WAEC 2007 Government Questions and Answers

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1. ï»¿1. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?

  • Implementation and adjudication of laws
  • The role of pressure groups within the state
  • Disagreement between state and local governments
  • Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights

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

  • Promotion of economic independence
  • Provision of welfare services
  • Maintenance of external relations
  • Promotion of a common lingua franca

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

  • legal authority
  • charismatic authority
  • rational authority
  • traditional authority

4. Which of the following is not a legitimate government?

  • Democratic government
  • Republican government
  • Military government
  • Monarchical government

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

  • A.V.Dicey
  • Jean Bodin
  • John Austin
  • Montesquieu

6. Political sovereignty belongs to the

  • press
  • people
  • legislature
  • executive

7. Direct democracy emanated from the

  • Greeks
  • Romans
  • Germans
  • Americans

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

  • capitalism
  • mixed economy
  • socialism
  • communalism

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

  • emergence of the Protest Reformation and paper money
  • the emergence of Adolf Hitler and the First World War
  • the theory of individual Rights and the Industrial Revolution in Britain
  • the First World War and the Atlantic Charter of 1941

10. Which of the following is a feature of capitalism?

  • Removal of social inequalities
  • Equitable re-distribution of property
  • Maximization of profit
  • Protection of workers

11. In a capitalist state, the society is polarized into the

  • Christians and the Muslims
  • government and the workers
  • bourgeoisie and the proletariat
  • diligent people and the lazy people

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

  • communism
  • feudalism
  • capitalism
  • socialism

13. The highest stage of socialism is

  • fascism
  • communalism
  • communism
  • feudalism

14. Communism was popularized by

  • Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels
  • Max Weber and Aristotle
  • Plato and Socrates
  • Harold Laski and Jean Bodin.

15. A classless society is obtainable in

  • communism
  • capitalism
  • feudalism
  • plutocracy

16. The Fascist State in Europe was

  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Britain

17. Communalism ensures that everybody within the society is provided

  • a means for transportation
  • with a chieftaincy title
  • with a formal education
  • a land to farm

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

  • communalism
  • political culture
  • agency of socialization
  • political socialization

19. A politically aware and active society is said to have a

  • subjective political culture
  • participatory political culture
  • parochial political culture
  • evaluative political culture

20. Fundamental Human Rights can be defined as

  • freedoms enshrined in the constitution
  • the provisions of the constitution of the ruling political party
  • the provisions of the local government constitution
  • regulations about workers†welfare

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

  • representative government
  • socialist government
  • capitalist government
  • feudalist government

22. Which of the following is a means of establishing representative government?

  • The existence of functional political parties
  • The existence of para-military groups
  • Operation of checks and balances
  • The operation of rule of law

23. 23. Devolution of power is associated with a

  • decentralized political system
  • feudal political system
  • totalitarian political system
  • centralized political system

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

  • enables the executive to exercise absolute power
  • encourages loyalty of the judiciary to the executive
  • rules out disagreement among the organs of government
  • prevents domination of one organ of government by another

25. The degree of centralization is high in a

  • unitary system of government
  • federal system of government
  • confederal system of government
  • representative government

26. A constitution that requires special procedures to amend is referred to as

  • flexible
  • federal
  • rigid
  • unwritten

27. A type of government which allows co-ordinate units to make laws is

  • federal
  • monarchical
  • unitary
  • presidential

28. One feature of a Unitary State is

  • the large size of the country
  • high level of economic development
  • absence of constitutional division of power to the units
  • presence of heterogeneous groups

29. A chararcteristic of the Parliamentary System is that

  • separation of powers is not strictly observed
  • the prime minister combines the executive and ceremonial functions
  • the president can dismiss any minister without much hindrance
  • the ministers are responsible individually to the president

30. In a confederation, each of the component states is

  • militarily weak
  • underpopulated
  • virtually sovereign
  • underdeveloped

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

  • Senegal and The Gambia
  • Mali and Senegal
  • Ghana and Sierra Leone
  • Nigeria and Niger

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

  • parliamentary system of government
  • representative system of government
  • confederal system of government
  • federal system of government

33. The Exclusive List in a federal state includes

  • education
  • market
  • defence
  • transportation

34. The primary function of the judiciary is to

  • make laws
  • enforce laws
  • interpret laws
  • maintain law and order

35. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one’s

  • duties
  • rights
  • privileges
  • requirements

36. Establishment of an independent judiciary is a way of safeguarding citizens’

  • rights
  • obligations
  • privileges
  • education

37. An organized group that seeks the control of power in a State is a

  • pressure group
  • political party
  • social group
  • co-operative society

38. A one-party system is common to

  • democratic government
  • totalitarian government
  • representative government
  • monarchical government

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

  • elite government
  • fascist government
  • illegitimate government
  • national government

40. Disenfranchisement means

  • right to vote and be voted for
  • right to form government
  • to be disqualified from voting
  • disallowing free and fair elections

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

  • Support for the ruling party
  • Control by government
  • Privately funded
  • Political neutrality

42. A popular British colonial system of administration in the Protectorates in West Africa was

  • Assimilation
  • Direct rule
  • Association
  • Indirect rule

43. The introduction of elective principle in colonial West Africa allowed

  • Africans to be elected into the Legislative Councils
  • the Executive Councils to be dominated by Africans
  • an African to become a Governor-General
  • the removal of the Governor-Generals†veto powers

44. The political parties that were established in West Africa between 1945 and 1965 fought for

  • national conferences
  • political independence
  • supremacy among themselves
  • regional integration

45. The first military coup d’etat in West Africa was staged in

  • Niger
  • Guinea
  • Togo
  • Ghana

46. One of the defects of Military governments is

  • freedom of expression
  • registration of political parties
  • abuse of Human Rights
  • promotion of few military officers

47. The major defect of foreign policy in West Africa is

  • public opinion and pressure groups
  • military power
  • good economy
  • poor leadership

48. The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) is made up of

  • Justice Ministers
  • Foreign Affairs Ministers
  • Education Ministers
  • Defence Ministers

49. The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is

  • Queen Elizabeth II
  • Don McKinnon
  • Tony Blair
  • Margaret Thatcher

50. The main focus of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is the

  • maintenance of peace in troubled spots of West Africa
  • installation of unpopular governments in West Africa
  • protection of oil pipe­lines along the coast of West Africa
  • promotion of military rule

ANSWERS

  1. A
  2. D
  3. A
  4. C
  5. B
  6. B
  7. A
  8. C
  9. C
  10. C
  11. C
  12. B
  13. C
  14. A
  15. A
  16. A
  17. D
  18. B
  19. B
  20. A
  21. A
  22. A
  23. A
  24. D
  25. A
  26. C
  27. A
  28. C
  29. A
  30. C
  31. A
  32. D
  33. C
  34. C
  35. A
  36. A
  37. B
  38. B
  39. D
  40. C
  41. D
  42. D
  43. A
  44. B
  45. C
  46. C
  47. D
  48. B
  49. A
  50. A
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