AIC Government (SS1) 1st Term Exam.
  • 1. Government as an institution of the state is a______
A) Motor of influence machinery.
B) Machinery established by the state to organize the state and manage it's affairs.
C) Machinery to build capacity.
D) An organization to build up the people.
  • 2. The need for government came up as a result of people_____
A) Fighting and killing one another.
B) Living together, interacting,and working together as well as forming different associations.
C) Forcing the people to respect each other.
D) Following people to religious organizations.
  • 3. The basic function of the judiciary is to______
A) Service law
B) Interprete the law.
C) Implement law.
D) Make law.
  • 4. The basic function of the executive is to____
A) Interprete law.
B) make law
C) Influence machinery.
D) Implement law.
  • 5. One of these is not a feature of a state.
A) Permanence.
B) Population
C) Schools captured.
D) Defined territory
  • 6. The following are forms of power except____
A) Economic power.
B) Upper power.
C) Military power
D) Political power.
  • 7. The following are attributes of government except ____
A) Political power
B) Law
C) Revenue
D) Rigging
  • 8. Power is the capacity to affect_____
A) Another's behavior by the threat of sanction
B) Negative behavior
C) Good attitude
D) Win further hero
  • 9. One of these is a source of power.
A) Salus
B) Constitution
C) Greengage
D) Gerrymandering
  • 10. Sovereign state is referred to as____
A) independence
B) population
C) Permanence
D) government
  • 11. A nation is a group of people who share common____
A) household
B) form
C) country
D) historical background
  • 12. Authority is the formal or legal right to make and ______
A) enforce laws
B) punish people
C) common people
D) blackmail people
  • 13. Legal authority is mostly sourced from the____
A) charitable
B) constitution
C) independence
D) constituency
  • 14. Legitimacy means_____
A) Thomas Hobbes
B) independence
C) forbidden
D) acceptance and recognition
  • 15. Political culture is the way people behave in their political_____
A) gerrymandering
B) authority
C) activities
D) judiciary
  • 16. Direct democracy is the one which allows citizens to____
A) meet periodically to discuss issues.
B) fight periodically
C) misuse opportunities
D) rep periodically
  • 17. One of the foremost agents of socialization is____
A) club
B) family
C) church
D) mosque
  • 18. _____is an agent of political socialization.
A) power
B) mass media
C) gasoline
D) computer
  • 19. The form of government that places power in the hands of the few is______
A) feudal
B) totalitarian
C) capillary
D) Oligarchy
  • 20. Which of these is a type of democracy?
A) Indirect
B) Promotional
C) Directorate
D) Interdependence
  • 21. These except___are agents of political socialisation.
A) Mass media
B) Political parties
C) Markets
D) Peer group
  • 22. These are forms of power except____
A) Military power
B) Economic power
C) Cultural power
D) Political power
  • 23. One of the merits of democracy is___
A) Misuse of power
B) Slow decision making
C) Rule of ignorance
D) Free choice of leaders
  • 24. The____organ implements policies.
A) Legislative
B) Executive
C) Representative
D) Judiciary
  • 25. ____is a body vested with the supreme power of the affairs of a state.
A) Political parties
B) Government
C) State
D) Pressure groups
  • 26. The following are functions of government except___
A) provision of employment
B) protection of lives and properties
C) law making
D) stealing of public funds
  • 27. In order for a state to exist,it must have the following features except___
A) government
B) population
C) interest
D) territory
  • 28. One of the sources of political power is____
A) Action
B) Socialisation
C) Institution
D) The constitution
  • 29. Government by the people refers to____government.
A) representative
B) people
C) natural
D) cultural
  • 30. _____is the arm of government that implements law.
A) The legislature
B) The Executive
C) The judiciary
D) The central government
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