Correct Answer: A. coalition

Explanation

A political coalition or political alliance or political bloc is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of the voting system or for government formation after elections.

Correct Answer: D. train local people in the art of governing

Explanation

1. Local Government is important for National Development for many reasons 2. Local Government helps in avoiding local oppositions to Plan 3.Local Government contributes to the Political Stability 4. Local Government provides a sense of participation on the part of people

Correct Answer: A. democratic government

Explanation

The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.

Correct Answer: C. formulating and executing public policies

Explanation

The civil service is independent of government and is also composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil servant or public servant is a person employed in the public sector on behalf of a government department or agency. A civil servant or public servant's first priority is to represent the interests of citizens.

Correct Answer: A. Majority rule

Explanation

1. All the major decisions are taken by the candidates elected by people.
2. Elections provide with fair opportunity to the people to change the present government.
3. The opportunity of dissolving the government is equal for all. Regular elections and the option of dissolution makes up the government

Correct Answer: B. it ensures the anonymity of the voter

Explanation

The secret ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous, forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying. The system is one means of achieving the goal of political privacy.

Correct Answer: A. monarchy

Explanation

A monarchy is a form of government in which a single person holds supreme authority in ruling a country, also performing ceremonial duties and embodying the country's national identity. Although some monarchs are elected, in most cases, the monarch's position is inherited and lasts until death or abdication. In these cases, the royal family or members of the dynasty usually serve in official capacities as well. The governing power of the monarch may vary from purely symbolic (crowned republic), to partial and restricted (constitutional monarchy), to completely autocratic (absolute monarchy).

Correct Answer: A. political equality

Explanation

political equality refers to the equality of each citizen's individual rights and liberty.

Correct Answer: D. adjudicate cases

Explanation

The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary can also be thought of as the mechanism for the resolution of disputes. Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the judiciary generally does not make statutory law or enforce law, but rather interprets law and applies it to the facts of each case

Explanation

(I) Decentralized administration.

(ii) The village was the highest unit of administration.

(iii) Existence of village assembly (Oha-na-eze/Umunna).

(iv) The village priest/diviner wielded great deal of religious and judicial powers.

(v) Significant position of age grades.

(vi) The family heads played important role in the administration of the village.

(vii) Title holders (Ozo title) played significant role in the traditional political system.

(viii) Decisions were reached by consensus.

(ix) Succession to leadership/coming into prominence was based on personal achievements.

(x) Political significance of deities in providing bonds of unity.

(xi) There was the existence of Council of Elders (Ama-ala) presided over by the eldest son in the village.

(xii) The market square served as the village assembly chambers.

(xiii) The women (Umuada), composed of the first daughter of each family, constituted a socio-political group.