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SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
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  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) On behalf of others who have assigned him
B) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
C) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
D) Based on the power he has in his office
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Beliefs
B) Age
C) Emotions
D) Societal values
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
B) Provision of free Education
C) Maintenance of relations with other states
D) Defence of territory from external attacks
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Physical power
B) Executive power
C) Military power
D) Political power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Express opinions within the limits of the law
B) Disobey the government of the day
C) Express anything they like about government
D) Participate in government
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
B) Has a government
C) Can punish law breakers
D) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
B) Supporting political parties
C) Singing the national anthem when required
D) Participating in sport
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) Organs of government
B) Political party
C) Pressure groups
D) National assembly
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Delegated Sovereignty
B) De-facto Sovereignty
C) Internal Sovereignty
D) Legal Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) The role of pressure groups within the state
B) Disagreement between state and local governments
C) Implementation and adjudication of law
D) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) President
B) Electorate
C) Military
D) Legislature
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Legal authority
B) Traditional authority
C) Charismatic authority
D) Rational authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political party
B) Political authority
C) Political socialization
D) Political culture
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) John Austin
B) A.V. Dicey
C) Baron Montesquieu
D) Jean Bodin
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Privileges
B) Requirements
C) Duties
D) Rights
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
B) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
C) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
D) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) Influence and political authority
B) Political power and political authority
C) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
D) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
B) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
C) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
D) A machinery established to punish offenders
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Provides social services for the people
B) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
C) Has the mandate of the people to rule
D) Is not oppressive
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Basis of career opportunities
B) Knowledge on the process of government
C) Training on good Citizenship
D) Training to become a judge
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) The supremacy of the political parties
B) The highest authority in a state
C) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
D) A state of political Independence
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Police
B) Military
C) Electorate
D) Opinion leaders
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural display
B) Cultural development
C) Cognitive orientation
D) Cultural design
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Nationalization
B) Naturalization
C) Decolonization
D) Neutralization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) Working of the organs of government
B) President and his ministers
C) Membership for f international organizations
D) Study of political institutions and processes
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Encouraging trade with other states
B) Providing social services
C) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
D) Encouraging the struggle for power
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) State
B) Society
C) Club
D) Community
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Legitimacy
B) Authority
C) Power
D) Coercion
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Rule of law
B) Parliamentary supremacy
C) Separation of power
D) Sovereignty
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Oligarchy
B) Parliamentary government
C) Authoritarianism
D) Feudalism
  • 31. 31. 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 bill
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Implement laws and policies
B) Interprets the law
C) Punishes the law breakers
D) Makes the law
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
B) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
C) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
D) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Legitimacy
B) Force
C) Influence
D) Inheritance
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Register for election
B) Defend the country from attacks
C) Check the activities of the government
D) Report any criminal acts
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Political Sovereignty
B) Government sovereignty
C) Legal Sovereignty
D) Military Sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) All of the above
B) In a monarch
C) In a Unitary state
D) In a federal state
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Plutocracy
B) Oligarchy
C) Unitary
D) Aristocracy
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Autocracy
B) Aristocracy
C) Theocracy
D) Plutocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Build schools and hospitals
B) Maintain law and order
C) Imprison criminals
D) Provide transport services
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