GOVERNMENT TEST TWO

Ikulu Chamwino Dodoma

 

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT TEST TWO

  1. Choose the most correct answer from the alternatives given and write its letter in the box provided

  1. A system of government and leadership in which supreme power belong to people is:-

  1.  dictatorship 

  2. aristocracy 

  3. monarchy 

  4. democracy

  1. The non payable external source of government revenue is called 

  1. foreign borrowing 

  2. foreign exchange 

  3. grants 

  4. debts

  1. The following are union matter of the United Republic of Tanzania except:- 

  1. Defense

  2. external affairs 

  3.  education 

  4. police

  1. One advantage of a written construction is:- 

  1. simple and clear 

  2. create harmony 

  3.  its flexible 

  4.  tends to be rigid

  1. The arm of the government which implement laws of the state is 

  1. legislature 

  2.  judiciary 

  3.  parliament 

  4. executive

  1. The chief advisor of the government who is also a cabinet member is:- 

  1. magistrate 

  2.  judges 

  3. prime minister 

  4. attorney general

  1. Which one of the following is an administrative unit of the central government 

  1.  judiciary 

  2. cabinet 

  3. local government 

  4. executive

  1. The following are the sources of the government revenue except:- 

  1.  development levy 

  2.  income tax 

  3.  rent 

  4. license fee

  1. The chairman of the revolution council of Zanzibar is also:- 

  1. president of the United Republic of Zanzibar 

  2.  president of United Republic of Tanzania 

  3. President of Zanzibar 

  4.  chief minister of Zanzibar

  1. In democratic government:- 

  1. the government controls labour and peasant union 

  2. few persons control the power of the government 

  3.  law made are considered less important 

  4.  individual rights are considered less important than the welfare of the nation

  1. When the state officials are said to be acting within the law and the constitution, this is referred as:- 

  1. human rights 

  2. natural justice 

  3.  parliamentary supremacy 

  4. rule of law

  1. In constitutional monarchy type of government, the head of the government is:- 

  1. president 

  2.  king or queen 

  3. secretary of state 

  4. prime minister

  1. The declaration of the state of emergency is made when:- 

  1.  the president is angry 

  2.  a nation is at war 

  3.  three states are united 

  4. the parliament is dissolved

  1. A set of law which govern the country is known as:- 

  1. law of the country 

  2.  rule of law 

  3. constitution 

  4.  national by-law

  1. A representative democratic society should not have:- 

  1.  corruption 

  2.  rule of law 

  3.  periodic election 

  4.  good governance

  1. The organ which is responsible for election procedure in Tanzania is called:- 

  1.  Tanzania elections board 

  2. presidential election authority 

  3. national electoral commission 

  4.  presidential commission of election

  1. Collective name of town, municipal, district and city council is:- 

  1.  urban authority 

  2.  people’s power 

  3. native authority 

  4. local authority

  1. Who attend parliament by virtue of his office but has no rights to vote 

  1. the prime minister 

  2.  the speaker 

  3. the attorney general 

  4.  the opposition leader

  1. Tanzania goes for election after every:- 

  1.  five terms 

  2. five session 

  3. five period 

  4. five years

  1. Chief justice is appointed by:- 

  1.  the parliament 

  2.  the attorney general 

  3.  the prime minister 

  4. the president


  1. Choose the correspondent letter from list B and match with those of list A

LIST A

LIST B

  1. A government created temporarily by the people within a country while waiting for general election

  2. A form of a dictatorship, often the president of the country is a high-ranking military official such as a general

  3. A form of government headed by the president

  4. A government formed after the overthrow of the incumbent government

  5. The central government shares power with a number of small states government

  6. Is the rule by an elite group for their own interest

  7. A rule by a single political party

  8. A situation where there is no government

  9. A rule by the king or queen or emperor

  10. A form of government ruled by a single leader and his faithful followers

  1. Anarchy

  2. Monarchy

  3. Oligarchy

  4. Revolutionary government

  5. Totalitarian

  6. Military regimes

  7. Dictatorship

  8. Republic

  9. Federal government

  10. Transitional government

  11. Constitutional monarchy

  12. Caesarism

  13. Union government

  14. Anarchist

  15. Military groups

  16. Coalition government

  17. Dominion

3. TRUE and FALSE statements

  1. Primary courts hears civil cases only ___________

  2. Tanganyika become republic on 12/12/1961__________

  3. Multipartism in Tanzania started in 1995__________

  4. Idd Amin was once a dictator of Uganda ______________

  5. Duties of local government and central government are the same _________

  6. President has the power to confer a municipal to be a city ___________

  7. Tanganyika was once a dominion government before 19962 _____

  8. Rigid constitution accept changes easily ______

  9. Treason cases can be judged in primary courts __________

  10. The state of emergence can be declared only if there is war ____________


4. Answer the following questions by selecting the word from the box and feel the blanks

Duties, ward, government, cities, peace, government, republic, union, monarchy, federation, dictatorship, constitution

  1. A form of the government whereby power is divided and shared between a national and state government is called ______________

  2. The group of people and institution responsible for controlling a country or state is called _______

  3. A form of government whereby the leadership rest in the hands of an individual or group of people who come to power through force is called ______________

  4. One of the function of local government is maintaining ______ and order

  5. The system of principle that a country is governed by is called ______

  6. A form of the government whereby two or more countries unites to form a single state is called_______

  7. Local government get revenue by _________

  8. The system of principle that a country is governed by is called _______

  9. A system of government whereby a king or queen rules the country is called __________

  10. A form of government whereby a country is governed by a president and politician elected by the people is called __________

5. Write short notes on the following terms

  1. Government 

  2.  constitution 

  3. democratic government 

  4.  judiciary 

  5. constitutional monarchy 

  6.  parliament 

  7. transition government 

  8.  revolutionary government 

  9. federal government 

  10. democratic government

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