6. The fundamental principle of a is the division of power between the federal and the constituent governments.

7. In a ------ legislature there

must be concurrence of the

two chambers or houses

before bills are passed into

laws.

8. Which writ is issued by the superior court and the High court to the inferior court to prohibit a body from proceeding any further with a case in question? _.

9. The late President

Yar’Adua in recognition of

the flawed nature of

elections set up the -----

reform panel.

10. The institution of a nonparliamentary executive is

characteristic of the

_system of government

11. The Action Group of Nigeria (A.G) formed by Chief Obafemi Awolowo originated from a Yoruba socio-cultural group, the

12. The quasi￾parliamentary/presidential

model of executive system

of government is linked to --

---

13. Montesquieu, held that

States are of three types

namely

,

and

14. The doctrine of separation

of powers means ------

15. In administration, top administrative officials are responsible to the representatives of the people.

16. The mechanism adopted to

defend a country's

corporate existence from

either external invasion or

internal insurrection

includes all of the following

except ------

17. Who presides over the

weekly meeting of the

Federal Executive Council?

_.

18. The ------ committee

submitted that the

appointment of Chairman of

the Independent National

Electoral Commission

(INEC) should not be made

by the President.

19. The following are extra

ministerial departments and

agencies set up to handle

specialized functions

except -----

20. The impeachment of the

former governor

_of Oyo State was declared

illegal and unconstitutional

by the Supreme Court

under the Obasanjo

administration.

21. The Prime Minister is first

_in a parliamentary system

22. The four regions in the country were abolished and replaced with by Maj. Gen J.T.U. Aguiyi Ironsi.

23. The origin of Political parties in the colonial era in Nigeria is traceable to the _constitution of 1922.

24. Prior to the attainment of independence in 1960, Nigeria had three major political parties: the National Council of Nigeria Citizens (NCNC),Northern People’s Congress (NPC) and the _.

25. The checks on the

actions/inactions on both

Executive and Legislative

arms of government by the

judiciary is known as the

power of

The presidential system of
government is anchored on
the twin mechanisms of
and

27. Who performs oversight

functions on the Executive?

------

28. The Federal office of statistics and the Planning Commission are working for the collection of information and _.

29. Democratic governance is

based on the ------

30. In 1914, the _and_protectorates were amalgamated.

31. In Britain, members of the

Upper House, the House of

Lords, are ----- while

members of the House of

Commons are__

The Economic and
Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) was
first under the chairmanship
of ------

33. The _constitution introduced the elective principle.

34. The proposition that a country’s constitution must be unitary , if it is uni-lingual or uni-national is credited to

35. Nigeria became a republic

in

_.

36. The 1945 general strike, which almost paralysed the economic activities of the colonial power in Nigeria made late Pa Imoudu Nigeria labour _.

37. The fundamental human

rights of the citizens are

defined and enforced by the

-----

38. A primary purpose of

government is ------

39. This is the first country to

practice the presidential

system in the world: ------

40. In Nigeria members of both

Upper and Lower

Legislative Houses are -----

41. The Economic and

Financial Crimes

Commission (EFCC) was

established by the ------

administration

42. The doctrine of separation

of powers could be traced

to

Nigeria operated the
parliamentary system of
government in the
_Republic

44. The authoritative direction and superintending of the work of others is regarded as _.

45. The executive arm of the

government is composed of

all of the following except --

---

46. The payment of better

salaries to judges

checkmates -----

47. Montesquieu, the French

political philosopher, held

that States are of -----

types.

48. The following except ------

are the forms of

government identified by

Aristotle.

49. The Presidential and

Parliamentary executive

systems are mainly

practised in the ---- and -----

respectively.

50. In totalitarian states, the law

is used to serve the interest

of the ----- to the detriment

of the weak.