WAEC - Government (1995)
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The primary function of government in a state is to
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A country is most likely to have a good government only if it had
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a good constitution and good operators
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Which of the following is a basic principle of democracy? Rule by
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the majority and the right of the minority
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Which of the following is legal source of political authority?
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Power from the electorate
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which organ of government is vested with the responsibility of initiating bills and recommending them to the legislature for consideration? The
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Which of the following is the unique feature of Monarchy?
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Which of the following is a unique feature of a feudalism ?
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Which of the following is a unique feature of a feudalism ?
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The independence of the Judiciary can be enhance in all the following cases except where
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the President is also the Chief judge
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There is no separation of power in a Cabinet system because
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the prime minister and his cabinet ministers are also members of the of parliament
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In democracies, political participation could be restricted on the basis of
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Disenfranchisement refers to the
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denial of right to vote in an election
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The limitation on the right to life can be found
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in the case of a convicted person
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Which of the following is not an agent of political socialization?
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Political sovereignty belongs to
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An alien who has lived in Nigeria for twenty years may acquire citizenship by
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In a republican parliamentary system of government, the ceremonial Head of State is the
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Which of the following is not a feature of capitalism?
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Dictatorship of the proletariat
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A representative government can be established through
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A necessary companion of the Rule of Law is
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the supermacy of the ordinary law
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A coalition government can be described as one which
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is made up of more than one political party
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One of the modern principles of government found in the traditional political system of Yoruba is that of
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The function of the age-group in the Igbo pre-colonial society was to
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enforce laws and punish erring members
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An important feature of the traditional government in West Africa was the Council of
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A political party is mainly interested in
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contesting elections to gain power
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The most important merit of a multi-system is that it
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gives representation to the widest shades of opinion and interest
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A pressure group can be defined as a
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group organized around an interest for governmnetal action
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An election in which people vote for issues of public policy rather than candidates is known as a
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Where no absolute majority is obtained in the first round of elections the most viable option is the
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The indirect Rule system succeeded in Hausa/Fulani society because the
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existing administration farvoured the system
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The Chicks Commission in Nigeria was up to look into the issue of
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The first Head of State and Head of Government in Nigeria was
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Which of the following was the first political party in Nigeria? The
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Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
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The main criticism against pre-independence political parties in Nigeria was that they
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were not national in outlook
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Which of the following is a feature of public corporation ? It
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provides social services and amenities
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One of the problem facing local government in Nigeria is the
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Local government are essential because they
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train local people in the art of governance
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The goal which a state aspires to achieve in its relation with other states may be referred to as
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The goal which a state aspires to achieve in its relation with other states may be referred to as
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Which of the following has the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) failed to achieve?
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Setting up an African High Command
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ECOWAS was set up purely for
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The resolutions and programmes of the OAU are executed by the
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All the following organs/agencies of the United Nations Organization have their headquarters situated in New York except the
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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One of the objective of the United Nations Organization (UNO) is to
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maintain International peace and security
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Which of the following did not generate political crises in Nigeria? The
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adoption of Abuja as the new Federal Capital
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Nigeria’s foreign policy came into the limelight at independence because
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Only at independence do states proclaim their foreign policy principles
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The first military Head of State in Nigeria was General
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Which of the following countries was not involved in the peace-keeping effort in Liberia ?
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Which of the following was not an election issue in Nigeria during the Second Republic ?
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Provision of free education
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The major policy of General Gowon’s administration immediately after the Nigerian civil war was
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Reconstrution Reconciliation and Rehabilitation
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Which of the following is not true of a federal system of government? The
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Powers are not constitutionally shared
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Between 1960 and 1980 Nigeria experienced all the following system of government except
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Which of the following was not required of a Presidential candidate for the 1979 election In Nigeria? He must
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be an indigene of the northern states
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The decision to separate Lagos from the Western Region and make it a neutral Federal territory was taken at the
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1954 constitutional conference
