QUESTION 1
The judicial order requiring a detained person to be brought before a judge is the writ of
Options
A) Habeas corpus
B) Mandamus
C) Prohibition
D) Certiorari
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Question 2
A political party can contest and win a widely accepted election if it has
Options
A) the ability to rig election
B) intolerant attitude to oppositions
C) a broad-based membership
D) the support of very wealthy politicians
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Question 3
Political parties aim at all the following except
Options
A) contesting elections
B) forming a government
C) organizing general elections
D) educating the electorate politically
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Question 4
Which of the following is not a means through which political parties reach the populace?
Options
A) Posters
B) newspapers
C) schools
D) the internet
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Question 5
An association whose ultimate aim is to influence government policies is known as
Options
A) civil service
B) pressure group
C) political party
D) public corporation
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Question 6
Membership of pressure groups is usually limited because they
Options
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
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Question 7
Elections are conducted to
Options
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
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Question 8
Power is transformed into legal authority through
Options
A) force
B) prayers
C) influence
D) legitimacy
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Question 9
Conventions are mostly used by states that have
Options
A) a large number of illiterates
B) a lot of people not interested in political activities
C) unwritten constitution
D) rigid constitution
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Question 10
One advantage of a flexible constitution is that it
Options
A) can lead to dictatorship
B) can easily be manipulated
C) is best suited for a federation
D) can be amended by a simple majority
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A constitution that requires complicated procedure for its amendment is
Options
A) rigid
B) flexible
C) written
D) unwritten
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Question 12
The official who enforces discipline among members of his party in parliament is the
Options
A) majority leader
B) minority leader
C) clerk of the House
D) chief whip
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Question 13
When an action of the executive is declared ultra vires, it is a control exercised by the
Options
A) public
B) minister
C) judiciary
D) parliament
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Question 14
One of the features of an absolute monarch is that the ruler
Options
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
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Question 15
A notable feature of cabinet system of government is
Options
A) collective responsibility
B) the separation of powers
C) violation of human rights
D) impeachment of the executive
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Question 16
The privilege citizens enjoyed in a country irrespective of sex, tribe or creed is
Options
A) right
B) constitution
C) manifesto
D) franchise
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Question 17
The judicial order requiring a detained person to be brought before a judge is the writ of
Options
A) Habeas corpus
B) Mandamus
C) Prohibition
D) Certiorari
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Question 18
A political party can contest and win a widely accepted election if it has
Options
A) the ability to rig election
B) intolerant attitude to oppositions
C) a broad-based membership
D) the support of very wealthy politicians
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Question 19
Political parties aim at all the following except
Options
A) contesting elections
B) forming a government
C) organizing general elections
D) educating the electorate politically
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Question 20
Which of the following is not a means through which political parties reach the populace?
Options
A) Posters
B) newspapers
C) schools
D) the internet
Suggested Lesson: Political Party | Political Parties and Party Systems
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