1. Which of the following categories of people can vote in periodic elections?

2. What is NOT a function of the civil service?

3. An institution under the executive arm of government responsible for formulating and implementing government policies is the ________

4. Representative governments around the world pay attention to public opinion because of the following factors except

5. When an election fails to produce a clear winner, the process of determining a winner is called

6. Redtapism in the civil service refers to

7. The simple plurality electoral system is often criticized because _________

8. Public corporations and parastatals are typically established by

9. Lawyers recruited into the civil service belong to the

10. Which of the following electoral systems is ideal for a heterogeneous society?

11. The anonymity of civil servants means that they should not be?

12. The electoral system in which the winner should have more than all the votes of all the other contestants put together is called

13. Public corporation has a legal personality which means that

14. Public corporations are established to

15. Undue political interference in the work of electoral management bodies in West Africa has the potential to

16. The appointment and dissolution of the board of directors of the public corporation fall under _______?

17. The process of selecting candidates to represent a political party in elections is known as

18. A referendum is a device to ensure that

19. The Independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of

20. Which of the following functions is performed by the civil service?

21. Promoting electoral integrity is the crucial function of which institution of state?

22. A major function of public corporation is to

23. The determination and execution of government policies is the core function of

24. The impartiality of the civil servants is important to the governance structure because they work for the interest of the

25. Citizens exercise their sovereignty by

26. The administrative head of a public corporation in Nigeria is the

27. The Public Service Commission deals with the

28. Which of the following is a function of the Public Complaints Commission?

29. The political neutrality of civil servants implies that they

30. The institution established by the constitution to be responsible for recruiting personnel into the civil service is the ___________

31. Recruitment and promotion of civil servants in Nigeria remain the responsibility of

32. The media, commonly referred to as the fourth estate of the realm , monitors the activities of government on behalf of the

33. As part of its constitutional mandate, the Public Service Commission operates to

34. The civil service cadre responsible for the general supervision and control of ministries is the

35. The principle of civil service that guarantees the employment of public workers is

36. The second ballot is based on the principle that a successful candidate must obtain

37. The Barclay’s Bank and the British Petroleum Company in Nigeria were nationalized in the late 1970s for transacting business with …

38. An effective way of strengthening societal institutions is through the expression of ____________

39. The anonymity of a civil servant means that he

40. Public corporations in Nigeria are established through

41. A feature of a confederal state is that _______

42. Any type of restricted franchise is a violation of the principle of ________

43. The body responsible for the execution of the policies of government is the ______

44. Franchise can be described as the right to

45. The police perform all the following functions except ________

46. The needs of the citizen are made known to the government through ____?

47. An electoral system in which the electorate elects a small group of people who in turn elects political office holders is known as

48. The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________

49. Implementations of the target programmes of the government is the primary duty of the _____ a part of the _____

50. One way of improving productivity in the public service is through?

51. ___ is the act of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling centre with the intent of influencing voters?

52. Citizens can seek redress against injustice from the state through the?

53. Public Corporations can deliver on their mandate if

54. Which of the following is not an electoral malpractice?

55. Public opinion is important in that, it ________

56. People’s political values are continuously shaped by the following agents except

57. The delineation of constituencies is a major duty of the __________

58. One of the function of the electoral management body is to

59. The civil service is different from the public service in terms of

60. Public opinion can be measured through all of the following except the?

61. The act of removing an elected official by the electorate is referred to as

62. For an election to be fair and free Electoral Commission must be

63. The class that controls and supervises the activities of the executive class in the civil service is?

64. The office of the ombudsman is created to acts as

65. Which state institution is referred to as the bureaucratic wing responsible for the running of government offices, agencies and departments?

66. The manipulation of boundaries of constituencies in order to win more seats is called

67. The appointment, promotion and discipline of civil servants is the responsibility of the

68. The Civil Services helps the government to

69. In a democratic government, franchise is given to all_________

70. Which of the following is a disadvantage of proportional representation?

71. The Nigerian Public Complaints Commission as the Ombudsman suffers most from

72. Which of the following options is the role of a newspaper in a state?

73. The major problem facing electoral management bodies in West Africa is _______

74. Which of the following agencies helps the most in shaping public opinion?

75. A “Yes” or No” vote on a specific political issue in a country is called ________

76. Public corporation can operate in a more efficient manner if they are ________

77. The type of election which allows party members to elect candidates for elective offices is _________

78. Public opinion is formed through the following channels except

79. The administrative head of the ministry is the

80. The media serve a useful purpose in a democracy by

81. A multi-member constituency is used to facilitate the operation of

82. In the United States, what do they call by-election?

83. The responsibility of giving policy guidelines to the board of corporations rest with the

84. The highest grade in the Civil Service is known as the …………

85. Indirect election is best described as?

86. Which of the following is a function of an electoral commission?

87. The zoning system in Nigerian politics refers to

88. What does the mass media rely on to gauge public opinion?

89. Public corporations are struggling in the West African States as a result of

90. The primary essence of a public corporation is__________

91. The Commission that examines complaints of civil wrongs committed by government employees is

92. A minister controls public corporation by

93. On which of the following grounds can a citizen abstain from voting?

94. The official routine observed in carrying out functions in the civil service is commonly known as

95. The idea of making the civil service permanent, neutral and anonymous is to

96. What is the main source of funding for public corporations in Nigeria?

97. Public Corporations are referred to as statutory bodies because they are established by _________

98. A characteristic of public opinion is that it is

99. An electoral system in which the winner must secure more than 50% of the vote is described as a/an

100. Press control is necessary for a state, particularly in the area of