Coalition government can be defined as parties coming together
- A. to appoint a leader
- B. to form a government
- C. with a common manifesto
- D. to oppose the government
Party manifesto is important in the following ways except to
- A. evaluate the party
- B. limit choice
- C. attract people
- D. guide the party
All the following are sources of revenue of a political party except
- A. payment of dues
- B. donations
- C. custom duties
- D. fund raising
Which of the following bodies has the right to change the laws of the country? The
- A. Judiciary
- B. Ombudsman
- C. Legislature
- D. Executive
Slander limits a citizen’s freedom of
- A. expression
- B. movement
- C. association
- D. religion
Statutes are
- A. bills passed by local governments
- B. laws passed by the judiciary
- C. bills passed by the executive
- D. laws passed by the parliament
Which of the following is not a function of judiciary?
- A. settlement of disputes
- B. maintenance of law and order
- C. interpretation of law
- D. protection of right
In a federal system of government, education and health are examples of
- A. separation of powers
- B. reserved powers
- C. concurrent powers
- D. exclusive powers
A characteristic of a federal system of government is that power is
- A. shared between the central and unit governments
- B. shared between the component units of government
- C. held by the national government
- D. held by the state government
A feature of rigid constitution is that it requires
- A. amendment by the judiciary
- B. one-third majority for its amendment
- C. special amendment procedures
- D. the votes of electorate for its amendment
A constitution is a
- A. set of regulations and customs
- B. body of doctrine and principles
- C. set of principles and customs
- D. body of rules, regulations and conventions
Representative government is alternatively called
- A. rule of law
- B. indirect democracy
- C. separation of powers
- D. classical democracy
Which of the following is not a merits of checks and balances it?
- A. prevents excessive use of power
- B. has respect for human rights
- C. encourages the use of veto power
- D. prevents dictatorship
The following are merits of separation of powers except
- A. abuse of power
- B. freedom and liberty
- C. stable political system
- D. absence of dominance
Nazism was introduced by
- A. Adolf Hitler
- B. Tsar Nichilas ll
- C. Karl Marx
- D. Mao-Tse-Tung
Which of the following countries in Africa practised socialism?
- A. Nigeria
- B. Togo
- C. Tanzania
- D. Kenya
Political power could be acquired through
- A. persuaasion
- B. election
- C. sanction
- D. nomination
Government protects the lives and property of the citizens of a state through the
- A. courts and the police
- B. legislature and priseons
- C. ministers and the police
- D. customs and the police