Question 61 of 300 · General section

What does "popular sovereignty" mean?

Correct answer

The power of the state emanates from the people.

All answer options

  1. 1The king/queen rules over the people.
  2. 2The Federal Constitutional Court is above the constitution.
  3. 3The interest groups exercise sovereignty together with the government.
  4. 4The power of the state emanates from the people.Correct

Why is this answer correct?

Popular sovereignty means that state power emanates from the people. The people exercise it through elections and votes and through the bodies they put in place. Neither a monarch, nor the Federal Constitutional Court, nor interest groups stand above this chain of legitimacy.

Facts about this question

Question number
61 of 460
Section
General section (questions 1–300)
Success rate
78% answer it correctly
Source
Official BAMF question catalogue

This question is reproduced unchanged from the official question catalogue of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The real Einbürgerungstest draws 33 questions from this set; 17 correct answers are needed to pass.

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