FBQ1: A human population occupying a defined territory and having government and sovereignty is referred to as ___________ Answer: State FBQ2: The main thrust of the __________theory of the state is that the leaders are ordained by God Answer: Divine FBQ3: _______ conceived the state as a “product and manifestation” of irreconcilable class antagonisms in society. Answer: Karl Marx FBQ4: The agreement between the citizens and their state for obedience to the law of the state and the protection of life and property of the citizens is called ______ Answer: Social contract theory FBQ5: The Nigerian state was established in the year ______  Answer: 1914 FBQ6: The gamut of social organisations which interact within the state’s boundaries as well as with the state is referred to as _______ Answer: Society FBQ7: The legal constraint on the citizens to obey the laws of the state is known as political ______ Answer: Obligation FBQ8: A deliberate resistance against government policies and actions is called ______ Answer: Civil disobedience FBQ9: The primary imperative of the state is the maintenance of public peace and _________ Answer: Order FBQ10: All persons whom a state is obligated to protect is conceived by international law as ____ Answer: Citizen FBQ11: The non – constraining of one’s action is otherwise known as ______ Answer: Liberty FBQ12: Allegiance is one of the fundamental duties and responsibilities expected from _____ Answer: Citizenship FBQ13: The institution of governance saddled with the responsibility of law making is known as the ____ Answer: Legislature FBQ14: The last arbiter for the resolution of disputes between the state and citizens, and between different tiers of government is the ______ Answer: Judiciary FBQ15: The link between the executive and society in the implementation of public policies and programmes is called the _____ Answer: Civil Society FBQ16: The ___________ apparatus responsible for public security in Nigeria is referred to as the security apparatus Answer: Coercive FBQ17: The political institution responsible for the aggregation and articulation of the interests of the citizens is ________ Answer: Political parties FBQ18: The distribution of fiscal powers amongst the constituent parts of a political system is known as _______ Answer: Revenue Allocation FBQ19: The love of one’s country and willingness to defend it is called ________ Answer: Patriotism FBQ20: _________ is mostly associated with the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Protectorates into the present Nigerian state. Answer: Sir Frederick Lugard FBQ21: The absolute and perpetual power of the state over all person, throughout its territory is known as ____________ Answer: Sovereignty FBQ22: The theory that traces the origin of the state through the eldest male parent is called _________ Answer: Patriarchal theory FBQ23: The three major ethnic groups in Nigeria are _____, Igbo and Yoruba Answer: Hausa FBQ24: Nigeria became a sovereign state in the year ________ Answer: 1960 FBQ25: The first military coup d’etat in Nigeria was led by _____ Answer: Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogu FBQ26: The duties that require individual members of a state to refrain from performing bad acts is known as ______  Answer: Negative duties FBQ27: The quality attributable to human action by reason of its conformity or lack of conformity to standards or rules according to which it should be regulated is called ________ Answer: Morality FBQ28: The secondary imperatives of the state is concerned with ________ Answer: Socio – economic development FBQ29: The principles of natural _______ implies that citizen’s political rights should be respected and treated as sacred and sacrosanct. Answer: Justice FBQ30: Non – violence is one of the salient features of _________ Answer: Civil disobedience FBQ31: The absence of restraint or certain impediments imposed by others to the exercise of certain interests is known as ___________ Answer: Freedom FBQ32: The citizenship acquired because parents or any of the grandparents belongs to a community indigenous to Nigeria is by ___________  Answer: Birth FBQ33: A citizen is entitled to Equal access to _______ Answer: Rights FBQ34: The presumed rights of states in Nigeria to reserve their public services exclusively for their indigenes is called _____ Answer: Statism FBQ35: Citizens who are not members or natives of a community in Nigeria is referred to as ______ Answer: Non – indigenes FBQ36: _____________means love for one’s country? Answer: Patriotism FBQ37: The distribution of fiscal powers between the central and state governments is known as_______?  Answer: Revenue Allocation FBQ38: According to the United Nations Organisations, when a constituted government in a state no longer performs the core functions required of its people, it is referred to as_____________ Answer: Failed State FBQ39: The capacity of a state to control all the human and material resources within, under and above its territory is known as________ Answer: Sovereignty FBQ40: The service delivery scheme in Nigeria is known as___________? Answer: SERVICOM FBQ41: A government of laws is by definition___________? Answer: A limited government FBQ42: A set of rules, conventions and norms ruling the government process is called___________? Answer: Regime FBQ43: ___________refers to the protection against interference, torture, kidnapping and arbitrary imprisonment, etc. Answer: Personal rights FBQ44: The famous Indian, _________ is known as a non–violent political theorists Answer: Gandhi FBQ45: The concept that assumes that nothing is desired for its own sake except pleasure is called_______________ Answer: Utilitarianism FBQ46: The form of relationship between a citizen and the state in which the citizen owes loyalty and commitment to the state is known as___________? Answer: Allegiance FBQ47: A social contract valid for all in a political system basedon the set of rights and obligations which all are entitled to within a given state is called_____?  Answer: Citizenship FBQ48: The legal constraint on the citizen to obey the laws of the state is referred to as___________? Answer: Political Obligation FBQ49: An important independent institution which contributes to the effectiveness and stability of the democratic government is called_______ Answer: Civil Organisation FBQ50: _____________of a citizen is evidenced in the adherence to customs and traditions that have definite symbolic value that greatly strengthen national unity and pride. Answer: Patriotism MCQ1: _______ is not a feature of the state Answer: Democracy MCQ2: The exponents of the social contract theory of the state excludes Answer: Karl Marx MCQ3: All except ________ are theories of the origin of the state Answer: The Power theory MCQ4: The implications of Rousseau’s social contract theory include all but one of the following   Answer: Man is selfish by nature MCQ5: _____ is not among the major defects of the social contract theory  Answer: It serves as a reminder of the human responses which the state can serve MCQ6: One of the following is not among the elements of Marxist theory of the state Answer: The state is neutral MCQ7: The amalgamation of Nigerian took place under Lord Lugard in ________ Answer: 1914 MCQ8: The political culture of democracy is reflected in all the below except _______ Answer: Violation of human rights MCQ9: One of the following is not a feature of civil disobedience Answer: Direct action MCQ10: The absence of coercion and restraint imposed by others is referred to as Answer: Liberty MCQ11: All except one of the following are not a types of liberty  Answer: Negative liberty MCQ12: All persons whom a state is obligated to protect are called _______ Answer: Citizens MCQ13: _______ is not among the means of acquiring citizenship Answer: War MCQ14: Duties and responsibilities of citizenship exclude _______  Answer: Crime MCQ15: The tendency to exclude strangers from the public service of a state is called ______ Answer: Statism MCQ16: In Nigeria, a member of the native community resident in the area of authority is known as _______ Answer: An indigene MCQ17: The socially constructed roles, responsibilities, expectations, norms, and stereotypes accorded to men and women in relation to the question of citizenship is referred to as __________ Answer: Gendered citizenship MCQ18: The claims which a citizen can make both on the state and the other citizens is known as _______ Answer: Rights MCQ19: The fundamental rights of the citizen is otherwise described as ________ Answer: Inalienable right MCQ20: _______ is not among the categories of rights  Answer: Suicide rights MCQ21: The assumption that nothing is desired for its own sake except pleasure is otherwise known as ________ Answer: Utilitarianism MCQ22: A set of rules, conventions and norms ruling the governmental process is called _____ Answer: Regime MCQ23: One of the regimes guarantee fundamental rights of citizens Answer: Democratic political system MCQ24: The right to command and be obeyed is called _______ Answer: Authority MCQ25: The system of values, policies and institutions by which society manages economic political and social affairs through interactions within and among the state, civil society and private sector is called _________ Answer: Governance MCQ26: The government performs the following functions except ________ Answer: Impediment of freedom MCQ27: The major institutions of governance exclude _______ Answer: Press MCQ28: The link between the executive and society in the implementation of public policies and programmes is ________ Answer: Civil service MCQ29: _______ is not one of the security architecture responsible for public security in Nigeria Answer: National Road Transport Workers MCQ30: The challenges of political integration and development in Nigeria as identified by Isagwu (1985) do not include ______ Answer: The challenge of paradox MCQ31: The problems of patriotism and loyalty in Nigeria does not include _____ Answer: Peace MCQ32: The state of nature is mostly associated with ________ Answer: Hobbes MCQ33: ______ is an expression of the general will  Answer: Law MCQ34: Every citizen of the state is entitled to _______ Answer: Rights and Duties MCQ35: The political system in which the constituent parts are equal and coordinate is called _________ Answer: Federation MCQ36: The series of challenges of political development identified by Isiagwu excludes_____________? Answer: The challenge of production MCQ37: The institutions of governance include all except____________? Answer: The Pressure Groups MCQ38: _________is the link between the executive and society in the implementation of public policies and programmes. Answer: The Civil Service MCQ39: SERVICOM was inaugurated by the Federal Government of Nigeria in the year_________? Answer: 2005 MCQ40: ________is not among the coercive apparatus of public security in Nigeria?  Answer: Nigerian Labour congress MCQ41: ________has the responsibility of aggregating and articulating the interests of the citizens? Answer: Political Parties MCQ42: _________does not fall into the government responsibilities? Answer: Escalation of injustice MCQ43: The right to command and be obeyed is known as____________? Answer: Authority MCQ44: The categories of the International Bill of Human Rights exclude____________? Answer: Diarchical political system MCQ45: With the exception of ________ the following are among the categories of rights? Answer: Conflict rights MCQ46: Literature has it that the interest of the Europeans in Africa and indeed Nigeria was and still is economic. Answer: Economic MCQ47: The concerns which border on the ambivalence of constitutional provisions exclude_________? Answer: Political participation MCQ48: The duty of a citizen to pay taxes and royalties is known as_________? Answer: Tax obligation MCQ49: _________is not among the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as contained in Chapter 4 of 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Answer: Right to kill MCQ50: Duties that require individual members of a state to refrain from performing bad acts are called_________? Answer: Negative duties