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