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1. He posited that a State is

founded when ‘a leader,

with his band of warriors,

gets permanent control of a

definite territory of a

considerable size’: ------

2. The ---- is capable of

regulating and affecting the

actions of man, including

that of the state.

3. The process of acquiring

citizenship when a person

is born before and after the

date of independence, if

either parents belongs to a

community indigenous to

Nigeria is by

4. The ------ concept assumes

that nothing is desired for

its own sake, except

pleasure.

5. _liberty motivates purposes

which are rationally self￾determined, as opposed to

irrational passions.

6. The phrase “sense of

autonomy” or “self

determination” means

7. The tradition of atomistic

individualism in Western

societies presupposes that

the state should be -----

8. Which political system

guarantees fundamental

human rights?

_.

9. For Locke, unlike Hobbes,

power resides with ----- and

not with the Government.

10. The competition for and

appropriation of offices of

the state for the benefit of

individual occupants and

their support groups is

known as

11. The type of political protest

in which the dissenter uses

his/her own body as a lever

to pry loose the policy of

government is a civil

disobedient act referred to

as

_action.

12. _and are the two defining

features of public goods.

13. The provision of public

goods by a state is justified

by the ------

14. The classical 1969 essay

tilted “Two concepts of

liberty” owes its credit to ----

--

15. The condition of 'warre' in

the state of nature means

and

16. The proponents of natural

justice advocate for political

rights being sacred and

sacrosanct in order to -----

of the state.

17. The ------ is an essential

organ through which the

state achieves its moral

duty and obligation to

administer and render

service to the citizens of the

state.

18. The duties of fidelity, of

reparation, of gratitude, of

justice, and of self￾improvement are examples

of -----

19. Utilitarianism is premised

on

20. The right to participate in

political decision making

relates to -----

21. What can be regarded as

the most privileged form of

nationality?

22. An absolute State,

according to Hobbes, is

based on ----

23. The Two Treaties of

Government can be

credited to -----

24. The state is an association

of human beings with the

appearance of ------ for

political ends

25. The main task of

safeguarding the personal

and civil rights of its citizens

is that of the

26. The ----- is larger than the

political system.

27. For Hegel, while conflicts

and their resolutions may

be inevitable features of

any society, the state exists

to ----

28. Regionalization in Nigeria

was instituted in the bid to

operationalize the

_principle.

29. A citizens quality of being

true or faithful in the

support of his/her country is

referred to as

_.

30. The power which the

government of a state

posseses to enforce the law

entrenched in the

constitution is known as

31. The text 'A Theory of

Justice' is credited to

_.

32. When a citizen supports

and complies with just

institutions, such action is in

accord with the principle of

_.

33. The freedom from

interference of others

presupposes

and

34. According to Hegel, the

state is a rational order

which exists, essentially, to

achieve ----

35. Prior the emergences of the

nation state, members of

society were governed by

masters who own land

under the

_system of government.

36. The ----- is greater than an

individual or any of it

constituent units.

37. What limits the power of

government in any given

State?

_.

38. The

_nature of the African

society is the basis of

denying any inalienable

rights to individual citizens.

39. The rights to minimum of

vital necessities such as

food, shelter and aid refer

to ------

40. The most significant

component of British

constitutional bill of rights is

the great charter of

41. Moral reasoning is the

premise of ------

42. The principle of

_underlines a citizen’s

obligation to an institution

or state.

43. What organ is regarded as

competent by everyone to

formulate and create

binding legal norms in any

domestic society ------

44. When sovereignty is

supreme, final and

absolute, it is said to be -----

45. Nigeria was amalgamated

in 1914 by sir

46. The concept of law is

regarded as a ----- of the

sovereign state directed to

the subjects as a regulator

of conduct.

47. Negative rights or negative

liberty means ------

48. The patriarchal theory

posits that the foundation of

the modern State was

characterized by three

features namely

_,

and

.

49. The state has to transcend

being a “set of broad

organizing principles which

constitutes the enduring

and continuous pattern of

rule and governance” into a

------

50. The transcendence of

subjects to the new status

of a citizen comes with -----