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