POL124

1. The mechanism adopted to

defend a country's

corporate existence from

either external invasion or

internal insurrection

includes all of the following

except ------

2. In which weekly meeting

are major policy decisions

concerning the country

deliberated? -----

3. In a federal system, a

bicameral legislature

ensures that a balance is

maintained between the

_and the

units.

4. In a ------ legislature there

must be concurrence of the

two chambers or houses

before bills are passed into

laws.

5. The rule – mixed

government is also called --

---

6. The doctrine of separation

of powers could be traced

to

7. The institution of a nonparliamentary executive is

characteristic of the

_system of government

8. The lower legislative

chamber is generally more

popular in character and

broad based in

representation because ----

9. The checks on the

actions/inactions on both

Executive and Legislative

arms of government by the

judiciary is known as the

power of

10. 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? _.

11. There are ------ Local

Government Councils in

Nigeria.

12. The doctrine of separation

of powers means ------

13. The legislative arm of

government is composed of

honorable men/women

usually elected from -----

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

15. The following are the

characteristics of a state

except ------

16. The impeachment of the

former governor

_of Oyo State was declared

illegal and unconstitutional

by the Supreme Court

under the Obasanjo

administration.

17. What is the objective of

separation of powers? ------

18. The ---- party in Edo state,

and ----- party in Ondo state

inaugurated into their

offices their candidates as

Governors after Courts

invalidated the elections of

their predecessors.

19. In Nigeria members of both

Upper and Lower

Legislative Houses are -----

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

21. The direct election of a

president through popular

votes or indirectly via the

collegiate system is known

as

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

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

24. The President is the ----- of

the Nigerian state.

25. Democratic governance is

based on the ------

26. The fundamental human

rights of the citizens are

defined and enforced by the

-----

27. Who is the foremost authority on federalism? _.

The first major and bold
step taken by late President
Yar’Adua on assumption of
office was the ------

29. The Economic and

Financial Crimes

Commission (EFCC) was

established by the ------

administration

30. A primary purpose of

government is ------

31. A democratic government

accommodates citizen’s

dissent because it is their

right to ------ against

unpopular government’s

programmes.

32. In 1914, the _and_protectorates were amalgamated.

33. 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 _.

34. The _constitution introduced the elective principle.

35. The state as an entity has

the right to exercise power

over the ----- and the

people.

36. In Nigeria, when a judge

retires on the attainment of

65 years of age, their

appointment is

subsequently made on a ---

-- basis after meeting

certain requirements.

37. The administrative

bureaucracy that controls a

nation-state at any given

time is known as -----

38. The following are extra

ministerial departments and

agencies set up to handle

specialized functions

except -----

39. Public administration is very closely related to the study of political science. True or False

40. What principle governs a unitary constitution?

41. The head of the Executive

arm of government in a

democracy is elected by ----

- votes.

42. Nigeria adopted the federal system in the year

43. Aristotle identified ------

forms of government.

44. The quasi￾parliamentary/presidential

model of executive system

of government is linked to --

---

45. The ----- take charge of the

specific functions of

education, health,

agriculture and works in the

local government.

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

47. The extent and nature of

duties undertaken by

government in the modern

societies are functions of

one of the following ------

48. Aristotle refers to the -----

as the best form of

government attainable by a

state.

49. Public Administration is organized in two basis namely and _basis.

50. The charging of judicial

salaries based on first line

presupposes the existence

of an existence of a -----

which only the council can

manipulate for a purpose.