THE LORD’S CHOSEN CHARISMATIC SECONDARY SCHOOL,

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION, 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION

SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT CLASS: SS2 TIME ALLOWED: 2HRS
INSTRUCTION: This paper is in two parts, A & B. Part A contains 20 Objectives to answer all while part B
contains 3 essay questions to answer all.
SECTION A
1. Government is a ______ subject (a) art (b) science (c) social science (d) political
2. Government is defined as a body, agency or machinery established to ______ (a) organize the state
(b) destroy the state (c) enable corruption (d) all of the above
3. One of the following is not a characteristic of Government (a) Revenue (b) public support (c) war (d)
law
4. Which of the following is a characteristic of Government (a) Welfare (b) wickedness (c) political
power (d) corruption
5. ________ is not a function of government (a) punishment (b) employment (c) establishment of law
(d) defense
6. _________ is defined as a political group of people living in a defined geographical territory (a)
country (b) nation (c) state (d) all of the above
7. _________ can be defined as a group or body of people who share the same opinion, interest, and
judgment, and are united by common ties (a) state (b) country (c) none of the above
8. _________ is defined as a group of people who possess the attribute of a nation and a state in terms
of political sovereignty (a) nation (b) country (c) state (d) nation-state
9. _________ is defined as an association of all human beings in a given community (a) state (b)
nation-state (c) society (d) nation
10. _________ is defined as the ability or capacity of individuals or groups of people to influence the
action of others (a) instruction (b) authority (c) power (d) none of the above
11. Which of the following is not a form of power (a) political power (b) spiritual power (c) military
power (d) economic power
12. ________ can be defined as a claim of legitimacy which gives justification and legal right to exercise
power (a) power (b) authority (c) exercise (d) all of the above
13. _________ can be defined as a system of government for the people, by the people and of the people
(a) government (b) democracy (c) election (d) all of the above
14. One of the following is a type of democracy (a) spiritual democracy (b) corrupt democracy (c) direct
democracy (d) none of the above
15. __________ can be defined as the principle or practice of collective ownership of properties (a)
communism (b) socialism (c) communalism (d) feudalism
16. __________ can be defined as a form of government in which a state is ruled by a king or queen (a)
monarchy (b) patriarchy (c) none of the above (d) all of the above
17. __________ is a person who is recognized as a legal member with full political, economic and social
rights in a particular state (a) Citizen (b) member (c) citizenship (d) partner
18. __________ can be defined as an organized group of people who share common ideas with the sole
aim of acquiring political power (a) state (b) nation (c) country (d) political party
19. __________ can be defined as a social group of people who are interested in influencing public and
government policies and actions (a) political party (b) party system (c) pressure group (d) none of
the above
20. _________ refers to the method through which people elect their representatives in a country (a)
election (b) voting (c) electoral system (d) democracy
SECTION B (Answer all questions. Grammar, punctuation and proper use of words are necessary for passing.)
1. What is public opinion? (b) list three formation of public opinion
2. What is mass media? (b) list and explain the three types of mass media
3. Define the term ‘civil service’. (b) list 5 functions of the civil service.