Government Assignment for SS 3
  • 1. 1. Government refers to all the following, except _____
A) The process of ruling a political community
B) An institution of the state
C) The activities of decision makers
D) The act of civil disobedience
  • 2. 2. Unwritten Constitution means that the Constitution is ______
A) Not contained in any single book
B) Based only on conventions
C) Not written down
D) Not approved
  • 3. 3. The delegation of Administrative powers to the local units with the central supervision and control is called _____
A) Decentralization
B) Centralization
C) Federalism
D) Devolution
  • 4. 4. A flexible constitution can only be amended by _____
A) 3/4 majority vote in the legislature
B) Referendum
C) Simple majority vote in the legislature
D) Plebiscite
  • 5. 5. Which of the following countries has an Unwritten Constitution?
A) Federal Republic of Germany
B) France
C) United State of America
D) Great Britain
  • 6. 6. The United Nations Organization (UNO) has its headquarters in ______
A) France
B) USSR
C) USA
D) Britain
  • 7. 7. The State is different from the government because
A) The State can exercise absolute power
B) Members of the government are elected
C) The State unlike the government is permanent
D) The State is created by God
  • 8. 8. A state is a special form of human association because it ________
A) Has a government
B) Is the richest association in society
C) Can punish law breakers
D) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
  • 9. 9. The physiological support a regime gets from its citizens if the believe the regime is right and out to be obeyed, is known as
A) Influence
B) Sovereignty
C) Authority
D) Legitimacy
  • 10. 10. The voluntary activities of members of a society in the selection of rulers is known as _______
A) Political participation
B) Political decision
C) Political socialization
D) Political culture
  • 11. 11. The primary objective of all political parties is to _______
A) Control the government
B) Educate the electorate
C) Eradicate corruption in public life
D) Campaign for vote
  • 12. 12. Flexible constitution is advantageous because it _____
A) Allows for continuity
B) Can cope with emergency periods
C) Guarantees political stability
D) Prevents dictatorship
  • 13. 13. The French policy of Assimilation
A) Was a device to transfer technology to Africa
B) To enable the French to stay in Africa
C) Was aimed at converting Africans to Frenchmen
D) Was a device to transfer technology to Africa
  • 14. 14. The controversy over the 1979 Presidential elections result was ______
A) Because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes
B) Due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all states in the Federation
C) Over the dispute on the conduct of the election
D) Because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received
  • 15. 15. All the following were frontline fighters for Nigeria's Independence except ______
A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) Lateef Jakande
C) Aminu Kano
D) Herbert Macaulay
  • 16. 16. The first political party in Nigeria was ______
A) Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP)
B) National Council of Nigeria Citizens
C) Action Group
D) People's Democratic Party (PDP)
  • 17. 17. To which of these countries did Nigeria send peace keeping force?
A) South Africa
B) Angola
C) Ghana
D) Chad
  • 18. 18. The laws which the state legislators make normally pass through_____
A) The Executive
B) The judiciary
C) Some committees in the civil service
D) The process of deliberations
  • 19. 19. Voting started in Nigeria in 1923 because the Clifford Constitution of 1922 granted _______
A) Parliamentary government
B) Self government
C) An elective principle
D) Independence
  • 20. 20. A sovereign state is one
A) Whose citizens are free to evade responsibility
B) Whose government decisions are made Independence of foreign interference
C) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
D) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
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