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AIC Government (SS1) 1st Term Exam.
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  • 1. Government as an institution of the state is a______
A) Motor of influence machinery.
B) Machinery established by the state to organize the state and manage it's affairs.
C) An organization to build up the people.
D) Machinery to build capacity.
  • 2. The need for government came up as a result of people_____
A) Following people to religious organizations.
B) Fighting and killing one another.
C) Forcing the people to respect each other.
D) Living together, interacting,and working together as well as forming different associations.
  • 3. The basic function of the judiciary is to______
A) Implement law.
B) Service law
C) Make law.
D) Interprete the law.
  • 4. The basic function of the executive is to____
A) Influence machinery.
B) Implement law.
C) make law
D) Interprete law.
  • 5. One of these is not a feature of a state.
A) Permanence.
B) Defined territory
C) Population
D) Schools captured.
  • 6. The following are forms of power except____
A) Economic power.
B) Military power
C) Upper power.
D) Political power.
  • 7. The following are attributes of government except ____
A) Political power
B) Rigging
C) Revenue
D) Law
  • 8. Power is the capacity to affect_____
A) Another's behavior by the threat of sanction
B) Win further hero
C) Good attitude
D) Negative behavior
  • 9. One of these is a source of power.
A) Greengage
B) Gerrymandering
C) Constitution
D) Salus
  • 10. Sovereign state is referred to as____
A) population
B) Permanence
C) independence
D) government
  • 11. A nation is a group of people who share common____
A) form
B) country
C) historical background
D) household
  • 12. Authority is the formal or legal right to make and ______
A) punish people
B) blackmail people
C) common people
D) enforce laws
  • 13. Legal authority is mostly sourced from the____
A) constitution
B) independence
C) constituency
D) charitable
  • 14. Legitimacy means_____
A) forbidden
B) acceptance and recognition
C) independence
D) Thomas Hobbes
  • 15. Political culture is the way people behave in their political_____
A) activities
B) authority
C) gerrymandering
D) judiciary
  • 16. Direct democracy is the one which allows citizens to____
A) rep periodically
B) fight periodically
C) meet periodically to discuss issues.
D) misuse opportunities
  • 17. One of the foremost agents of socialization is____
A) mosque
B) family
C) club
D) church
  • 18. _____is an agent of political socialization.
A) gasoline
B) power
C) mass media
D) computer
  • 19. The form of government that places power in the hands of the few is______
A) Oligarchy
B) capillary
C) feudal
D) totalitarian
  • 20. Which of these is a type of democracy?
A) Interdependence
B) Promotional
C) Directorate
D) Indirect
  • 21. These except___are agents of political socialisation.
A) Peer group
B) Markets
C) Mass media
D) Political parties
  • 22. These are forms of power except____
A) Political power
B) Military power
C) Cultural power
D) Economic power
  • 23. One of the merits of democracy is___
A) Rule of ignorance
B) Slow decision making
C) Free choice of leaders
D) Misuse of power
  • 24. The____organ implements policies.
A) Legislative
B) Representative
C) Executive
D) Judiciary
  • 25. ____is a body vested with the supreme power of the affairs of a state.
A) State
B) Political parties
C) Government
D) Pressure groups
  • 26. The following are functions of government except___
A) provision of employment
B) law making
C) stealing of public funds
D) protection of lives and properties
  • 27. In order for a state to exist,it must have the following features except___
A) government
B) population
C) territory
D) interest
  • 28. One of the sources of political power is____
A) Action
B) Socialisation
C) The constitution
D) Institution
  • 29. Government by the people refers to____government.
A) natural
B) representative
C) people
D) cultural
  • 30. _____is the arm of government that implements law.
A) The legislature
B) The Executive
C) The judiciary
D) The central government
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