Question 16
ComprehensionJAMB 2000 Passage IV: The Senate and the President (cloze)
With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ________ (16) body to pass a motion to ________ (17) the executive action of the President. The Senate is ________ (18) of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion which would be created if the ________ (19) were to take a veiw diametrically opposed to that reflected in the Senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the Senate in passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the ________ (20) as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the President. The function of the Senate is to ________ (21) laws. But the Senate has no authority or ________ (22) to control the President in the exercise of his ________ (23) powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any directive to the President regarding the exercise of his powers or can it undo what the President has done in the exercise of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the President can be ________ (24) is by ________ (25) of the National Assembly.
Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p.8
Adapted from The Guardian of July 8, 1999, p.8
Passage IV, gap 16 (choose the most appropriate option for the gap): With the most profound respect to the members of the Senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that ________ (16) body to pass a motion to ________ (17) the executive action of the President.
- A.executive
- B.judicial
- C.administrative
- D.legislative
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Answer: D (legislative)
Explanation
The Senate is a law-making body, i.e. a legislative body.