GOVERNMENT

JAMB 2017 - Question 5

Government 2017 JAMB Past Questions - Question 5: A system of government in which an individual rules with absolute power is

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap .
A system of government in which an individual rules with absolute power is
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Correct Answer

C

Explanation

Asystem of government in which an individual rules with absolute power isAutocracy. Autocracy is a system of government in which an individual or agroup of individual exercises complete powers without taking the feelings ofthe masses into consideration. It is a form of government in which one in an orfew persons rule with absolute power and authority without caring for thewishes of the people. This type of government was practiced in countries likeFrance during Louis xiv before the French Revolution of 1789, Germany underAdolf Hitler and in modern communist Russia.