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