POL322 List of Questions

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Q1 Essentially, Intergovernmental relations in Brazil is based on cooperative Federalism

FALSE'
TRUE'
No idea
Not sure

Q2 India's social diversities have basically taken four forms: caste, religion, language
and tribe
TRUE'
Don't Agreed
FALSE'
No idea

Q3 The constitutional provision that makes the constitution and the law of the National
government Supreme in USA is known as _______
Hectoral college
Supremacy clause
Veto power
Impeachment procedure

Q4 Most of the United Nations specialized agencies are located in

Newyork
London
Geneva
Paris

Q5 The division of functions between the three levels of governments in Switzerland

Federation is regulated through
Constitutional norms
Federal council
Judicial authority
Federal parliament

Q6 According to _____ the three sets of Institutional actors in switzerland federation are
the Federal,Cantons and the Communes
Aubort
Mckay
Church
Fleiker

Q7 Switzerland adopted a federal constitution in _________

1291
1848
1290
1846

Q8 A system by which the national and state governments may cooperate with each
other to deal with a wide range of social and economic problems is known as
Daul mandate
Cooperate Federalism
Federation
Constitutionalism

Q9 Congress created an Independent nation, the united state of America in ______

1776
1777
1778
1787

Q10 The American constitution recognizes two tiers of government in her federal system
Agreed
Don't Agreed
Partially Agreed
No idea

Q11 The major reform of the Local Government system in Nigeria was carried out in
________
1999
1985
1979
1976

Q12 Between 1951 and 1954 in Nigeria, two important constitutional conferences were
held in _______
Lagos & Ibadan
London & Lagos
London & Kaduna
London & USA.

Q13 The Amalgamation of Nigeria teritories took place in ______

1967
1960
1914
1911

Q14 The three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria federalism are Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.
FALSE'
Undecided
Disagreed
TRUE'

Q15 The instruments of Inter - Governmental finance are as follows except

Tax - base mechanism
Revenue sharing mechanism
Intergovernmental transfer of grants
Federation Account

Q16 The following are list of the principles used in shariing of Revenue in Nigeria except
Derivation
Equality
Minimum wage
Population

Q17 Fiscal federalism is anchored on ______ objectives

10
8
7
9

Q18 According to ____ Fiscal federalism is the criterion for government to share revenue
among various tiers of government
Mobolaji
Ofoube
Nyang
Uche

Q19 The most contentious issue in federal relation is

Fiscal Relation
Power sharing
Judicial Relation
Industrial Relation

Q20 The essence of the creation of Local Government is to bring government closer to
the masses.
No
Yes
Not sure
No idea

Q21 Brazil has a political history similar to the situation in

Carebian
Europe
Asia
Africa

Q22 The following are famous leaders in India Federation except

Mahatma Gandhi
Indria Gandhi
Benzair Butu
Nehru

Q23 According to _______ it is best to call India a holding together ' Fedralism, not a
'coming togther' Federalism
Stepan
Surenda
Singh
Ambedkar

Q24 In Switzerland the federal government is responsible for the following except
Defence
Trade
Foreign Affairs
Legal matters

Q25 Swizerland became member of the united Nations in _______

2002
1948
2004
2000

Q26 The unique characteristics of swizerland Federalism is that there is a lack of _______
in the federal level
Delegated Legislation
Parliamentary Oversight
Judicial Review
Independent Judiciary

Q27 Swizerland neutrality was formally recognized by European powers in the treaty of
westphalia in _______
1640
1646
1642
1648

Q28 Christopher Colombus arived in the modern America in _______

1498
1494
1492
1497

Q29 The Bicameral arrangement in Nigeria constitute of 109 Senators and 360 House of
Representatives
Yes
No
No idea
Not sure

Q30 The practice of inter-governmental relations during both the colonial era and the first
republic in Nigeria exhibited traits of
Federal/state model
Central/Regional model
Principal/Agent model
None of the above

Q31 One of the following is key to understanding Nigeria's pluralistic and often divisive
Society
Religion
Ethnicity
Class
Power

Q32 Federalism is beneficial for _________

States and LGAs
State Actors
Plural societies
Individual state Identities

Q33 The clifford constitution of 1922 introduced ________for the first time in Nigeria
Elective Principle
Legislative assembly
Fundamental Human Right
Rule of Law

Q34 The principle of tax assignment criterion are as follows except

Economic efficiency
National equity
Revenue adquacy
Land mass

Q35 The challenges of fiscal federalism in Nigeria are

Overdependence on crude oil revenue
Centralist system of fiscal relation
Conflict over the sharing principle
All of the above

Q36 The assignment of functions for federating units in Nigeria are orgaanised around
the following except
Exclusive Legislative list
Concurrent list
Residual list
Federating list

Q37 Financial subordination is antiethical to the principle of Federalism

No
Yes
Undecided
No idea

Q38 Federalism is a function of institutional arrangement purposely bothering on

maintening unity while at the same time preserving diversity
Disagreed
Not agreed
Partially agreed
Agreed

Q39 The power sharing arrangements among the federal, state and local Government in
Nigeria is _____
Nationally accepted
Based on separation of power
Constitutionallyh guaranted
Federally accepted

Q40 The most superior court in Nigeria Judicial system is

The court of Appeal
Federal Highcourt
Supreme court
High court of a state

Q41 The major problems of Nigeria federalism are as follows except

Ethnicity
Corruption
Uprightness
Resource control

Q42 _____ is a tool used in engendering and measuring the extent of legitimacy of a
government
Constitution
Separation of powers
Constitutionalism
Government

Q43 The Institutional arrangements in Brazil's political system is

Integovernmental relation
Majoritarian and consociative
Minority arrangement
None of the above

Q44 Intergovernmental relations in Brazil is based on ____

Cooperative Federalism
Normal Federalism
Accommondative Federalism
Collaboration Federalism

Q45 The three lists of subject created by the seventh schedule of India constitution are
as follows except____
Union list
Central list
State list
Concurrent list

Q46 Switzerland is widely known for her politics of________

Accommondation
Divide & rule
Neutrality
Cooperation

Q47 Nigeria Federation composed of the following except

36 states
One constitution
Three tiers of government
778 Local governments

Q48 India is generally regarded as the largest democracy in the world

Disagreed
Agreed
Don�??t know
No idea

Q49 Switzerland became a federal state in 1848

FALSE'
Not sure
Undecided
Yes

Q50 _____ Established an association of states so organised that powers are divided
between a general government and the component units
USA Constitution of 1774
USA Constitution of 1787
USA Constitution of 1776
USA Constitution of 1781

Q51 The formal adoption of federal system in Nigeria Occurred in 1954 during British rule
TRUE'
FALSE'
Undecided
No idea

Q52 The Principle of ________ is based on notion of the liberty of the Federating units
Devolution
Diversity
Autonomy
Freedom

Q53 From the American Perspectives on majority/minority debates, the numerIcal

consideration of determining majority and minority may not apply in all situation
Not
Yes
No idea
Undecided

Q54 The existence of Multiple Socio-linguistic divergencies is known as

Diversity
Heterogeneity
Accommondation
Federalism

Q55 The main institutions of Federalism are

The Executive
The Judiciary
The Legislature
Civil service

Q56 Dual Federalism is composed of ___ essential parts

3
5
4
6

Q57 ____ is generally regarded as the father of modern federalist thought

David hume
Immanuel Kant
James Madison
Johannes Althusius

Q58 Anglo - Saxone view and European view point are two broad variants of federalism
Not true
Partially true
TRUE'
Undecided

Q59 One the Iconic researcher's of Federal political sytem in the twentieth century is
K.C Wheare
Walts
Elazar
Livingstone

Q60 The two broad categorisations within which we can place modern govermental
systems are
Hybrid and confederal system
Federal and Unilary system
Cooperationalism & constitutionalism
Unilevy and totalitariamism

Q61 A conscious effort that takes away the focus of power from one level of government-
centre to the lower level is known as
Devolution
Decentralization
Government
Autonomy

Q62 The Brazillian constitution allows for relative autonomy in the working of different
arms of government
Agreed
Disagreed
Partially agreed
Not sure

Q63 Brazil Federalism consist of the following characteristics except

Bicaneralism
Multi party system
Presidential system
Parliamentary system

Q64 The constitution of India recognizes the office of_____

President and Prime minister
The president alone
The Prime minister alone
Council of state

Q65 The father of modern India Federation is ___

Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Benzar Bhuto
Indria Gandhi

Q66 The division of functions between the three level of government in SWISS
Federalism is regulated through____
Constitutional norms
National Assembly
The Judiciary
Federal Council

Q67 Switzerland centralization over time has been driven by three main forces except
one
Strong nationalist ethos
Equality of rights for her citizens
Creating single economic space
Recognized super power

Q68 The Federal system of government in the United state consist of _____states
40
30
45
50

Q69 Until the New Deal, the prevailing concept of federalism in USA was
Cooperative Federalism
Daul federalism
Federatimg Union
None of the above

Q70 Ayoade identified________six levels of inter-governmental transactions within

Nigeria federal structure
5
7
4
6

Q71 The Judiciary exist only at the Federal and states levels in Nigeria
FALSE'
TRUE'
Not sure
No idea

Q72 The two contending issues dominating the Nigeria political scene as regards the
operation of federalism are:
Restructiong and devolution of powers
State creation and power sharing
Fiscal relation and local Government autonomy
None of the above

Q73 One of the ways that Nigerian has attempted to settle the problems arising from her
diversity is the inclusion of _________ in her various constitution
Quarter system
Federal character
State creation
Rotational principle

Q74 Herogeneity, Diversity, and Accommondation are the major characteristics of a

Unitary States
Federal states
Confederal states
Hybrid states
Q75 The major functions of legislature are:-
Law making
Financial
Judicial function
All of the above

Q76 There are ___main structures with the realm of Federalism

4
6
5
3

Q77 ___ recommended Federation among "portion of mankind" not classified to live
under a common government to prevent wars among themselves and power against
aggression
John S. Mill
Pierre - Joseph Proudlon
Harold Laski
James Madiison

Q78 ______ lIsted the following, except one as the essential igredients of Federalism
Divison of power among government
A writing constitution
Check and balances
Coodinate supremacy of two order of government

Q79 ____ Identified nine species of Federal political system

Watts
Dicey
Daniel Elazar
John Locke

Q80 The govermental system that takes direction from both federal and unilay system is
known as
Hybrid system
Intergovernmental system
Cooperative Federalism
Democratisation process