Government Assignment for SS 3
  • 1. 1. Government refers to all the following, except _____
A) The activities of decision makers
B) The act of civil disobedience
C) The process of ruling a political community
D) An institution of the state
  • 2. 2. Unwritten Constitution means that the Constitution is ______
A) Based only on conventions
B) Not written down
C) Not contained in any single book
D) Not approved
  • 3. 3. The delegation of Administrative powers to the local units with the central supervision and control is called _____
A) Centralization
B) Devolution
C) Federalism
D) Decentralization
  • 4. 4. A flexible constitution can only be amended by _____
A) Simple majority vote in the legislature
B) Referendum
C) Plebiscite
D) 3/4 majority vote in the legislature
  • 5. 5. Which of the following countries has an Unwritten Constitution?
A) United State of America
B) Great Britain
C) Federal Republic of Germany
D) France
  • 6. 6. The United Nations Organization (UNO) has its headquarters in ______
A) USA
B) USSR
C) France
D) Britain
  • 7. 7. The State is different from the government because
A) Members of the government are elected
B) The State unlike the government is permanent
C) The State can exercise absolute power
D) The State is created by God
  • 8. 8. A state is a special form of human association because it ________
A) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
B) Has a government
C) Can punish law breakers
D) Is the richest association in society
  • 9. 9. The physiological support a regime gets from its citizens if the believe the regime is right and out to be obeyed, is known as
A) Sovereignty
B) Influence
C) Legitimacy
D) Authority
  • 10. 10. The voluntary activities of members of a society in the selection of rulers is known as _______
A) Political culture
B) Political decision
C) Political participation
D) Political socialization
  • 11. 11. The primary objective of all political parties is to _______
A) Campaign for vote
B) Eradicate corruption in public life
C) Control the government
D) Educate the electorate
  • 12. 12. Flexible constitution is advantageous because it _____
A) Allows for continuity
B) Can cope with emergency periods
C) Guarantees political stability
D) Prevents dictatorship
  • 13. 13. The French policy of Assimilation
A) Was a device to transfer technology to Africa
B) To enable the French to stay in Africa
C) Was a device to transfer technology to Africa
D) Was aimed at converting Africans to Frenchmen
  • 14. 14. The controversy over the 1979 Presidential elections result was ______
A) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes
B) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received
C) Over the dispute on the conduct of the election
D) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all states in the Federation
  • 15. 15. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ______
A) Lateef Jakande
B) Obafemi Awolowo
C) Aminu Kano
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 16. 16. The first political party in Nigeria was ______
A) People's Democratic Party (PDP)
B) Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP)
C) Action Group
D) National Council of Nigeria Citizens
  • 17. 17. To which of these countries did Nigeria send peace keeping force?
A) Angola
B) South Africa
C) Ghana
D) Chad
  • 18. 18. The laws which the state legislators make normally pass through_____
A) The judiciary
B) Some committees in the civil service
C) The process of deliberations
D) The Executive
  • 19. 19. Voting started in Nigeria in 1923 because the Clifford Constitution of 1922 granted _______
A) Self government
B) An elective principle
C) Parliamentary government
D) Independence
  • 20. 20. A sovereign state is one
A) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
B) Whose government decisions are made Independence of foreign interference
C) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
D) Whose citizens are free to evade responsibility
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