Second Term Examination Government SS 1 Second Term Lesson Notes

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

Subject: Government Class: SS1 Time:2hrs

Section A: Objective

Instruction: Answer all question in this section

1. The government is divided into three tiers in which system of government (A) federal system (B) parliamentary (C) presidential (D) unitary
2. The system of government in where head of state is not the head of government is (A) presidential system (B) parliamentary system (C) unitary (D) monarchy
3. The system of government where the power and authorities are concentrated in a single authority is (A) unitary system (B) federal system (C) monarchy system (D) democratic system
4. All these are functions and powers of presidential as the head of state except (A) assent (B) visitors (C) international conferences (D) advisers
5. The system of government where the of state is also the head of government is (A) presidential system (B) unitary system (C) cabinet (D) fascism
6. _______ may be defined as a league sovereign state with a loose political arrangement in which autonomies states come together to form a union (A) monarchy system (B) theocracy (C) plutocracy (D) con federal system
7. Unitary form of government is best practiced in a (A) heterogeneous state (B) homogeneous state (C) federal state (D) con federal state
8. An agreed set of rules prescribing the governance of a country can be called the (A) charter (B) manifesto (C) constitution (C) hansard
9. A constitution is said to be rigid if it is (A) is difficult to amend (B) is un written (C) is decreed by soldiers (D) can be only amended by the president
10. The principle of collective responsibility is central to the (A) presidential system (B) parliamentary system (C) unitary system (D) federal system
11. In a parliamentary system of government, the head of government is usually (A) se3lected by the council of state (B) elected by the supreme court (C) the head of state (D) the majority leader in the legislature
12. The practice of two or more sovereign uniting for security and external affairs is called (A) totalitarianism (B) republican (C) con federalism (D) sectionalism
13. All the following are sources of constitutions except (A) devolution of power (B) conventions (C) customs (D) acts of parliament
14. A constitution is said to be flexible when Its provision are (A) known to the ruler (B) easy to amend (C) mainly in one document (D) scattered in several books
15. The system of government in which authorities are shared between the central and the component units is called (A) unitary (B) feudal system (C) federal system (D) monarchial system of government
16. In a cabinet system of government, the ministers are collectively responsible to the (A) parliament (B) electorate (C) judiciary (D) president
17. The modern concept of the rule of law was introduced by (A) K.C Wheare (B) A.V Dicey (C) Otton Von Bismarck (D) Justice Holmes
18. Which of the following principles is against the concept of the rule of law (A) supremacy of law (B) prevention of arbitrariness in authority (C) exercise of absolute power by t5he president (D) equality before the law
19. The type of government by one individual is (A) unitary system (B) federal system (C) con federal system (D) monarchy
20. This individual may be all except (A) king (B) chief (C) queen (D) emperor
21. Which of the following is a means of limiting the rule of law (A) supremacy (B) equality before the law (C) immunity granted to diploma (D) strike action by workers
22. These are countries that practice unitary form of government except (A) Nigeria (B) France (C) Britain (D) Italy
23. Fund and power here are to be exercised by both the central and the state governments under which list (A) exclusive list (B) concurrent list (C) residual list (D) senate list
24. How many tiers of government do we have (A) three (B) two (C) four (D) five
25. Who was the first Nigerian executive president (A) Dr Nnmamdi Azikwe (B) Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (C) Sir Tafawa Balewa (D) Alhaji Sheu Shagari
26. The judiciary is an of government which (A) rules the country according to laws (B) makes law for the country (C) give legal backing to the government budget (D) settles disputes in accordance with the law of the land
27. An essential feature of a state is (A) organized system of law (B) having advanced of technology (C) developed infrastructure (D) availability of mineral resources
28. Methods or functions among the three tiers of government is divided into how many (A) five (B) three (C) two (D) six
29. There are reasons for the adoption of federal system except (A) size of the country (B) nearness of the federated unit (C) fears of the minorities (D) possibility of conflict
30. Who is the current president of America (A) Pres Joe Biden (B) pres Justin Augustin (C) Pres Barack Obama (D) Pres Donald Trump

Section B

Answer only three question from all. No 1 question is compulsory.

1. What is unitary form of government. List and explain 3 features of unitary system of government
2. Explain the term federal system of government. List and explain 3 reasons for the adoption of a federal system
3. Explain three method of dividing functions among three tiers of government
4. List and explain the 5 characteristics of monarchy
5. Highlights 5 feature of republican government

Second Term Examination Literature SS 1 Second Term Lesson Notes

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

Subject: Government Class: SS2 Time:2hrS

Answer all the following from these section

1. People pay taxes in order to (A) generate revenue for government (B) obtain a tax clearance certificate (C) avoid being prosecuted in the court (D) save towards the future
2. A local government administration promote (A) consensus politics (B) democracy at the grass root (C) responsive government (D) responsible government
3. Public corporations are set up by (A) board of directors (B) the ministers (C) an act of parliament (D) workers in the corporations
4. Which of the following is an advantage of local government in west Africa acting as (A) agent for money based politics (B) electoral commissions (C) training ground for political leaders (D) agent of pressure group
5. Some precolonial west African government were democratic because of the existence of (A) powerful traditional rulers (B) age grades (C) religious institutions (D) agent of pressure groups
6. In the precolonial west Africa the kingdom of the Asante, wolf and the Hausa were example of (A) state (B) union (C) nation (D) country
7. Which of the following countries popularized the use of the indirect rule by the British (A) Ghana (B) Nigeria (C) Sierra lone (D) Gambia
8. Public corporation are financed (A) with private funds (B) with entrepreneurial funds (C) by political parties (D) by tax payers
9. Local government may be defined as a government established through (A) act of parliament (B) executive (C) judiciary (D) civil service commission
10. Under which republican constitution was local government authority created (A) 1963 (B) 1979 (C) 1999 (D) 1973
11. Indirect rule was successful in some part of west African because (A) its suited the existing traditional political structure (B) British officials learnt the local language (C) the resident were good administrators (D) the British tyramized
12. In a monarchy system of government, The head of state is usually (A) a hereditary ruler (B) the speaker of the legislature (C) a military ruler (D) the chief justice
13. These are the reasons for local government except (A) bringing government nearer to the people (B) making of bye laws (C) local participation (D) provision of essential services
14. In which century did Fulani take over the political leadership of the Hausa state (A) 21^st century (B) 19^th century (C) 17^th century (D) 18^th century
15. How many local government be dissolved by act of parliament (A) by suspending the grants by their central government (B) by merging people at the grass root in the state (C) by asking the chairmen and councilors to vacate the offices (D) by sending auditor from central to the local government
16. Which of these is the problem of local government (A) approval of loans (B) registration (C) auditing (D) shortage of trained personnel
17. _______ may be defined as a certain form of unity which grows out of historical experience (A) nationalism (B) indirect rule (C) direct rule (D) colonialism
18. The exponents of the 19^th century Nigerian nationalism were (A) foreign and few elite (B) traditional rulers and few elites (C) Hausa and Yoruba
19. Who was the first governor general in Nigeria (A) Lord Lugard (B) Kwame Nkrumah (C) Nnamdi Azikwe (D) Tafawa Balewa
20. What is the full meaning of NIN (A) Nigeria institute of numbers (B) National institute of Numbers (C) National identity numbers (D) Northern identity numbers
21. When was Lagos colony and southern protectorate with northern protectorate amalgamated to form a single colony (A) 1914 (B) 1900 (C) 1906 (D) 1896
22. The type of laws by local government are called (A) bye laws (B) civil laws (C) judicial laws (D) legislative laws
23. The road that are constructed by the local government are called (A) state roads (B) feeder roads (C) federal roads (D) express roads
24. Local government get their revenue through these means except (A) grants (B) collection of rates (C) imposition of levy (D) amendment of laws
25. How local government are there in Nigeria (A) 360 (B) 36 (C) 774 (D) 274
26. These are examples of public corporations except (A) water corporations (B) Nigerian rail way corporation (C) federal radio corporation (D) motor parks corporations
27. The political head of a local government is (A) chairman (B) minister (C) governor (D) president
28. One who represent his country affairs in another country is (A) president (B) minister (C) ambassador (D) commissioner
29. Nigeria became a republican state in what year (A) 1963 (B) 1967 (C) 1979 (D) 1977
30. The leader o0f house of senate is referred to (A) senate president (B) chief whip (C) majority leader (D) the clerk

Section B

Answer only three questions from this section.

1. Explain the term local government. List and explain the characteristics of local government
2. List and explain 5 reasons for the creation of local government
3. What is nationalism. List and explain 4 features of nationalism before second world war
4. Dis cuss the political administration of any of the three political system
5. Discuss the local government. List and explain 3 powers of the local governments

Second Term Examination Computer Studies SS 1 Second Term Lesson Notes