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