GOVERNMENT FIRST TERM OBJ EXAM – SS2

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GOVERNMENT FIRST TERM OBJ EXAM – SS2

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  1. You have 30 minutes to answer 100 questions.
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1. Which of the following categories of people can vote in periodic elections?

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2. What is NOT a function of the civil service?

 

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3. An institution under the executive arm of government responsible for formulating and implementing government policies is the ________

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4. Representative governments around the world pay attention to public opinion because of the following factors except

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5. When an election fails to produce a clear winner, the process of determining a winner is called

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6. Redtapism in the civil service refers to

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7. The simple plurality electoral system is often criticized because _________

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8. Public corporations and parastatals are typically established by

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9. Lawyers recruited into the civil service belong to the

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10. Which of the following electoral systems is ideal for a heterogeneous society?

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11. The anonymity of civil servants means that they should not be?

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12. The electoral system in which the winner should have more than all the votes of all the other contestants put together is called

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13. Public corporation has a legal personality which means that

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14. Public corporations are established to

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15. Undue political interference in the work of electoral management bodies in West Africa has the potential to

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16. The appointment and dissolution of the board of directors of the public corporation fall under _______?

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17. The process of selecting candidates to represent a political party in elections is known as

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18. A referendum is a device to ensure that

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19. The Independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of

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20. Which of the following functions is performed by the civil service?

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21. Promoting electoral integrity is the crucial function of which institution of state?

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22. A major function of public corporation is to

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23. The determination and execution of government policies is the core function of

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24. The impartiality of the civil servants is important to the governance structure because they work for the interest of the

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25. Citizens exercise their sovereignty by

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26. The administrative head of a public corporation in Nigeria is the

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27. The Public Service Commission deals with the

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28. Which of the following is a function of the Public Complaints Commission?

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29. The political neutrality of civil servants implies that they

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30. The institution established by the constitution to be responsible for recruiting personnel into the civil service is the ___________

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31. Recruitment and promotion of civil servants in Nigeria remain the responsibility of

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32. The media, commonly referred to as the fourth estate of the realm , monitors the activities of government on behalf of the

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33. As part of its constitutional mandate, the Public Service Commission operates to

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34. The civil service cadre responsible for the general supervision and control of ministries is the

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35. The principle of civil service that guarantees the employment of public workers is

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36. The second ballot is based on the principle that a successful candidate must obtain

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37. The Barclay’s Bank and the British Petroleum Company in Nigeria were nationalized in the late 1970s for transacting business with …

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38. An effective way of strengthening societal institutions is through the expression of ____________

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39. The anonymity of a civil servant means that he

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40. Public corporations in Nigeria are established through

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41. A feature of a confederal state is that _______

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42. Any type of restricted franchise is a violation of the principle of ________

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43. The body responsible for the execution of the policies of government is the ______

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44. Franchise can be described as the right to

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45. The police perform all the following functions except ________

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46. The needs of the citizen are made known to the government through ____?

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47. An electoral system in which the electorate elects a small group of people who in turn elects political office holders is known as

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48. The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________

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49. Implementations of the target programmes of the government is the primary duty of the _____ a part of the _____

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50. One way of improving productivity in the public service is through?

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51. ___ is the act of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling centre with the intent of influencing voters?

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52. Citizens can seek redress against injustice from the state through the?

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53. Public Corporations can deliver on their mandate if

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54. Which of the following is not an electoral malpractice?

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55. Public opinion is important in that, it ________

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56. People’s political values are continuously shaped by the following agents except

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57. The delineation of constituencies is a major duty of the __________

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58. One of the function of the electoral management body is to

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59. The civil service is different from the public service in terms of

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60. Public opinion can be measured through all of the following except the?

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61. The act of removing an elected official by the electorate is referred to as

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62. For an election to be fair and free Electoral Commission must be

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63. The class that controls and supervises the activities of the executive class in the civil service is?

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64. The office of the ombudsman is created to acts as

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65. Which state institution is referred to as the bureaucratic wing responsible for the running of government offices, agencies and departments?

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66. The manipulation of boundaries of constituencies in order to win more seats is called

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67. The appointment, promotion and discipline of civil servants is the responsibility of the

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68. The Civil Services helps the government to

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69. In a democratic government, franchise is given to all_________

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70. Which of the following is a disadvantage of proportional representation?

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71. The Nigerian Public Complaints Commission as the Ombudsman suffers most from

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72. Which of the following options is the role of a newspaper in a state?

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73. The major problem facing electoral management bodies in West Africa is _______

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74. Which of the following agencies helps the most in shaping public opinion?

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75. A “Yes” or No” vote on a specific political issue in a country is called ________

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76. Public corporation can operate in a more efficient manner if they are ________

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77. The type of election which allows party members to elect candidates for elective offices is _________

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78. Public opinion is formed through the following channels except

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79. The administrative head of the ministry is the

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80. The media serve a useful purpose in a democracy by

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81. A multi-member constituency is used to facilitate the operation of

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82. In the United States, what do they call by-election?

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83. The responsibility of giving policy guidelines to the board of corporations rest with the

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84. The highest grade in the Civil Service is known as the …………

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85. Indirect election is best described as?

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86. Which of the following is a function of an electoral commission?

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87. The zoning system in Nigerian politics refers to

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88. What does the mass media rely on to gauge public opinion?

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89. Public corporations are struggling in the West African States as a result of

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90. The primary essence of a public corporation is__________

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91. The Commission that examines complaints of civil wrongs committed by government employees is

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92. A minister controls public corporation by

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93. On which of the following grounds can a citizen abstain from voting?

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94. The official routine observed in carrying out functions in the civil service is commonly known as

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95. The idea of making the civil service permanent, neutral and anonymous is to

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96. What is the main source of funding for public corporations in Nigeria?

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97. Public Corporations are referred to as statutory bodies because they are established by _________

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98. A characteristic of public opinion is that it is

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99. An electoral system in which the winner must secure more than 50% of the vote is described as a/an

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100. Press control is necessary for a state, particularly in the area of

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