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