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