Chapter 1 Self-test questions

. Which one of the following statements accurately defines the British Constitution?

A document or set of documents of special legal sanctity called a constitution.

A body of legal and political rules and arrangements concerning the government of the country.

A body of legal rules with which all the organs of government, including the UK legislature must comply

A body of legal rules requiring a special procedure to make and amend them and a special constitutional court to interpret them.

. Which one of the following statements is true?

The British Constitution is unwritten.

Where no special process is required to amend a constitution it is called rigid.

The United Kingdom is an example of a state in which there is a complete separation of powers.

In a federal state the federal organs of government are subordinate to regional organs of government.

. Which one of the following is a key feature of the constitution of a unitary state?

The powers of government are divided between a government for the whole country and regional and local authorities in such a way that each region is constitutionally independent within its own sphere.

The central government exercises its powers without any control from the regional governments.

All governmental powers are centralized and although legislative and executive power may be given to regional and local organs of government these remain subordinate to the central legislature and may be overridden by it.

The Head of State is an elected president.

. Which one of the following statements is false concerning the key characteristics of the British Constitution?

The UK Head of State is a King or Queen whose entitlement to the throne is determined by the hereditary principle.

In the United Kingdom Constitutional Law forms the fundamental law of the nation and an Act of Parliament which is repugnant to the British Constitution is void.

The British Constitution is subordinate to the legislature.

The British Constitution is flexible.

. Which one of the following statements is true?

The United Kingdom is a federal state.

The United Kingdom is a republic with an elected head of state.

The UK legislature is subordinate to the British Constitution.

The British Constitution is unwritten, flexible, monarchical, unitary, subordinate to the legislature and based on a partial or limited degree of separation.

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Which one of the following statements is true in respect of the characteristics of the British Constitution?

The British Constitution is a multi party system underpinned by liberal pluralism in which the government is accountable to Parliament and the courts..

The United Kingdom is a one party state.

The members of the UK government are accountable to the monarch for their actions.

The monarch is accountable to Parliament.

Chapter 1 Self-test questions

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