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