Governance and Government

Question 1

The supreme and final authority is in the hands of a single person without regard to the source of his election or the nature or duration of his
tenure

Answer 1

Monarchy

Question 2

A monarchy where ruler rules by divine right

Answer 2

Absolute Monarchy

Question 3

A monarchy where ruler rules in accordance with a constitution

Answer 3

Limited Monarchy

Question 4

Political power is exercised by a few privileged class

Answer 4

Aristocracy or Oligarchy

Question 5

Political power is exercised by a majority of people

Answer 5

Democracy

Question 6

a democracy where the will of the state is formulated or
expressed directly and immediately through the people in a mass meeting or
primary assembly rather than through representatives chosen to act for them

Answer 6

Direct or Pure Democracy

Question 7

A democracy where the will of the state is formulated and expressed through the agency of a relatively small and select body of persons chosen by the people to act as their representatives

Answer 7

Indirect, Representative, or Republican Democracy

Question 8

The control of national and local affairs is exercised by the
central government.

Answer 8

Unitary Government

Question 9

The powers of government are divided between two sets of
organs, one for national affairs and the other for local affairs, each organ being supreme within its sphere.

Answer 9

Federal Government

Question 10

The State confers upon the legislature the power to
terminate the tenure of the office of the real executive. The Cabinet or ministry is
immediately and legally responsible to the legislature and immediately and
politically responsible to the electorate, while the titular or nominal executive—
the Chief of State—occupies a position of irresponsibility

Answer 10

Parliamentary Government

Question 11

The State makes the executive constitutionally independent of the legislature as regards tenure and to a large extent as regards policies and acts, and furnishes him with sufficient powers to prevent the
legislature from trenching upon the sphere marked out by the constitution as
executive independence and prerogative

Answer 11

Presidential Government

Question 12

fusion of power between executive and legislative

Answer 12

Parliamentary System

Question 13

separation of powers between the legislative and the executive

Answer 13

Presidential System

Question 14

the power to reject bills passed by the congress

Answer 14

Veto power