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WAEC - Government (2014)

1
Government protects the lives and property of the citizens of a state through the
Answer
(A)
courts and the police
2
Political power could be acquired through
Answer
(B)
election
3
Which of the following countries in Africa practised socialism?
Answer
(C)
Tanzania
4
Nazism was introduced by
Answer
(A)
Adolf Hitler
5
The following are merits of separation of powers except
Answer
(A)
abuse of power
6
Which of the following is not a merits of checks and balances it?
Answer
(C)
encourages the use of veto power
7
Representative government is alternatively called
Answer
(B)
indirect democracy
8
A constitution is a
Answer
(D)
body of rules, regulations and conventions
9
A feature of rigid constitution is that it requires
Answer
(C)
special amendment procedures
10
A characteristic of a federal system of government is that power is
Answer
(A)
shared between the central and unit governments
11
In a federal system of government, education and health are examples of
Answer
(C)
concurrent powers
12
Which of the following is not a function of judiciary?
Answer
(B)
maintenance of law and order
13
Statutes are
Answer
(D)
laws passed by the parliament
14
Slander limits a citizen's freedom of
Answer
(A)
expression
15
Which of the following bodies has the right to change the laws of the country? The
Answer
(C)
Legislature
16
All the following are sources of revenue of a political party except
Answer
(C)
custom duties
17
Party manifesto is important in the following ways except to
Answer
(B)
limit choice
18
Coalition government can be defined as parties coming together
Answer
(B)
to form a government
19
Which of the following West African countries practised a one-party system?
Answer
(C)
Ghana
20
In limited franchise, restriction on voting can be based on
Answer
(B)
property
21
Which of the following is a limitation to Universal Adult Suffrage?
Answer
(B)
Age
22
Which of the following is an example of a general election?
Answer
(B)
Presidential election
23
The purpose of an election is to
Answer
(A)
allow people to participate in choosing their leaders
24
Universal Adult Suffrage is popular because it
Answer
(B)
allows for greater political participation
25
Which of the following is not a factor that promotes democratic electoral system?
Answer
(D)
popularity of the governor
26
Which of the following is not a factor that promotes democratic electoral system?
Answer
(D)
popularity of the governor
27
A factor that could make elections to be free and fair is the
Answer
(D)
registration of eligible voters
28
The body responsible for conducting and supervising elections in West African countries is called
Answer
(B)
electoral commission
29
Which of the following is not an aim of pressure groups?
Answer
(A)
Contesting election
30
Which of the following is not a problem of an electoral commission in West Africa?
Answer
(B)
Inadequate personnel
31
A pressure group formed only by teachers is
Answer
(B)
an occupational group
32
Neutrality in the civil service means that
Answer
(C)
civil servants should be loyal to the governement and non-partisan
33
Red-tapism in the civil service is a product of
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(C)
bureaucracy
34
The central government can reduce annual subventions to public corporations through
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(A)
parliamentary control
35
Collection of rates is a source of revenue to
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(C)
local authorities
36
The money given by the central government to local authorities is known as
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(A)
block grants
37
The laws of the pre-colonial African system were
Answer
(C)
unwritten
38
Auditing the accounts of public corporations amounts to
Answer
(D)
financial control
39
The following were features of the French policy of Assimilation except
Answer
(B)
recognition of chieftaincy institution
40
The recurrent coups in West African countries resulted in
Answer
(B)
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
41
Foreign policy refers to the
Answer
(D)
principle that govern a state's international behaviour
42
Which of the following is a factor for the adoption of a unitary system of government in some West African countries?
Answer
(B)
small territories
43
Which of the following countries ia a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization (UNO)?
Answer
(D)
Russia
44
The United Nations Organization (UNO)came into existence in
Answer
(A)
1945
45
The Commonwealth is
Answer
(C)
made up of all independent ex-colonies of Britain