WAEC - Government (2007)

• 1

  Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?

  回答

  (A)

  Implementation and adjudication of laws
• 2

  Which of the following is not an aim for the existence of a State?

  回答

  (D)

  Promotion of a common lingua franca
• 3

  Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as

  回答

  (D)

  traditional authority
• 4

  Which of the following is not a legitimate government ?

  回答

  (C)

  Military government
• 5

  The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was

  回答

  (B)

  Jean Bodin
• 6

  Political sovereignty belongs to the

  回答

  (B)

  people
• 7

  Direct democracy emanated from the

  回答

  (A)

  Greeks
• 8

  Production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the State in

  回答

  (C)

  socialism
• 9

  The two major factors that contributed to the development of capitalism were

  回答

  (C)

  the theory of individual Rights and the Industrial Revolution in Britain
• 10

  Which of the following is a feature of capitalism?

  回答

  (C)

  Maximization of profit
• 11

  In a capitalist state, the society is polarized into the

  回答

  (C)

  bourgeoise and the proletariat
• 12

  A system of government in which political leadership is based on land ownership is

  回答

  (B)

  feudalism
• 13

  The highest Stage of socialism is

  回答

  (C)

  communism
• 14

  Communism was popularized by

  回答

  (A)

  Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels
• 15

  A classless society is obtainable in

  回答

  (A)

  communism
• 16

  The Fascist State in Europe was

  回答

  (A)

  Italy
• 17

  Communalism ensures that everybody within the society is provided

  回答

  (D)

  a land to farm
• 18

  The political way of life which is developed by the society is referred to as

  回答

  (D)

  political socialization
• 19

  Fundamental Human Right can be defined as

  回答

  (A)

  freedoms enshrined in the constitution
• 20

  A system of government that is made up of elected people is referred to as

  回答

  (A)

  representatative government
• 21

  Which of the following is a benefit of the principle of checks and balances?

  回答

  (D)

  prevents domination of one organ of government by another
• 22

  Which of the following is a means of establishing representative government

  回答

  (A)

  The existence of functional political parties
• 23

  Devolution of power is associated with a

  回答

  (A)

  decentralized political system
• 24

  The degree of centralization is high in a

  回答

  (A)

  unitary system of government
• 25

  One feature of a Unitary State is

  回答

  (C)

  absence of constitutional division of power to the units
• 26

  A type of government which allows co-ordinate units to make law is

  回答

  (A)

  federal
• 27

  A characteristic of the parliamentary system is that

  回答

  (A)

  separation of poweris not strictly observed
• 28

  In a confederal, each of the component states is

  回答

  (C)

  virtually sovereign
• 29

  Which of the following countries had practised confederal system of government?

  回答

  (A)

  Senegal and The Gambia
• 30

  The type of government where the central authority is superior to the component authorities is a

  回答

  (D)

  federal system of government
• 31

  The Exclusive List in a federal system state includes

  回答

  (C)

  defence
• 32

  The primary function of the judiciary is to

  回答

  (C)

  interpret laws
• 33

  Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's

  回答

  (A)

  duties
• 34

  Establishment of an independent judiciary is a way of safeguarding citizens'

  回答

  (A)

  rights
• 35

  An organized group that seek the power in a state is a

  回答

  (C)

  political party
• 36

  A one - party system is common to

  回答

  (C)

  totalitarian government
• 37

  A government that is constituted by several parties after a general election is referred to as

  回答

  (D)

  national government
• 38

  Disenfranchisement means

  回答

  (C)

  to be disqualified from voting
• 39

  Which of the following is a major feature of an Electoral Commission?

  回答

  (D)

  Political neutrality
• 40

  A popular British colonial system of administration in the protectorates in West Africa was

  回答

  (D)

  Indirect rule
• 41

  The introduction of elective principle in colonial West Africa allowed

  回答

  (A)

  Africans to be elected into the Legislative Councils
• 42

  The political parties that were established in West African between 1945 and 1965 fought for

  回答

  (B)

  political independence
• 43

  The first military d'etat in West Africa was staged in

  回答

  (C)

  Togo
• 44

  One of the defect of military government is

  回答

  (C)

  abuse of Human Rights
• 45

  The major defect of foreign policy in West Africa is

  回答

  (D)

  poor leadership