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1. In pursuit of some special interests, pressure groups bring pressure to bear upon the administration through officers

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

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

4. A

_refers to a group of people

who believe they have the

followings in common:

culture, language, history,

tradition, and religion in a

fixed territory.

5. The State is permanent

while the government is ----

-

6. Aristotle refers to the -----

as the best form of

government attainable by a

state.

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

8. The checks on the

actions/inactions on both

Executive and Legislative

arms of government by the

judiciary is known as the

power of

9. According to Okwudiaba Nnoli, was at the root of the development of political parties in Nigeria before independence.

10. The horizontal structuring of civil services into classes was abolished by the 19 Civil Service Reforms

11. The idea that one organ of

government should not

control or interfere with the

exercise of the functions of

another organ is the

premise of ------

12. The President is the ----- of

the Nigerian state.

13. A democratic government

accommodates citizen’s

dissent because it is their

right to ------ against

unpopular government’s

programmes.

14. Which of these is an

element of the State ---

15. The direct election of a

president through popular

votes or indirectly via the

collegiate system is known

as

16. Nigeria adopted the federal system in the year

17. _is the power or right of a person commanding other people to do things

18. The system is a process or the machinery through which citizens in any given democratic state elect their representatives in competitive elections held at periodic intervals.

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

20. This is the first country to

practice the presidential

system in the world: ------

21. The separation of the

judiciary from other arms of

government in the

discharge of its

responsibilities

presupposes ------

22. In the state of nature the life

of man is solitary, nasty,

poor, ----- and -----

23. The Odua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Arewa Peoples ‘Congress (APC) and Egbesu and Bakassi Boys groups in Nigeria are examples of ethnic

24. The late President

Yar’Adua in recognition of

the flawed nature of

elections set up the -----

reform panel.

25. The Prime Minister is first

_in a parliamentary system

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

27. The Babangida’s regime,

experimented with all sorts

of political contrivances

under the guise of -----

28. A primary purpose of

government is ------

29. In the parliamentary system

of government, duties like

presiding over important

national functions or

ceremonies, signing bills

into law and addressing the

parliament are

duties performed by the

_.

30. The ----- specifically

provided for the principle of

division of power and

checks and balances

31. Which type of legislature is

good for smaller countries

with relatively homogenous

ethnic nationality?

_.

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

33. In Nigeria members of both

Upper and Lower

Legislative Houses are -----

34. The former Eastern region of Nigeria under the late Col. Emeka Odumegu Ojukwu favoured a _at the Aburi meeting in Ghana.

35. In a federal system, a

bicameral legislature

ensures that a balance is

maintained between the

_and the

units.

36. The head of the Executive

arm of government in a

democracy is elected by ----

- votes.

The Senate as well as the
Congress can remove the
president through the
process of ------

38. The performance of managerial functions in an organization, can be said to constitute _.

39. The

is a system of dual

executive in which there is

separation between the

head of state and the head

of government

40. Aristotle identified ------

forms of government.

41. What is the objective of

separation of powers? ------

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

43. Which model of

government imbibes some

features of both

parliamentary and

presidential forms of

governments? -----

44. In public administration, is basically concerned with the scientific study of human behaviour in diverse social settings

45. In 1914, the _and_protectorates were amalgamated.

46. The fundamental human

rights of the citizens are

defined and enforced by the

-----

47. The legislative arm of

government is composed of

honorable men/women

usually elected from -----

48. 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 _.

49. The law-interpreting organs

of government in Nigeria is

composed of the following

bodies except -----

Nigeria adopted the
American type presidential
system of government in
_.