Government Assignment for SS 1
  • 1. 1. Government as the act of governing means the _______
A) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
B) Act of vetoing a bill
C) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
D) Orders of judiciary and legislature
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Maintenance of relations with other states
B) Defence of territory from external attack
C) Provision of Education
D) Provision of all the material needs of all citizen
  • 3. 3. The two components of Sovereignty are ________
A) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
B) Political power and political authority
C) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within it's territory
D) Influence and political authority
  • 4. 4. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over it's Citizens
B) Can punish law breakers
C) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
D) Has a government
  • 5. 5. The judicial organ of government is the body which _____
A) Punishes law makers
B) Implements the law
C) Interprets the law
D) Makes the law
  • 6. 6. The study of government offers an individual all the following, except a ______
A) Basis of career opportunities
B) Knowledge on the process of government
C) Training to become a judge
D) Training on good Citizenship
  • 7. 7. A sovereign state is one
A) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
B) Whose citizens are free to evade responsibility
C) Where it's citizens can speak without fear or favour
D) In which Sovereignty is invested in the military
  • 8. 8. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by an individual through
A) Decolonization
B) Neutralization
C) Nationalization
D) Naturalization
  • 9. 9. Power can be defined as the _____
A) Right to rule irrespective of oppositions to the ruler
B) Capacity to encourage others to do what they had originally intended doing
C) Ability of the parliament to delegate to another body or person, the right to make laws on its behalf
D) Capacity to compel or influence others to do what they would otherwise not do
  • 10. 10. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Propaganda
B) Influence
C) Legitimacy
D) Force
  • 11. 11. The Executive is a body that _____
A) Execute armed robbers
B) Formulates and implements the policies of government
C) Interprets the laws
D) Is the most important arm of government
  • 12. 12. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _______
A) Stand up then National Anthem is being sung
B) Vote at elections
C) Defend his country in times of war
D) Arrest and prosecute offenders
  • 13. 13. The arms of government include all the following except _____
A) Central government
B) Local government
C) State government
D) Legislative government
  • 14. 14. The primary function of government in a state is to ______
A) Provide transport service
B) Build schools and hospitals
C) Maintain law and order
D) Imprison criminals
  • 15. 15. A machinery established by the state to organise the state, manage its affairs and administer its functioin and duties is _______
A) Executive
B) Political party
C) Government
D) Constituted authority
  • 16. 16. The need for government came up as a result of _____
A) The state settling disputes all time
B) People forming political party to gain power
C) People coming together to cause conflicts and disagreement amongst themselves
D) People living together, interacting and working together
  • 17. 17. Features of State include all but one
A) Permanence
B) Sovereignty
C) Administration
D) Government
  • 18. 18. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ____
A) Political power
B) Executive power
C) Physical power
D) Military power
  • 19. 19. A person acts with _______ if he acts on behalf of others who have commissioned him to do so
A) Positional authority
B) Institutional authority
C) De-jure authority
D) De-facto authority
  • 20. 20. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Internal Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Delegated Sovereignty
D) De-facto Sovereignty
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