TOPIC: BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options

 1. All the following are features of a representative government except _______.

A.equality of rights

B.legitimate government

C. periodic election

D.secession

The correct answer is option [D]

2. The best way to keep military out of politics in developing countries is to _____.

A.pay soldiers better salaries

 B.imprison coup plotters

C. outlaw coup plotting

D.ensure good governance

The correct answer is option [D]

3. Power is different from authority because power lacks ____________.

A.ability

 B.sovereignty

C. probity

D.legitimacy

The correct answer is option [D]

4. When government power is concentrated in one single central authority, it is called ______.

A. centralization

B. concentration

C. devolution

D. confederation

The correct answer is option [A]

5. Fundamental human right are entrenched in the constitution of a state in order to_______.

A. encourage unlimited freedom

B. enabled the court to punish offenders

C. restrict the liberty of citizens

D. guarantee the liberty of citizens

The correct answer is option [D]

6. A government controlled by a few people for their own interests is said to be ______.

A. an autocracy

B. a tyranny

C. an oligarchy

D. a meritocracy

The correct answer is option [C]

TOPIC: CITIZENSHIP

DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options

1. A Nigerian may lose his/her if he/she _______.

A. is convicted of a criminal offence

B. renounces it in exchange for another

C. loses his/her international passport

D. fail to pay his taxes

The correct answer is option [B]

2. Duties and obligations of a citizen exclude _______.

A. service to the nation

B. care of public property

C. destroying the image of fellow citizen

D. payment of taxes

The correct answer is option [C]

3. The right of the citizen is not protected where there is ________.

A. good governance

B. a dictator ruler

C. supremacy of law

D. independent judiciary

The correct answer is option [B]

4. Freedom of the press helps her to _______.

A. be above board

B. escape libel charges

C. play a watch-dog role

D. be loyal to the government

The correct answer is option [C]

5. Civil liberty does not mean right to ________.

A. own property

 B. life

C. fair hearing

 D. murder

The correct answer is option [D]

6. Which of the following groups was provided for under the French West African dual citizenship?

A. Men and women

B. Muslims and Christians

C. Soldiers and Civilians

D. Citizens and the subjects

The correct answer is option [D]

7. The principle of the rule of law includes the following except _______.

A. equality before the law

B. impartiality of the law

C. the protection of fundamental Human rights

D. disobedience to leaders

The correct answer is option [D]

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