Government Assignment for SS 1
  • 1. 1. 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) Orders of judiciary and legislature
D) Act of vetoing a bill
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Maintenance of relations with other states
B) Provision of all the material needs of all citizen
C) Defence of territory from external attack
D) Provision of Education
  • 3. 3. The two components of Sovereignty are ________
A) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
B) Influence and political authority
C) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within it's territory
D) Political power and political authority
  • 4. 4. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a government
B) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over it's Citizens
C) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
D) Can punish law breakers
  • 5. 5. The judicial organ of government is the body which _____
A) Makes the law
B) Implements 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) Training on good Citizenship
C) Basis of career opportunities
D) Training to become a judge
  • 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) Nationalization
B) Naturalization
C) Neutralization
D) Decolonization
  • 9. 9. Power can be defined as the _____
A) Right to rule irrespective of oppositions to the ruler
B) Capacity to compel or influence others to do what they would otherwise not do
C) Capacity to encourage others to do what they had originally intended doing
D) Ability of the parliament to delegate to another body or person, the right to make laws on its behalf
  • 10. 10. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Legitimacy
B) Force
C) Propaganda
D) Influence
  • 11. 11. The Executive is a body that _____
A) Is the most important arm of government
B) Formulates and implements the policies of government
C) Execute armed robbers
D) Interprets the laws
  • 12. 12. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _______
A) Defend his country in times of war
B) Stand up then National Anthem is being sung
C) Vote at elections
D) Arrest and prosecute offenders
  • 13. 13. The arms of government include all the following except _____
A) Legislative government
B) Local government
C) Central government
D) State government
  • 14. 14. The primary function of government in a state is to ______
A) Provide transport service
B) Maintain law and order
C) Build schools and hospitals
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) People coming together to cause conflicts and disagreement amongst themselves
B) People living together, interacting and working together
C) People forming political party to gain power
D) The state settling disputes all time
  • 17. 17. Features of State include all but one
A) Permanence
B) Administration
C) Sovereignty
D) Government
  • 18. 18. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ____
A) Executive power
B) Physical power
C) Political 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) De-jure authority
B) Institutional authority
C) De-facto authority
D) Positional authority
  • 20. 20. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) De-facto Sovereignty
B) Delegated Sovereignty
C) Internal Sovereignty
D) Legal Sovereignty
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