- The second ballot is based on the principle that a successful candidate must obtain
- absolute majority
- simple majority
- forty percent of the votes
- fifty percent of the votes
- The tenure of the president of the UN Security Council is
- one month
- six months
- two years
- one year
- Political authority is vested in the_________
- state
- judiciary
- government
- armed forces
- Unicameral legislatures are popular in
- unitary system
- federal system
- confederal
- rigid system
- In the cabinet system of government, individual responsibility of ministers means that ____________
- only ministers can be held responsible for errors
- a minister must hold his subordinates responsible for his failures
- the prime ministers can remove an erring minister
- no individual can be held responsible for government decisions
- An important aspect of an unwritten constitution is that it
- is easy to understand to everybody
- safeguards the monarchy
- contains customary laws and conventions
- is not easily amended7
- In 1993, Nigerian troops were on peace-keeping assignment to
- Liberia and Burundi
- Rwanda and liberia
- Chad and Liberia
- Liberia and somalia
- Power refers to the__________
- ability to impose one’s will upon others
- duties an individual imposes on himself
- legal nature of a constitution
- duties political parties demand of their registered members
- The creation of more states in Nigeria has_______
- eliminated ethnic and religious conflicts
- reduced the gap between the rich and poor states
- increased the powers of the federal government
- increased the powers of the states and local government
- An Agency of the united Nations which specializes in the welfare of children is the _______
- WHO
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- UNDP
- A society that is politically organized under a government is called
- sovereign state
- community
- national state
- polity
- In the Oyo empire, the Alaafin was
- an absolute monarch
- popularly elected
- a constitutional monarch
- worshipped as a deity
- Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with France in 1961 because of_________
- her poor relations with the Francophone countries
- France atomic test in the sahara desert
- France diplomatic relations with Israel
- General de-Gaulle’s negative attitude towards her
- In 1991, the African Economic Community Treaty was signed in
- Addis Ababa
- Abuja
- Lome
- Tripoli
- Based on its objectives, the Organization of African Unity can primarily be classified as
- a social organization
- a political organization
- a cultural organization
- an economic organization
- The Premier of Western region immediately after Independence was ______
- Chief Obafemi Awolowo
- Chief Ladoke Akintola
- Chief Dr. M.A. Majekodunmi
- Alhaji D.S. Adegbenro
- A typical form of delegated legislation is
- acts of parliaments
- decree
- bye-law
- gazette
- A major feature of the system of government in the Sokoto Caliphate was that
- it was based on customs and traditions
- it was theocratic
- it was democratic
- power was effectively decentralized
- The goal of the theory of separation of power is to
- make the executive dependent on the legislative
- give more powers to the legislative
- protect individual liberty
- creates efficiency in the judiciary
- The first executive president of Nigeria was_________
- Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- General Yakubu Gowon
- Alhaji Shehu Shagari
- The major difference between a state and a nation is that the latter presupposes a _______
- heterogeneous
- Homogeneous population
- well-defined territory
- more organized system
- The primary function of the judiciary is to ______
- interpret laws
- make laws
- regulate behaviour
- execute laws
- A constitution of any country is basically___________
- a mere piece of paper
- a guide to how the country should be governed
- a document stating what the leaders should do
- a document stating how to acquire power
- The highest decision-making body in Nigeria under the Buhari’s military regime was the ________
- Armed forces ruling council
- Supreme military council
- National council of states
- Federal executive council
- A system of government in which the central government is supreme over other levels is
- totalitarian
- confederal
- federal
- unitary
- The main source of local government finance since the 1976 reform has been___________
- local rates
- levies
- revenue from court fines and licences
- the federal government
- Nigeria is a member of____________
- OPEC, NATO and ECOWAS
- OAU, the UNO and ECOWAS
- ECOWAS, NATO and OAU
- The Commonwealth of Nations, OPEC and the OAS
- In the old OYO empire, the Ajele
- mobilized the army
- ensured good governance of the district
- was the head of the army
- ensured the safety of the trade routes
- A bye-law is made by
- parliament
- congress
- an electoral college
- the local government
- A human community that is usually cohesive and homogeneous is a
- clan
- state
- nation
- kingship
- A true democracy in the modern sense exists where the
- elite rules
- elected representatives rule
- majority of the people vote
- majority of the people rule32
- A state that is ruled by an elected citizen is
- an empire
- a monarchy
- a republic
- a plutocracy
- Political socialization is associated with
- free choice of party programmes
- military takeover of civilian government
- the transmission of political values
- political transition
- OPEC has strong influence with the__________
- IMF
- EU
- ADB
- AU35
- The development of a classless society is the goal of __________
- liberalism
- maxism
- conservatism
- feudalism
- Rhodesia was the former name of
- Zambia
- Namibia
- Zimbabwe
- Swaziland
- The Yoruba traditional system of government was
- monarchical
- egalitarian
- republican
- democratic38
- Citizenship of a state by descent requires that______
- one is born and bred in the state
- one’s mother was born in the state
- one’s grand parents were citizens of that state
- one is domiciled in that state
- The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the___________
- trustee and the presidium
- judiciary and the civil service
- legislature, the executive and the judiciary
- civil service and the senate
- One major achievement of the Clifford constitution was_________
- creating a Northern majority in the legislative council
- introducing indirect rule
- amalgamating the Northern and Southern provinces
- establishing the legislative council
