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SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
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  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) Based on the power he has in his office
B) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
C) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
D) On behalf of others who have assigned him
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Beliefs
B) Societal values
C) Emotions
D) Age
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of free Education
B) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
C) Maintenance of relations with other states
D) Defence of territory from external attacks
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Military power
B) Executive power
C) Physical power
D) Political power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Express opinions within the limits of the law
B) Participate in government
C) Express anything they like about government
D) Disobey the government of the day
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
B) Has a government
C) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
D) Can punish law breakers
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
B) Participating in sport
C) Singing the national anthem when required
D) Supporting political parties
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) National assembly
B) Pressure groups
C) Organs of government
D) Political party
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Delegated Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) De-facto Sovereignty
D) Internal Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) Implementation and adjudication of law
B) The role of pressure groups within the state
C) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
D) Disagreement between state and local governments
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) Legislature
B) President
C) Military
D) Electorate
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Legal authority
B) Rational authority
C) Charismatic authority
D) Traditional authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political culture
B) Political authority
C) Political party
D) Political socialization
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) John Austin
B) Baron Montesquieu
C) Jean Bodin
D) A.V. Dicey
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Duties
B) Rights
C) Requirements
D) Privileges
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
B) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
C) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
D) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) Political power and political authority
B) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
C) Influence and political authority
D) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
B) A machinery established to punish offenders
C) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
D) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Has the mandate of the people to rule
B) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
C) Provides social services for the people
D) Is not oppressive
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Basis of career opportunities
B) Knowledge on the process of government
C) Training on good Citizenship
D) Training to become a judge
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) A state of political Independence
B) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
C) The supremacy of the political parties
D) The highest authority in a state
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Opinion leaders
B) Electorate
C) Police
D) Military
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural design
B) Cultural display
C) Cultural development
D) Cognitive orientation
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Neutralization
B) Naturalization
C) Decolonization
D) Nationalization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) Membership for f international organizations
B) Study of political institutions and processes
C) Working of the organs of government
D) President and his ministers
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Encouraging the struggle for power
B) Providing social services
C) Encouraging trade with other states
D) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) State
B) Community
C) Society
D) Club
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Legitimacy
B) Power
C) Coercion
D) Authority
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Sovereignty
B) Rule of law
C) Parliamentary supremacy
D) Separation of power
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Authoritarianism
B) Oligarchy
C) Parliamentary government
D) Feudalism
  • 31. 31. Government as the act of governing means the ______
A) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
B) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
C) Act of vetoing bill
D) Orders of judiciary and legislature
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Implement laws and policies
B) Punishes the law breakers
C) Makes the law
D) Interprets the law
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
B) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
C) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
D) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Influence
B) Inheritance
C) Force
D) Legitimacy
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Defend the country from attacks
B) Report any criminal acts
C) Register for election
D) Check the activities of the government
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Government sovereignty
B) Military Sovereignty
C) Legal Sovereignty
D) Political Sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) In a Unitary state
B) In a federal state
C) In a monarch
D) All of the above
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Unitary
B) Oligarchy
C) Plutocracy
D) Aristocracy
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Aristocracy
B) Autocracy
C) Plutocracy
D) Theocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Provide transport services
B) Maintain law and order
C) Imprison criminals
D) Build schools and hospitals
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