SOCIAL SCIENCES TEACHERS’

ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA

SOSTAZ INTER SCHOOL

QUIZ & FAIR
2019

AT KAFUSHI BOARDING

CIVIC EDUCATION
SENIOR QUIZ
1. What do we call the money paid to the insurance company for
protection against all kinds of risk?
Answer: Premiums

2. A ... document that is issued by the local court clerk requesting the
accused to appear before the courts of law.
Answer: Writ of Summon

3. The type of family which consists of husband, wife and children is

called ...
Answer: Nuclear family

4. The word ... means making worldwide or extending to all parts of

the world.
Answer: Globalisation

5. Which constitution review recommended the reintroduction of

multiparty democracy?
Answer: Mvunga

6. Part three of the constitution consist of the ...

Answer: Fundamental Human Rights

7. After how many years are Local Government Elections held?

Answer: 5 Years

8. The legislature consists of two parts, one is the National Assembly.

Mention the other.
Answer: President
9. What is constitutionalism?
Answer: This refers to the practice of adhering strictly to
the constitution.
10. The Zambian constitution opens with a ...
Answer: Preamble

11. A plebiscite can also refer to as a ...

Answer: Referendum

12. A 25 years old man married his niece Natasha who is 20 years old.
What charge can be given to the 25 year old man?
Answer: Incest

13. What do you understand by the term sovereignty?

Answer: Self Governance

14. Misdemeanours are ...

Answer: Petty Crimes

15. What is the second stage in the Zambian criminal process?

Answer: Plea

16. The office of a judge is also referred to as a ...

Answer: Chamber

17. When was the in testable Succession Act came into effect?
Answer: 1989
18. Which court is at the same level with the Supreme Court?
Answer: Constitutional Court

19. The Bill of Rights in the Zambian Constitution can be amended

through ...
Answer: Referendum

20. Child defilement is a form of sexual activity between an elderly

person and a child under the age of ...
 Answer: 16 years

21. Which roles below subjected to change with time and space ...
(a) Biological (b) Gender (c) Sex roles
Answer: (b) Gender

22. Taking something often that body does NOT need and for wrong
reasons is referred to as the ...
Answer: Substance Abuse

23. According to law personal chattels are exclusively for the surviving
spouse and the children. What are personal chattels ...
Answer: Family property

24. Zambia is a sovereign state. What does this means?

Answer: It means that, Zambia is an in dependent, free and
self determining state.

25. ... is the way by which the draft constitution is approved so that it
becomes the legal and official constitution.
Answer: Adoption process

26. A ... is a general vote on a single political question such as whether

to accept or reject a constitution by the electorate.
Answer: Referendum

27. Name the Zambian president who ruled for over a decades.
Answer: Kenneth David Kaunda

28. According to the rule of law Sanguine, a child of a Zambian living in

South Africa when born there will still be a ... citizen.
Answer: Zambian
29. Name a country where the word citizenship originated from
Answer: Greece

30. Which electoral system is Zambia using when it comes to

presidential elections?
Answer: 50 + 1% or Single Member Majoritarian System

31. Who was the chairperson of the 2005 constitution review

commission?
Answer: Mung’omba

32. Mention the two types of media.

Answer: Print and Electronic
33. Which one of the following is not a type of constitution?
(a) Flexible (b) Referendum (c) Written (d) Rigid
Answer: (b) Referendum

34. In a single majoritarian system, when no one candidate get an

outright majority of votes, the election has to be conducted again
for the top winners. This is called an election ...
Answer: Rerun

35. What is the minimum age for one to acquire a Green National
Registration Card?
Answer: 16 years

36. What term is given to a person who depends on alcohol for his or
her physical and mental stability?
Answer: Alcoholic

37. When was the last referendum held in Zambia?

Answer: 11th August, 2016
38. The Central Bank is the National Bank of a country. What name is
given to the National Bank of Zimbabwe?
Answer: Bank of Zimbabwe

39. What type of corruption involves substantial amounts of money and

is usually practiced by the high ranking officials?
Answer: Grand corruption
40. The constitution that Zambia inherited on 20 th October, 1964 was
referred to as ...
Answer: Northern Rhodesia Self Government Constitution

41. What do we call drugs that are found in household products such as
glue, deodorants like perfumes and fuel gases?
Answer: Inhalants

42. Which characteristic of elections in a democratic state allows

candidates to enjoy the freedom of assembly and association
without discrimination?
Answer: Competitive

43. ... is a kind of corruption associated with the electoral process.

Answer: Political Corruption

44. How many years did President Barrack Obama ruled the United
States of America?
Answer: 8 Years

45. A codified constitution can also be called ...

Answer: Written Constitution

46. What do we call the form of child abuse where children are not
taken care of by their parents or guardians?
Answer: Child Neglect
47. Which conflict resolution method is good for interpersonal conflicts.
Answer: Counselling

48. The ... is a legally appointed person who acts on behalf of the state
in handling matters of a deceased person.
Answer: Administrator

49. What do we call a belief that males and females, by virtue of their
sex, perform certain gender roles?
Answer: Sex Roles Stereotype

50. ... refers to a process by which women and men are treated fairly in
accordance to their respective needs in society.
Answer: Gender Equity

51. ... are crimes that are committed contrary to what is contained in
statutory instruments, such as voting twice in an election, rigging
an election or failing to pay tax.
Answer: Statutory crimes

52. What do we call the attitudes and values of people towards work?
Answer: Work Culture

53. In Zambia, what do we call the Central Bank?

Answer: Bank of Zambia

54. The other name for the World Bank is ...

Answer: International Bank for reconstruction and
Development (IBRD)

55. Under the Interstate Succession Act, who get 10% in the
distribution of estate ...
 Answer: Dependents

56. What do we call the money paid to the insurance company for
protection against all kinds of risk?
Answer: Premiums

57. A ... document that is issued by the Local Court Clerk requesting the
accused to appear before the courts of law.
Answer: Writ of Summon

58. The type of family which consists of husband, wife, children and
their relatives is called ...
Answer: Extended Family

59. Name the rule that allows a person to acquire citizenship of one’s
parents.
Answer: Jus Sanguinis

60. A constitution can be adopted by parliament. Mention any other

method used to adopt a constitution.
Answer: Constituent Assembly or Referendum

61. What is a felony?

Answer: A serious crime
62. A good government promotes accountability and transparency.
What is meant by accountability?
Answer: Leaders should be answerable to the electorate

63. Describe the main feature of Single Member Plurality System

(SMPS).
Answer: A candidate who scores the highest wins an
election
64. Human rights cannot be taken away or separated or given away.
This is because human rights are ...
Answer: Inalienable (Inseparable)

65. Basically, there are three categories of human rights. To which

category does the right to adequate housing belong?
Answer: Economic, social and cultural rights

66. Define the term “gratification.”

Answer: Any corrupt payment made whether in cash or in
kind

67. What does the principle of Res Judicata state?

Answer: A judgment by a court having jurisdiction is final
and conclusive and is not subject to change

68. What does the acronym HIV stand for?

Answer: Human Immuno - Deficiency Virus

69. Bobo is fifteen years old and she has been raped repeatedly by her
step father since she was ten years old. This form of child abuse is
known as child ...
Answer: Defilement

70. The Kabwe Local Council has banned the growing of maize in
peoples backyard gardens as a way of combating the breeding of
mosquitoes. Which source of law was used to come up with this
law?
Answer: Delegated / Subsidiary Legislation

71. The process by which females and males are assigned certain roles
and responsibilities based on the values of a particular society is
known as ...
Answer: Stereotype
72. Under the Instate Succession Act, what percentage of the estate
goes to the deceased’s parents?
Answer: 20%

73. What is the correct procedure in the criminal justice process for the
first three steps?
Answer: Arrest, Plea and Trial

74. Colonial rule for North Western Rhodesia started in 1890 after the
British South Africa Company (B.S.A Co) signed a treaty with King
Lewanika. What name is given to this treaty?
Answer: Lochner Concession

75. What are state parties?

Answer: Countries that ratify to a convention

76. Under statutory marriage the “Marriage Causes Act” states that
there is only one ground for divorce, which is that “marriage has
broken down irretrievably.” What does the statement “Marriage has
broken down irretrievably” mean?
Answer: Marriage cannot be redeemed

77. Why has the Zambia Environmental Agency (ZEMA) been

discouraging mourners from wrapping plastics on flowers put on
graves?
Answer: Because plastics are non-bio degradable

78. What is the aim of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number
one?
Answer: Eradicating poverty and hunger by 2015