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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) Machinery established by the state to organize the state and manage it's affairs.
B) Motor of influence machinery.
C) An organization to build up the people.
D) Machinery to build capacity.
  • 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) Interprete the law.
B) Service law
C) Implement law.
D) Make law.
  • 4. The basic function of the executive is to____
A) Influence machinery.
B) make law
C) Interprete law.
D) Implement law.
  • 5. One of these is not a feature of a state.
A) Schools captured.
B) Population
C) Permanence.
D) Defined territory
  • 6. The following are forms of power except____
A) Political power.
B) Economic power.
C) Military power
D) Upper 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) 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) Gerrymandering
B) Greengage
C) Constitution
D) Salus
  • 10. Sovereign state is referred to as____
A) government
B) Permanence
C) population
D) independence
  • 11. A nation is a group of people who share common____
A) country
B) household
C) historical background
D) form
  • 12. Authority is the formal or legal right to make and ______
A) common people
B) punish people
C) blackmail people
D) enforce laws
  • 13. Legal authority is mostly sourced from the____
A) independence
B) charitable
C) constituency
D) constitution
  • 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) rep periodically
B) fight periodically
C) meet periodically to discuss issues.
D) misuse opportunities
  • 17. One of the foremost agents of socialization is____
A) family
B) mosque
C) club
D) church
  • 18. _____is an agent of political socialization.
A) power
B) gasoline
C) computer
D) mass media
  • 19. The form of government that places power in the hands of the few is______
A) feudal
B) Oligarchy
C) capillary
D) totalitarian
  • 20. Which of these is a type of democracy?
A) Promotional
B) Interdependence
C) Indirect
D) Directorate
  • 21. These except___are agents of political socialisation.
A) Peer group
B) Mass media
C) Political parties
D) Markets
  • 22. These are forms of power except____
A) Political power
B) Economic power
C) Military power
D) Cultural power
  • 23. One of the merits of democracy is___
A) Rule of ignorance
B) Free choice of leaders
C) Slow decision making
D) Misuse of power
  • 24. The____organ implements policies.
A) Legislative
B) Judiciary
C) Executive
D) Representative
  • 25. ____is a body vested with the supreme power of the affairs of a state.
A) State
B) Pressure groups
C) Government
D) Political parties
  • 26. The following are functions of government except___
A) provision of employment
B) stealing of public funds
C) protection of lives and properties
D) law making
  • 27. In order for a state to exist,it must have the following features except___
A) government
B) population
C) territory
D) interest
  • 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) representative
B) natural
C) cultural
D) people
  • 30. _____is the arm of government that implements law.
A) The central government
B) The Executive
C) The legislature
D) The judiciary
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