Constitution
Government · 50 practice questions
Meaning, sources, functions and types of constitution — written, unwritten, rigid and flexible.
- Define and identify the sources and functions of constitutions.
- Compare the nature of constitutions.
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- Practice question 1
One key source of a written constitution, like Nigeria's, is
- A.Newspaper editorials
- B.Oral traditions exclusively
- C.A formally adopted, codified legal document
- D.Only unwritten customs
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C. A formally adopted, codified legal document
A written constitution's key source is a formally adopted, codified legal document.
- Practice question 2
One example of a constitutional convention in a parliamentary system is that
- A.The monarch must always personally choose all cabinet ministers
- B.Parliament can never be dissolved
- C.Elections are never held
- D.The monarch appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority
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D. The monarch appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority
By convention, the monarch appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the majority party in parliament.
- Practice question 3
A constitution is often described as the 'grundnorm' or basic law of a state because it
- A.Has no legal effect at all
- B.Serves as the ultimate source of legal authority from which other laws derive their validity
- C.Can be freely ignored by the judiciary
- D.Is only a moral guideline with no legal force
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B. Serves as the ultimate source of legal authority from which other laws derive their validity
A constitution as 'grundnorm' is the ultimate source of legal authority from which other laws derive validity.
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- Arms of Government
- Nigeria's Relations with African Countries
- Process of Decolonization
- Constitutional Development in Nigeria
- Nigeria in International Organizations
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