WAEC - Government (2006)

  • 1
    An essential feature of a State is
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    (C)
    an organized system of laws
  • 2
    The modern ideal of democracy includes all the following except
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    (A)
    unlimited freedom
  • 3
    The political system which allows equal access to the means of production, distribution, and exchange is called
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    (C)
    Socialism
  • 4
    The two components of sovereignty are
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    (C)
    legal and political indepence
  • 5
    The modern concept of the rule of law was introduced by
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    (B)
    A.V. Dicey
  • 6
    Which of the following principles negates the concept of the Rule of Law?
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    (D)
    Exercise of absolute power by the President
  • 7
    All the following are sources of constitution except
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    (B)
    devolution of power
  • 8
    The concept of decentralization includes all the following elements except
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    (B)
    delimitation
  • 9
    The concept of decentralization includes all the following elements except
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    (B)
    delimitation
  • 10
    A constitution said to be flexible when its provisions are
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    (D)
    easy to amend
  • 11
    The power to pardon any citizen charged with any criminal offence lies with the
    תְשׁוּבָה
    (B)
    Executive
  • 12
    Police perform all the following functions except
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    (A)
    public execution of law breakers
  • 13
    The number of chambers in a bicameral legislature is
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    (C)
    two
  • 14
    In the legislature , a filibuster is one who
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    (D)
    prevents the passage of bill by making long speeches
  • 15
    The verdicts of judges which are binding on lower courts are called judicial
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    (B)
    precedents
  • 16
    The Judiciary organ of government is the body which
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    (B)
    interprets the laws
  • 17
    The system of government in which authority is shared between the center and the component units is called
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    (C)
    federal system of goverment
  • 18
    A constitutional created account into which all public revenue is paid is called
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    (D)
    Consolidated Fund
  • 19
    In a cabinet system of government, the minister are collectively responsible to the
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    (B)
    parliament
  • 20
    Official opposition is a feature of
    תְשׁוּבָה
    (A)
    Parliamentary system
  • 21
    Which of the following is not a duty of a citizen?
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    (D)
    Giving alms to the poor
  • 22
    Free and Fair election is necessary for democracy to thrive because it
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    (B)
    helps the people to exercise their popular sovereignty
  • 23
    A system in which a candidate with a highest number of votes is declared winner in an election is called
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    (A)
    first-pass-the -post
  • 24
    Pressure group are also known as
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    (C)
    interest groups
  • 25
    Public opinion is the view held by the
    תְשׁוּבָה
    (C)
    majority
  • 26
    A manifesto refers to
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    (D)
    proposed programme of a party
  • 27
    The functions of political parties include the following except
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    (B)
    influencing policies of the government
  • 28
    Anonymity of civil servants means that they
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    (D)
    do not take praise or blame for their performance
  • 29
    One of the objectives of public corporations is to
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    (B)
    narrow the gap beteen the rich and the poor
  • 30
    Public corporations are financed
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    (A)
    by tax paryers
  • 31
    Which of the following is an advantages of local governments in West Africa?Acting as
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    (C)
    traning grounds for political leaders
  • 32
    Some pre-colonial West African governments were democratic because of the existence of
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    (D)
    checks and balance
  • 33
    In the pre-colonial West Africa, the Kingdom,Wolof and the Hausa were examples of a
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    (D)
    nation
  • 34
    Which of the following countries popularized the use of the Indirect Rule by the British?
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    (A)
    Nigeria
  • 35
    Indirect rule was successfully in some of the part of West Africa because
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    (B)
    it sulted the existing traditional political structure
  • 36
    The National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA) was founded in 1919 by
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    (D)
    J.E. Caseley Hayford
  • 37
    Elective principle was introduced in the British colonies after
    תְשׁוּבָה
    (C)
    a series of agitations by the educated elite
  • 38
    An important innovation of the constitutions of British West African colonies in the 1920s was the
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    (A)
    intorduction of elective principle
  • 39
    Notational Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA)failed to achieve its aims initially because
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    (A)
    the chiefs and Governors oppsed those aims
  • 40
    A coup détat is regarded as
    תְשׁוּבָה
    (D)
    an unconstitututional way of changing the government