POL124

1. 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.

2. The lower legislative

chamber is generally more

popular in character and

broad based in

representation because ----

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

4. The doctrine of separation

of powers means ------

5. The division of a country into electoral units is known as _.

6. The direct election of a

president through popular

votes or indirectly via the

collegiate system is known

as

7. The Legislature can upturn

the power of assent of Mr.

President by the use of -----

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

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

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

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

12. In a parliamentary system,

an elected member of the

legislature becomes a

prime minister, on the

strength of his ability to

command the loyalty of his

former colleagues based on

the

13. The civil service in Nigeria is organized into the Federal _service, and the state service.

14. The institution of a nonparliamentary executive is

characteristic of the

_system of government

15. The mechanism adopted to

defend a country's

corporate existence from

either external invasion or

internal insurrection

includes all of the following

except ------

16. The electoral system was first introduced in the year in Nigeria.

17. 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.

18. who defined bureaucracy in terms of its structural characteristics? _.

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

20. The payment of better

salaries to judges

checkmates -----

21. In Nigeria, the National

Assembly is the legislature

at the

_level

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

23. The Babangida’s regime,

experimented with all sorts

of political contrivances

under the guise of -----

24. The Northern People’s Congress (NPC), like the AG was also formed in the year _from the Hausa cultural group, Jammiyyar Mutaine Arewa

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

26. 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 _.

27. 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 _.

28. A democratic government

accommodates citizen’s

dissent because it is their

right to ------ against

unpopular government’s

programmes.

29. The rule – mixed

government is also called --

---

30. The late President

Yar’Adua in recognition of

the flawed nature of

elections set up the -----

reform panel.

31. The State is permanent

while the government is ----

-

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

33. The ------ committee

submitted that the

appointment of Chairman of

the Independent National

Electoral Commission

(INEC) should not be made

by the President.

34. 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.

35. Democratic governance is

based on the ------

In the parliamentary system
there is
_among the three organs of
government

37. When the president

withholds his/her assent to

a bill, it amounts to an

exercise of ------

38. Legislatures are either

_or

39. Maintenance of law and

order is one of the ----

duties of a government in a

society.

40. The is a body of politicians representing particular territories and interests.

41. The separation of the

judiciary from other arms of

government in the

discharge of its

responsibilities

presupposes ------

42. The impeachment of the

former governor

_of Oyo State was declared

illegal and unconstitutional

by the Supreme Court

under the Obasanjo

administration.

43. The is a professional body of permanent, paid and skilled officials.

44. Nigeria became a republic

in

_.

45. The President is the ----- of

the Nigerian state.

46. The universal adult suffrage was introduced in the eastern region in the year _.

47. The ministerial organization of civil servants is headed by a Secretary.

48. A

is the machinery through

which the purpose of a

state is achieved

49. Aristotle refers to the -----

as the best form of

government attainable by a

state.

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