GOVERNMENT ONLINE 2023 CLASS BRAIN DRILL 1

Which of these defines government as a constituted authority which has its

means , methods, procedure, process and

techniques by which it formulates and

implements its policies?

• Government as an institution of the state

• Government as an art or process of

  governing

• Government as an academic field of study

• Politics

______ is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status

• Power

• Legitimacy

• Politics

• Sovereignty

The father of absolutism is

• J.J. Rousseau

• Jeremy Bentham

• Thomas Hobbes

• Lord Acton

The association of human beings is simply called _____

• Nation

• Society

• State

• Village

____ is a system of rules and guidelines that dictate social behaviour and provide for acceptable conduct within a community

• Law

• Rule

• Ethics

• Principle

_____ are concrete directions for behaviour that must be followed to avoid punishment or censure.

• Principles

• Rules

• Constitutions

• Law

_______ a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.

• Theory

• People

• Principle

• Regulation

_____ is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.

• Executive

• Order

• Command

• Policy

A judicial writ issued as a command to an inferior court or ordering a person to perform a public or statutory duty is called _____.

• Writ of Habeas corpus

• Writ of Certiorary

• Writ of Mandamus

• Freedom

_____ is a law that states that a person cannot be kept in prison unless they have first been brought before a court of law, which decides whether it is legal for them to be kept in prison.

• Habeas corpus

• Mandamus

• Law

• Certiorary