Government Assignment for SS 1
  • 1. 1. Government as the act of governing means the _______
A) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
B) Orders of judiciary and legislature
C) Act of vetoing a bill
D) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of Education
B) Maintenance of relations with other states
C) Provision of all the material needs of all citizen
D) Defence of territory from external attack
  • 3. 3. The two components of Sovereignty are ________
A) Influence and political authority
B) Political power and political authority
C) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
D) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within it's territory
  • 4. 4. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
B) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over it's Citizens
C) Can punish law breakers
D) Has a government
  • 5. 5. The judicial organ of government is the body which _____
A) Punishes law makers
B) Makes the law
C) Implements the law
D) Interprets the law
  • 6. 6. The study of government offers an individual all the following, except a ______
A) Knowledge on the process of government
B) Training on good Citizenship
C) Training to become a judge
D) Basis of career opportunities
  • 7. 7. A sovereign state is one
A) In which Sovereignty is invested in the military
B) Whose citizens are free to evade responsibility
C) Where it's citizens can speak without fear or favour
D) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
  • 8. 8. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by an individual through
A) Naturalization
B) Decolonization
C) Nationalization
D) Neutralization
  • 9. 9. Power can be defined as the _____
A) Ability of the parliament to delegate to another body or person, the right to make laws on its behalf
B) Right to rule irrespective of oppositions to the ruler
C) Capacity to compel or influence others to do what they would otherwise not do
D) Capacity to encourage others to do what they had originally intended doing
  • 10. 10. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Influence
B) Force
C) Legitimacy
D) Propaganda
  • 11. 11. The Executive is a body that _____
A) Execute armed robbers
B) Interprets the laws
C) Is the most important arm of government
D) Formulates and implements the policies of government
  • 12. 12. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _______
A) Defend his country in times of war
B) Vote at elections
C) Arrest and prosecute offenders
D) Stand up then National Anthem is being sung
  • 13. 13. The arms of government include all the following except _____
A) Central government
B) Legislative government
C) State government
D) Local government
  • 14. 14. The primary function of government in a state is to ______
A) Maintain law and order
B) Build schools and hospitals
C) Imprison criminals
D) Provide transport service
  • 15. 15. A machinery established by the state to organise the state, manage its affairs and administer its functioin and duties is _______
A) Government
B) Constituted authority
C) Executive
D) Political party
  • 16. 16. The need for government came up as a result of _____
A) The state settling disputes all time
B) People living together, interacting and working together
C) People coming together to cause conflicts and disagreement amongst themselves
D) People forming political party to gain power
  • 17. 17. Features of State include all but one
A) Administration
B) Permanence
C) Sovereignty
D) Government
  • 18. 18. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ____
A) Political power
B) Executive power
C) Physical power
D) Military power
  • 19. 19. A person acts with _______ if he acts on behalf of others who have commissioned him to do so
A) Institutional authority
B) De-facto authority
C) De-jure authority
D) Positional authority
  • 20. 20. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Internal Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Delegated Sovereignty
D) De-facto Sovereignty
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