SECTION ONE (a) Freedom of the press
(b) Freedom of association with others
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is responsible for
carrying out the government’s policies?
(a) Cabinet (b) Judiciary
(c) Legislature (d) Civil Service
2. A country that has a President as its head of
State is known as/a
(a) Proletariat (b) Oligarchy
(c) Monarchy (d) Republic
3. What does “democratic process in choosing
a government” mean?
(a) The freedom of the electorate to stay at
home on polling day
(b) Choosing a government through free and
fair election.
(c) The freedom and the independence of
the judiciary
(d) The freedom for any number of political
parties to contest an election
4. Which of the following BEST describes the
term “Power to the people”?
(a) Communism (b) Democracy
(c) Socialism (d) Revolution
5. The main reason for making laws is to-------
(a) Keep all policemen busy
(b) Make the government stronger
© Establish the state of emergency
(d) Maintain order and stability in the
society
6. The Cabinet of a country has responsibility
for -------------------------------
(a) Running the day to day affair of the state
(b) Selecting the mayor of the country
(c) Paying the salary of its Prime Minister
(d) Appointing the country’s Chief justice
7. Which of the following is not a basic human
right?
(c) Freedom to move about
(d) Freedom to persecute others
8. A Bicameral Legislature is comprised of:
(a) Government and opposition
(b) Senate and cabinet
© House of Representative and Senate
(d) Cabinet and parliament
9. Discussing national issues and voting at
elections are ways by which persons can ----
(a) Exercise their rights as citizens
(b) Ensures that their party remains in power
© Show respect for the authority of the
government
(d) Show that they are law abiding citizens
10. A national police force has the responsibility
for--------------------
(a) Making laws (b) Enforcing laws
(c) Amending laws (d) Announcing laws
11. Which of the following is a definition of
‘human resource’
(i) Energies and skills of people
(ii) Talents and knowledge of the people
(iii) Desire to improve quality of life
(iv) Earnings and savings of people
(a) I and III ONLY
(b) I and IV ONLY
(c) I, II and III
(d) I, III and IV
12. Which of the following formulae is used to
calculate a country’s population density?
(a) population 65 and over
Total population
(b) Total area (sq. km)
Total area (sq. km)
© Number of males
 Area of population 17. Which of the following is NOT considered
to be a responsibility of a good citizen?
(d) Number of females (a)Joining a political party
Area of population (b) Obeying the laws of the state
13. Which of the following are society’s reasons © Paying appropriate taxes
for putting criminals in prison? (d) Protecting the country
I to reform them so that they will eventually 18. Lack of sufficient resources to support the
rejoin the community demands of a population is known
II to discourage others from committing as_______________
similar crimes (a) Depopulation
(b) Overpopulation
III to prevent them from continuing to (c) Under population
commit crimes (d) Population density
IV To allow crime victims to get revenge
(a) I, II and III only 19. Natural increase in a population of an area
(b) I, II and IV only results when--------------------------------------
(c) II,III and IV only
(d) I,II,III and Iv (a) Birth rate exceeds death rate
(b) Death rate exceeds birth rate
14. For which of the following purposes is the (c) Infant mortality rate is more that fertility
information collected in a census normally rate
used? (d) Fertility rate is more than infant
I To determine the rate of population mortality rate
growth
II To predict the needs of the society and 20. The term ‘Labour force means’---------------
plan how to satisfy them of a population.
III To estimate the number of government (a) The unemployed and under employed
supporters in the country (b) The employed and unemployed
(a) I and II only (c) The employed and underemployed
(b) I and III only (d) The employed alone
(c) II and III only
(d) (d) I II and III

“On average a baby born in country X

will live for 50 years”.
15. This statement refers to-------------
(a) Mortality rate (b) Infant mortality
(c) Life expectancy (d) Natural increase

16. A drastic reduction in a country’s population

is known as____________________
(a) Death rate (b) Emigration
(c) Repopulation (d) Depopulation