The declaration of election results is the exclusive duty of
political party chairman
electoral commissions
chief justices
election petition tribunals
Correct answer is B
The declaration of election results is the exclusive duty of electoral commissions.
The Commission conducts the elections, count the votes and then published the results of the elections.
Other functions of the Electoral Commission include.
1. Division of the country into constituencies
2. Registration of voters
3. Determination of the type of voting
4. Building or supply of Polling Booths.
5. Provision of Election Materials
6. Display and Revision of Voter's Lists
7. Registration of Political Parties.
8. Appointment and Training of Electoral Officers.
9. Enlightens and Educates the Voters
10. Disbursement of Grants
11. Sees about Auditing of Accounts.
The formation of confederations is based primarily on
hegemonic considerations
historical reasons
security considerations
geographical factors
Correct answer is C
The formation of confederations is based primarily on security considerations confederation is mostly meant to guarantee external and internal security of the confederal states.
Examples of countries that have practised it are as follows:
1. The League of Nations
2. USA (1781 - 1789)
3. Germany (1815 - 1866)
4. Senegal and Gambia (1984) etc.
direct democracy
representative democracy
liberal democracy
benevolent dictatorship
Correct answer is A
The Ancient Greeks practised Direct Democracy.
This was practised in Ancient Athens, One of the city states in Greece. This was possible due to the fact that the population was small by then, and ever body had the right to say his opinion on any governmental matter in the national assembly.
A non-permanent feature of a state is
society
population
territory
government
Correct answer is D
Government is a non-permanent feature of a state.
It should be noted that Periodic Change is one of the major characteristics of government. No government is permanent especially, one that is based on peoples participation - elective government. That is the adoption of periodic free and fair elections. In some cases, it could be either four or five years to change a government.
The process of law-making by the legislature begins with
initiating a bill
commencing a debate
a public hearing
the first hearing
Correct answer is A
The process of law-making by the legislature begins as follows:
First and Fore most, the initiator of the bill will have to notify the clerk of the House by making sure that the draft of the bill reached him, the clerk of the House will then notify the members of Parliament about the presence of such bill.
The clerk of the House will read out the title of the bill. It will then be printed out in leaflets and circulated to all members for them to study before the second reading which the date will also be fixed.