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POL 104 COMPENDIUM
POL 104 (Organization of Government), is apparently the easiest course in
Political Science. Unlike its brethrens (POL 101 & POL 106), its scopes and
ontology are largely restricted to the clear workings of most political frameworks
we see around. Hence, passing this course in flying colors cannot be
overemphasized.
However, we advise students to consult as many textbooks/materials as possible
to further inundate and widen their knowledge. The essence of this compilation
is not just to prepare our minds, but to help acerbate the many difficulties
students encounter in this course.
We stringently hope that this compendium serve a purpose to you.
Surajudeen Akorede (Aristotle)
1. . ____________ Is an exclusive organization which is bound within a define territory, a
recognized government or ruling apparatus and not bind under a superior or external
power (a) State (b) Government (c) Country (d) Nation
2. ________ is defined as machinery through which the will of the state is formulated. (a)
State (b) government (c) capital (d) avenue
3. _________ is the highest court of justice in Britain (a) Privy council (b) Khadi (c)
Supreme court (d) High court
4. A major feature which distinguish STATE from GOVERNMENT is ____ (a) population
(b) Permanence (c) territory (d) Sovereignty
5. The sovereignty in a state lies with the ____ (a) government (b) people (c) elites (d)
political party
6. The most important feature of a state is (a) government (b) territory (c) unity (d)
independence
7. _____ arm of government is responsible for the formulation of policies and the
implementation of law (a) Executive (b) Legislature (c) Judiciary (d) none
8. The Premieres, Vice presidents and ministers constitute the (a) Executive (b) Legislature
(c) Judiciary (d) none
9. _________ form of executive, combines the ceremonial and executive functions (a)
cabinet (b) presidential (c) cephalous (d) uni-cameral
10. _________ is a form of executive where two people exercise political hegemony in a
state. One performs the real executive function, the other serve in a titular capacity (a)
Parliamentary system (b) presidential (c) cephalous (d) uni-cameral
11. _________ all but one is a legislative function of the Executive arm (a) foreign affairs
(b) initiate and recommend bill (c) proclamation (d) amnesty
12. _________ organ of government control the army and other security outfits, on land,
air and water (a) executive (b) judiciary (c) legislature (d) pressure group
13. The Nigeria senate consist of _________ members (a) 107 (b) 150 (c) 360 (d) 109
14. In Nigeria, __________ is referred to as the red chamber (a) House of assembly (b)
House of Senate (c) Senate (d) House of representative
15. The Nigerian house of representative consist of ________ members (a) 107 (b) 150 (c)
360 (d) 109
16. In Nigeria ____________ is referred to as the green chamber (a) House of assembly (b)
House of senate (c) Senate (d) House of representative
17. The Nigerian senate is based on representative equality, _____ members from each
state (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) 4
18. Nigeria practices a _________ legislative system (a) Mono cameral (b) Unicameral (c)
Bi-cameral (d) ethno-cameral
19. Ghana practices a __________ legislative system (a) Mono cameral (b) Unicameral (c)
Bi-cameral (d) ethno-cameral
20. USA practices a bizarre presidential system because (a) the vice president is also the
Senate President (b) the president is elected by the majority (c) the ministers are
appointed by the senate (d) the parliament possess the right to impeach the president
21. USA is made-up of _____ states (a) 30 (b) 50 (c) 25 (d) 100
22. ________ legislative system is one in which a single legislative house make laws in a
country (a) Mono cameral (b) Unicameral (c) Bi-cameral (d) ethno-cameral
23. An outlining feature which differentiate a STATE from GOVERNMENT is that _____ (a)
both are run by many people (b) both a run by few people (c) state is permanent, while
a government is transient (d) a government is run by many, while few run a state
24. Between 1922/51, Nigeria practiced a ________ legislative system at the federal level
(a) Mono cameral (b) Unicameral (c) Bi-cameral (d) ethno-cameral
25. The followings are features of STATE except ______ (a) population (b) sovereignty (c)
permanence (d) plurality
26. Who is the 45th USA senate president (a) Donald Trump (b) Michael Pence (c) Bill
Clinton (d) George Bush
27. _________ is the upper house legislative chamber in Britain (a) House of common (b)
House of Lord (c) House of senate (d) House of Chancellor
28. _________ is the lower house legislative chamber in Britain (a) House of common (b)
House of Lord (c) House of senate (d) House of Chancellor
29. ________ functions as a watchdog for the other arms of government (a) senate (b)
legislature (c) house of representative (d) judiciary
30. _________ organ of government performs an oversight function (a) senate (b)
legislature (c) house of representative (d) judiciary
31. ________ arm of government is responsible for the interpretation and adjudication of
law (a) senate (b) legislature (c) house of representative (d) judiciary
32. _________ is the highest court of justice in Nigeria (a) privy council (b) Khaddar (c)
Supreme court (d) High court
33. The supreme court became the highest court in Nigeria, in the year (a) 1960 (b) 1996
(c) 1909 (d) 1963
34. For avoidance of confusion, _______ must be in a state (a) State (b) government (c)
territory (d) people
35. The privy council cease to be the highest court in Nigeria in the year (a) 1960 (b) 1996
(c) 1909 (d) 1963
36. For a purposive and meaningful existence of the judiciary, the following must be in
place (a) Remuneration (b) Security of tenure (c) Immunity (d) Non- partisanship (e) All
of the above
37. __________ popularized the principle of separation of power Baron de Montesquieu
38. “L’espirit des lois” was published in the year (a) 1748 (b) 1777 (c) 1776 (d) 1771
39. America gained independence from Britain in the year (a) 1748 (b) 1777 (c) 1776 (d)
1771
40. The maxim “Absolute power corrupt absolutely” is credited to (a) Jean Bodin (b) Adolf
Hitler (c) Montesquieu (d) Emily Durkheim
41. The Executive check the powers of the legislature arm through (a) assent to bill (b)
declaration of state of emergency (c) oversight function (d) amnesty
42. The judicial arm of government check on the powers of the executives through (a)
assent to bill (b) declaration of state of emergency (c) oversight function (d) Judicial
pronouncement
43. _____________ propounded the Rule of Law (a) Jean Bodin (b) A.V Dicey (c) Baron de
Montesquieu (d) Thomas Aquinas
44. The presidential system of government originates from (a) Nigeria (b) Britain (c) Rome
(d) USA
45. A major feature of the presidential system is ___ (a) Rule of Law (b) Democracy (c)
Separation of powers (d) federalism
46. __________ practice a uni-cephalous system of government (a) Nigeria (b) America (c)
Ghana (d) all
47. Where is the Privy council located in Britain (a) Senate (b) House of Lords (c) Common
house (d) House of Common
48. ______ exercises the power of purse (a) Executive (b) Legislature (c) Chancellor (d)
Bank
49. What is the unlikely attribute of a political party (a) Manifesto (b) Campaign (c)
Legislation (d) contesting for election
50. All but one is a feature of cabinet system (a) Separation of power (b) Collective
responsibility (c) Democracy (d) Fundamental Human rights
51. A cabinet government has a _______ executive system (a) uni-cephalous (b) bi-
cephalous (c) acephalous (d) cephalous
52. Fusion of powers and function is a major attribute of (a) Presidential system (b) Cabinet
system (c) Monarchical system (d) Military junta
53. In Britain, the Prime minister and his cabinet constitute the__ (a) House of lords (b)
House of Common (c) House of senate (d) House of representative
54. ________ is referred to has first among equal (a) president (b) prime minister (c)
cabinet (d) ministers
55. The members of house of lords exercise both (a) Executive and legislative (b) Judicial
and executive (c) legislative and judicial (d) advisory and judicial
56. ________ system of government concentrate powers at the center (a) unitary (b) federal
(c) military (d) con-federal
57. In ______ system of government, there is no power sharing between the centre and the
components (a) unitary (b) federal (c) military (d) con-federal
58. In ______ system of government, the authorities of the component units can easily be
withdrawn (a) unitary (b) federal (c) military (d) con-federal
59. ________ system is best practiced in an homogenous country (a) unitary (b) federal (c)
military (d) con-federal
60. _____ is an example of unitary state (a) Ghana (b) Spain (c) UK (d) A & B (e) None
61. _____is characterized by decentralization of political authority (a) unitary (b) federal
(c) military (d) con-federal
62. In a federal state, the federating units are (a) subordinate (b) independent (c) inclusive
(d) palpitated
63. In a federal state, the center and the federating units derive their powers from the (a)
legislature (b) constitution (c) whims and caprices of the rulers (d) election
64. ________ system is best practiced in an heterogeneous country (a) unitary (b) federal
(c) military (d) con-federal
65. _______ is an example of a federal state (a) Nigeria (b) USA (c) Canada (d) Australia (e)
all
66. So as to palpitate the fear of domination and marginalization in a federal state ______
must be practiced (a) Law (b) Federal character Principle (c) Balanced revenue
allocation (d) separation of power
67. In ______ system, the powers of the component units cannot be easily withdrawn (a)
unitary (b) federal (c) military (d) con-federal
68. ________ system utilizes the following: Exclusive, Concurrent and Residual List (a)
unitary (b) federal (c) military (d) con-federal
69. In a federal system, _______ tier of government monopolizes the Exclusive list (a)
federal (b) state (c) local government (d) none
70. Federalism became pronounced in Nigeria in the year _____ (a) 1960 (b) 1954 (c)
1861 (d) 1946
71. _______ constitution set the background for Nigerian federalism (a) Richard (b)
Lyttleton (c) Macpherson (d) Clifford
72. Federalism in Nigeria became a comatose as a result of (a) political instability (b)
military intervention (c) electoral crisis (d) census crisis
73. In the beginning, USA emerged as a _______ (a) unitary (b) federal (c) military (d) con-
federation
74. In ______, the components units lose their identity and merge into a large supra-
national political organization(a) unitary (b) federal (c) military (d) con-federalism
75. In ______, the components units have the rights to secede (a) unitary (b) federal (c)
military (d) con-federalism
76. The Unification decree ______ abolished federalism in 1966 (a) 29 (b) 34 (c) 22 (d) 13
77. Rule of law is protected through (a) diplomatic immunity (b) state of emergency (c)
legal aid scheme (d) classical sovereignty
78. Which is not a source of human right (a) Universal declaration of Human right (b)
African charter of human right (c) constitution (d) decree
79. A presidential system is characterized by (a) bi-cephalous executive system (b)
immunity (c) fusion of power (d) separation of power
80. The legal sovereignty in a state lies with (a) people (b) government (c) parliament (d)
judiciary
81. The popular sovereignty in a state lies with (a) people (b) government (c) parliament (d)
judiciary
82. A major feature of monarchical system is (a) fusion of power (b) heredity (c)
sovereignty (d) separation of power
83. All will be seen in a capitalist state except (a) comprador bourgeoisies (b) proletariats
(c) free market (d) equality
84. The need to agglutinate surplus value, is the major aim of a (a) capitalist state (b) federal
state (c) Marxist state (d) con-federal state
85. ________ is not common in the discourse of democracy (a) democratization (b) re-
democratization (c) majority rule (d) Absolutism
86. In Nigeria, ______ is the first court of instance on presidential electoral cases (a)
Supreme court (b) Appeal court (c) High court (d) State court
87. ________ is not a feature of state (a) permanence (b) territory (c) government (d)
orderliness
88. By franchise, we mean (a) right to vote (b) election (c) referendum (d) plebiscite
89. ______ is the upper legislative house in Nigeria (a) Senate (b) house of representative
(c) house of senate (d) house of assembly
90. The civil service is an _____ organ (a) Legislative (b) executive (c) judiciary (d) NGO
91. Who is the primus inter pare in Britain (a) Queen (b) Lord Chancellor (c) Ministers (d)
Prime minister
92. Who is the head of Privy Council in Britain (a) Queen (b) Lord Chancellor (c) Ministers
(d) Prime minister
93. The British flag is known as (a) Smitten (b) Union Jack (c) Oracle (d) Dennis
94. Who exercises veto power in USA (a) President (b) Senate President (c) Speaker (d)
Electorates
95. Fundamental human rights can be found under chapter _____ CFRN 1999 (as
amended) (a) V (b) VI (c) VII (d) IV
96. The American president is elected for a term of ___ years (a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
97. 5. One of these is a function of government (a) Political Function (b) Distribution of
wealth (c) Personal security (d) All of the above
98. According to _____________ “the people can remove or alter the legislature, when they
find it acts contrary to the trust reposed in it” (a) Hobbes (b) Locke (c) Plato (d) J.J
Rousseau
99. . _____________ is the faculty of willing and the power of doing what has been willed,
without influence from any other source or from without (a) Power (b) Obedience (c)
Liberty (d) Reverence
100. The following are sources of constitution except (a) organic law (b) case law (c)
conventions (d) Subpoena
