Local governments are created to
- A. give more powers to the traditional rulers
- B. bring the government closer to the people
- C. make the people obey more of the local laws
- D. take over the functions of the central government
An institution of government that makes bye-laws is the
- A. judiciary
- B. executive
- C. legislature
- D. local authorities
A minister controls public corporation by
- A. provide the corporation's finances
- B. auditing the accounts of the corporation personally
- C. criticizing the corporation through the mass media
- D. ensuring the effective administration of the corporation
Public corporations are established to
- A. make maximum profits
- B. help businessmen
- C. provide employment for defeated politicians
- D. provide utility services to the public at minimal cost
Which of the following functions is performed by the civil service?
- A. Enactment of laws
- B. Settlement of disputes
- C. Appointment of ministers
- D. Implementation of policies
The anonymity of a civil servant means that he
- A. is above the law of the land
- B. should take part in partisan politics
- C. receives neither praise nor blame publicly
- D. should be prosecuted for professional misconduct
Which of the following categories of people can vote in periodic elections?
- A. Minors
- B. Aliens
- C. Lunatics
- D. Citizens
For an election to be fair and free Electoral Commission must be
- A. ready to manipulate results
- B. ready to reject criticisms
- C. headed by a minister in the executive
- D. independent of other institutions of government
Suffrage is also known as
- A. franchise
- B. plebiscite
- C. public opinion
- D. electoral college
Elections are conducted to
- A. provide permanent employment for the people
- B. make the people choose their leaders
- C. known the number of people in a country
- D. know the social amenities in the community
Membership of pressure groups is usually limited because they
- A. pursue specific and narrow objectives
- B. promote other people's interests
- C. do not have dynamic leadership
- D. promote the interest of the government
An association whose ultimate aim is to influence government policies is known as
- A. civil service
- B. pressure group
- C. political party
- D. public corporation
Which of the following is not a means through which political parties reach the populace?
- A. Posters
- B. newspapers
- C. schools
- D. the internet
Political parties aim at all the following except
- A. contesting elections
- B. forming a government
- C. organizing general elections
- D. educating the electorate politically
A political party can contest and win a widely accepted election if it has
- A. the ability to rig election
- B. intolerant attitude to oppositions
- C. a broad-based membership
- D. the support of very wealthy politicians
The judicial order requiring a detained person to be brought before a judge is the writ of
- A. Habeas corpus
- B. Mandamus
- C. Prohibition
- D. Certiorari
The privileged citizens enjoyed in a country irrespective of sex, tribe or creed is
- A. right
- B. constitution
- C. manifesto
- D. franchise
All the following are the conditions for the adoption of federalism except
- A. size
- B. defence
- C. population
- D. homogeneity
A notable feature of cabinet system of government is
- A. collective responsibility
- B. the separation of powers
- C. violation of human rights
- D. impeachment of the executive
One of the features of an absolute monarch is that the ruler
- A. is elected by the electorate
- B. has a definite tenure of office
- C. is elected by the representatives of the people
- D. wields the supreme power in a state
In a presidential system of government, the president can constitutionally be removed from the office through
- A. persuasion
- B. impeachment
- C. coup d' etat
- D. vote -of-no- confidence