A meeting of the legislature is usually brought to an end with
- A. a dissolution
- B. an adjournment
- C. suspension
- D. a prorogation
The civil service embraces all workers in
- A. all private corporations
- B. publica and private companies
- C. government ministries
- D. public corporations
Socialism is a mode of production based on
- A. state state ownership of the means of production
- B. collective ownership of the means of production
- C. national ownership of the means of productions
- D. mixed ownership of means of production
Public opinion becomes politically relevant when it
- A. criticises people in power
- B. influences the decision of government
- C. aggregates views and interests
- D. is in support of government
The citizenship of a country could be acquired through
- A. parliamentary legislation
- B. birth and naturalization
- C. registeration and arbitration
- D. presidential proclamation
Constitutional disputes in states with written constitutions are resolved by
- A. ombudsman
- B. judiciary
- C. electorate
- D. legislature
Associations whose main interest is to influence public policies without having to capture power are
- A. communal groups
- B. trade unions
- C. political parties
- D. pressure groups
Election as a political process is significant because it
- A. is associated with campaigns for public office
- B. facilitates the recall process
- C. facilitates constitutional change of government
- D. enables citizens to vote
Capitalism is a system of economic organization based on
- A. a mixed economy that takes all ineterests into consideration
- B. individual ownership of the means of production
- C. very fair distribution of the means of production
- D. trading among people who own and control their items of trade
The best form of government for a heterogeneous society is a
- A. quasi-federal system
- B. federal system
- C. confederal system
- D. unitary system
A common feature of government is
- A. the separation of powers
- B. the making of public policy
- C. the independence of the judiciary
- D. a written constitution
The independence of the Judiciary can be undermined through the
- A. politicization of the appointment of judges
- B. appointment of the minister of justice as the Attorney-General
- C. confirmation of the appointment of judges by the legislature
- D. payment of the salaries of judicial officers by the government
One of the duties of the legislature is to
- A. implement laws
- B. adjudicate disputes
- C. promulgate decrees
- D. exercise oversight
Removal by impeachment applies to the position of a
- A. president
- B. chief judge
- C. prime minister
- D. cabinet minister
The unrestrained power of the state over its citizens is underlined by
- A. sovereignty
- B. nationalism
- C. self-determination
- D. patriotism
A collegial executive is a government in which power is vested in a
- A. president
- B. monarch
- C. commitee
- D. parliament
Government by the wealthy is known as
- A. plutocracy
- B. oligarchy
- C. aristocracy
- D. democracy
In a parliamentary system,the functions of the head of state and the head of government are vested in
- A. the inner cabinet
- B. an indidvidual
- C. two different individuals
- D. the ministerial council
An attribute that Nigeria shares with most non-aligned countries is
- A. her large population
- B. the state of her economy
- C. her heterogenous population
- D. her large size
Nigeria’s membership of the ECOWAS is informed by her desire to
- A. develop a market in the sub-region
- B. form a sub-regional high command
- C. become a sub-regional power
- D. promote economic integration
Which of these international finance agencies is Nigeria a member of
- A. The London Club
- B. The Infrastructural Development Fund
- C. The Paris Club
- D. The Interational Monetary Fund