Government Assignment for SS 1 - Quiz
  • 1. 1. Government as the act of governing means the _______
A) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
B) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
C) Orders of judiciary and legislature
D) Act of vetoing a bill
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of all the material needs of all citizen
B) Maintenance of relations with other states
C) Defence of territory from external attack
D) Provision of Education
  • 3. 3. The two components of Sovereignty are ________
A) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
B) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within it's territory
C) Political power and political authority
D) Influence and political authority
  • 4. 4. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
B) Has a government
C) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over it's Citizens
D) Can punish law breakers
  • 5. 5. The judicial organ of government is the body which _____
A) Interprets the law
B) Punishes law makers
C) Implements the law
D) Makes the law
  • 6. 6. The study of government offers an individual all the following, except a ______
A) Training on good Citizenship
B) Training to become a judge
C) Knowledge on the process of government
D) Basis of career opportunities
  • 7. 7. 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 evade responsibility
D) Where it's citizens can speak without fear or favour
  • 8. 8. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by an individual through
A) Nationalization
B) Decolonization
C) Naturalization
D) Neutralization
  • 9. 9. Power can be defined as the _____
A) Right to rule irrespective of oppositions to the ruler
B) Capacity to encourage others to do what they had originally intended doing
C) Capacity to compel or influence others to do what they would otherwise not do
D) Ability of the parliament to delegate to another body or person, the right to make laws on its behalf
  • 10. 10. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Influence
B) Legitimacy
C) Force
D) Propaganda
  • 11. 11. The Executive is a body that _____
A) Execute armed robbers
B) Interprets the laws
C) Formulates and implements the policies of government
D) Is the most important arm of government
  • 12. 12. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _______
A) Stand up then National Anthem is being sung
B) Arrest and prosecute offenders
C) Defend his country in times of war
D) Vote at elections
  • 13. 13. The arms of government include all the following except _____
A) Local government
B) State government
C) Central government
D) Legislative government
  • 14. 14. The primary function of government in a state is to ______
A) Provide transport service
B) Build schools and hospitals
C) Maintain law and order
D) Imprison criminals
  • 15. 15. A machinery established by the state to organise the state, manage its affairs and administer its functioin and duties is _______
A) Constituted authority
B) Government
C) Political party
D) Executive
  • 16. 16. The need for government came up as a result of _____
A) People forming political party to gain power
B) The state settling disputes all time
C) People coming together to cause conflicts and disagreement amongst themselves
D) People living together, interacting and working together
  • 17. 17. Features of State include all but one
A) Administration
B) Sovereignty
C) Government
D) Permanence
  • 18. 18. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ____
A) Executive power
B) Military power
C) Political power
D) Physical power
  • 19. 19. A person acts with _______ if he acts on behalf of others who have commissioned him to do so
A) De-jure authority
B) Institutional authority
C) De-facto authority
D) Positional authority
  • 20. 20. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) De-facto Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Delegated Sovereignty
D) Internal Sovereignty
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