WAEC - Government (2016)

• 1

  Government refers to all the following except

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  (D)

  an institution made up of people with common interest
• 2

  All the following are experienced by a community without government except

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  (B)

  planned development
• 3

  As an academic field the study of government does not include

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  (D)

  Ecological interaction
• 4

  Which of the following systems of government is authoritarian in nature?

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  (B)

  Fascism
• 5

  The system that allows the opposition to participate in governance is

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  (D)

  democratic
• 6

  Which of the following hinders the establishment of a representative government in a state?

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  (A)

  Mass illiteracy
• 7

  Which of the following is not an attribute of a state?

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  (D)

  Common language
• 8

  In a democracy political sovereignty is vested in the

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  (B)

  people
• 9

  According to Charles Montesquieu, the theory of separation of powers is to prevent

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  (D)

  arbitrariness
• 10

  Decentralisation is a common feature of

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  (B)

  federal system of government
• 11

  Bye-laws are made through

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  (A)

  delegated legislation
• 12

  Power is transformed into legal authority through

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  (D)

  legitimacy
• 13

  Conventions are mostly used by states that have

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  (C)

  unwritten constitution
• 14

  One advantage of a flexible constitution is that it

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  (D)

  can be amended by a simple majority
• 15

  A constitution that requires complicated procedure for its amendment is

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  (A)

  rigid
• 16

  The official who enforces discipline among members of his party in parliament is the

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  (D)

  chief whip
• 17

  When an action of the executive is declared ultra-vires, it is a control exercised by the

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  (C)

  judiciary
• 18

  In a presidential system of government, the president can constitutionally be removed from the office through

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  (B)

  impeachment
• 19

  One of the features of an absolute monarch is that the ruler

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  (D)

  wields the supreme power in a state
• 20

  A notable feature of cabinet system of government is

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  (A)

  collective responsibility
• 21

  All the following are the conditions for the adoption of federalism except

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  (D)

  homogeneity
• 22

  The privileged citizens enjoyed in a country irrespective of sex, tribe or creed is

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  (A)

  right
• 23

  The judicial order requiring a detained person to be brought before a judge is the writ of

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  (A)

  Habeas corpus
• 24

  A political party can contest and win a widely accepted election if it has

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  (C)

  a broad-based membership
• 25

  Political parties aim at all the following except

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  (C)

  organizing general elections
• 26

  Which of the following is not a means through which political parties reach the populace?

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  (C)

  schools
• 27

  An association whose ultimate aim is to influence government policies is known as

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  (B)

  pressure group
• 28

  Membership of pressure groups is usually limited because they

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  (A)

  pursue specific and narrow objectives
• 29

  Elections are conducted to

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  (B)

  make the people choose their leaders
• 30

  Suffrage is also known as

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  (A)

  franchise
• 31

  For an election to be fair and free Electoral Commission must be

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  (D)

  independent of other institutions of government
• 32

  Which of the following categories of people can vote in periodic elections?

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  (D)

  Citizens
• 33

  The anonymity of a civil servant means that he

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  (C)

  receives neither praise nor blame publicly
• 34

  Which of the following functions is performed by the civil service?

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  (D)

  Implementation of policies
• 35

  Public corporations are established to

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  (D)

  provide utility services to the public at minimal cost
• 36

  A minister controls public corporation by

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  (D)

  ensuring the effective administration of the corporation
• 37

  An institution of government that makes bye-laws is the

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  (D)

  local authorities
• 38

  Local governments are created to

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  (B)

  bring the government closer to the people
• 39

  Some pre-colonial West African governments were democratic because of the existence of

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  (D)

  checks and balances
• 40

  One of the measures introduced by indirect rule was

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  (D)

  exclusion of the educated elite from the colonial administration
• 41

  Which of the following policies was replaced by the French Policy of Association?

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  (B)

  Assimilation
• 42

  The appointment and deposition of chiefs by their people was a demand of the

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  (A)

  Pan African Movements
• 43

  The desire for constitutional development in British West African Colonies was as a result of the

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  (D)

  growing agitation of the people for political independence
• 44

  The following are features of military regimes except

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  (A)

  respect for human rights
• 45

  Military regimes in West Africa have often made use of civilians because

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  (D)

  they need the experience of civilians in government