Which of the following statement is correct about proportional representation? It
- A. makes the assembly representative of all citizens
- B. is simple to operate
- C. preserves the two-party system
- D. gives the parties seats in relation to their popular support
- E. legalizes dictatorship
The deliberate tampering with the boundary of constituencies in order to win more seats is called
- A. devolution
- B. gerontocracy
- C. delimitation
- D. gerrymandering
- E. decentralization
A country in which all qualified citizens vote is said to operate
- A. universal suffrage
- B. a universal adult suffrage
- C. a universal male suffrage
- D. an unlimited suffrage
- E. a limited male suffrage
Public opinion is crystallized through all the following except
- A. opinion polls
- B. strikes
- C. referenda
- D. military coups
- E. plebiscites
Public opinion enables a government to
- A. control the public
- B. find out what the public thinks about its activities
- C. influence the public
- D. suppress its opponents
- E. cut down on the cost of governing
The principle aim of pressure groups is to
- A. subvert the government
- B. support the government
- C. influence the citizens
- D. influence the government
- E. undertake the political education of citizens
The party system operated by a country is determined by the
- A. leaders of political parties
- B. elite of the country
- C. nature of competition and interaction within and between political parties
- D. Electorial Commission
- E. head of government in power
A manifesto refers to the
- A. national development plan of a country
- B. budget speech of a regime by the President
- C. fundamental human rights provisions in a constitution
- D. programme of a political party
- E. national objectives of a state
One can become a citizen of a country through all the following except
- A. The granting of political asylum
- B. birth
- C. marriage
- D. naturalization
- E. the conferment of honourary citizenship
When a constitution contains complicated and long procedures for its amendments, it is said to be
- A. witten
- B. flexible
- C. unitary
- D. rigid
- E. hard
When a constitution contains complicated and long procedures for its amendments, it is said to be
- A. witten
- B. flexible
- C. unitary
- D. rigid
- E. hard
A constitution that review body elected by members of the electorate is known as
- A. Constitutional Panel
- B. Constitution Drfting Committee
- C. Contituent Assembly
- D. House of Assembly
- E. Electoral Colleges
The theory of separation of powers was for the first time clearly formulated by
- A. Baron de Montesquie
- B. Albert Dicey
- C. Lord Bryce
- D. Jean Bodin
- E. Jean Austin
The head of the executive branch of parliamentary system is called
- A. Senate President
- B. Majority Leader
- C. President
- D. Govornor- General
- E. Prime- Minister
It is not the duty or obligation of a citizen to
- A. pay his tax
- B. defend his country in times of war
- C. arrest and prosecute offenders
- D. vote at elections
- E. stand up when the Nigeria Anthem is being sung
The Executive is a body that
- A. formulates and implemnets the policies of governmnet
- B. executes armed robbers
- C. is the most important arm of governmnet
- D. executes contracts
- E. interprets the laws
An advantage of delegated legislation is that it
- A. may amount to the usurpation of the powers of parliament
- B. may be too loosely defined
- C. enables contingencies to be taken care of
- D. may be passed without adequate consltation
- E. may be inadequately published
In which of the following systems of government is decentralization a common feature?
- A. unitary government
- B. conffederal governmnet
- C. socialist governmnet
- D. fascist governmnet
- E. federal governmnet
The rule of law is observed
- A. wherever laws are considered to supreme
- B. where laws are clearly aid down
- C. in a communtiy of law-abiding citizens
- D. in Western democracies
- E. in countries governed by civilians
A unitary system of government can ensure cohesion because it
- A. provides for understanding and harmonious living
- B. sets up unity schools
- C. concentrates political power in single level of governmnet
- D. equips the police force
- E. provides for better government
The type of governmnet in which citizen’s rights and duties were based on system of the land tenure was known as
- A. feudalism
- B. oligarchy
- C. democracy
- D. republicanism
- E. autocracy