SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
B) Based on the power he has in his office
C) On behalf of others who have assigned him
D) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Age
B) Emotions
C) Beliefs
D) Societal values
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of free Education
B) Defence of territory from external attacks
C) Maintenance of relations with other states
D) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Physical power
B) Political power
C) Military power
D) Executive power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Participate in government
B) Express opinions within the limits of the law
C) Disobey the government of the day
D) Express anything they like about government
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
B) Can punish law breakers
C) Has a government
D) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Singing the national anthem when required
B) Participating in sport
C) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
D) Supporting political parties
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) Pressure groups
B) Political party
C) Organs of government
D) National assembly
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Internal Sovereignty
B) De-facto Sovereignty
C) Delegated Sovereignty
D) Legal Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
B) Implementation and adjudication of law
C) Disagreement between state and local governments
D) The role of pressure groups within the state
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) President
B) Legislature
C) Electorate
D) Military
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Legal authority
B) Traditional authority
C) Charismatic authority
D) Rational authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political culture
B) Political socialization
C) Political authority
D) Political party
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) A.V. Dicey
B) John Austin
C) Jean Bodin
D) Baron Montesquieu
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Duties
B) Rights
C) Privileges
D) Requirements
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
B) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
C) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
D) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) Political power and political authority
B) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
C) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
D) Influence and political authority
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
B) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
C) A machinery established to punish offenders
D) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Has the mandate of the people to rule
B) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
C) Provides social services for the people
D) Is not oppressive
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Training to become a judge
B) Training on good Citizenship
C) Basis of career opportunities
D) Knowledge on the process of government
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
B) The supremacy of the political parties
C) The highest authority in a state
D) A state of political Independence
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Police
B) Military
C) Opinion leaders
D) Electorate
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural design
B) Cultural display
C) Cognitive orientation
D) Cultural development
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Decolonization
B) Naturalization
C) Neutralization
D) Nationalization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) President and his ministers
B) Study of political institutions and processes
C) Working of the organs of government
D) Membership for f international organizations
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Encouraging trade with other states
B) Encouraging the struggle for power
C) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
D) Providing social services
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) Club
B) Society
C) State
D) Community
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Legitimacy
B) Coercion
C) Power
D) Authority
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Sovereignty
B) Parliamentary supremacy
C) Rule of law
D) Separation of power
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Oligarchy
B) Parliamentary government
C) Feudalism
D) Authoritarianism
  • 31. 31. Government as the act of governing means the ______
A) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
B) Act of vetoing bill
C) Orders of judiciary and legislature
D) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Punishes the law breakers
B) Makes the law
C) Interprets the law
D) Implement laws and policies
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
B) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
C) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
D) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Legitimacy
B) Influence
C) Force
D) Inheritance
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Report any criminal acts
B) Defend the country from attacks
C) Register for election
D) Check the activities of the government
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Legal Sovereignty
B) Political Sovereignty
C) Military Sovereignty
D) Government sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) In a Unitary state
B) In a monarch
C) All of the above
D) In a federal state
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Plutocracy
B) Aristocracy
C) Oligarchy
D) Unitary
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Aristocracy
B) Autocracy
C) Plutocracy
D) Theocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Imprison criminals
B) Build schools and hospitals
C) Maintain law and order
D) Provide transport services
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