Year : 
2006
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 45 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

The power to pardon any citizen charged with any criminal offence lies with the

A. legislature

B. Executive

C. humang rights organizations

D. Judiciary

B

12.

Police perform all the following functions except

A. public execution of law breakers

B. enforcement of law and order

C. protection of life and property

D. controlling and directing traffic

A

13.

The number of chambers in a bicameral legislature is

A. four

B. three

C. two

D. one

C

14.

In the legislature , a filibuster is one who

A. is in charge of party discipline

B. presents party bills during parliamentary sessions

C. does not take part in law-making

D. prevents the passage of bill by making long speeches

D

15.

The verdicts of judges which are binding on lower courts are called judicial

A. orders

B. precedents

C. council

D. oaths

B

16.

The Judiciary organ of government is the body which

A. initiates bills

B. interprets the laws

C. makes law

D. maintains law and order

B

17.

The system of government in which authority is shared between the center and the component units is called

A. unitary system of government

B. feudal system of goverment

C. federal system of goverment

D. monarchical system of goverment

C

18.

A constitutional created account into which all public revenue is paid is called

A. Provident fund

B. Social Security Fund

C. Public Accounts Fund

D. Consolidated Fund

D

19.

In a cabinet system of government, the minister are collectively responsible to the

A. president

B. parliament

C. electorate

D. judiciary

B

20.

Official opposition is a feature of

A. Parliamentary system

B. Totalitarianism system

C. Nazism

D. Fascism

A

11.

The power to pardon any citizen charged with any criminal offence lies with the

A. legislature

B. Executive

C. humang rights organizations

D. Judiciary

B

12.

Police perform all the following functions except

A. public execution of law breakers

B. enforcement of law and order

C. protection of life and property

D. controlling and directing traffic

A

13.

The number of chambers in a bicameral legislature is

A. four

B. three

C. two

D. one

C

14.

In the legislature , a filibuster is one who

A. is in charge of party discipline

B. presents party bills during parliamentary sessions

C. does not take part in law-making

D. prevents the passage of bill by making long speeches

D

15.

The verdicts of judges which are binding on lower courts are called judicial

A. orders

B. precedents

C. council

D. oaths

B

16.

The Judiciary organ of government is the body which

A. initiates bills

B. interprets the laws

C. makes law

D. maintains law and order

B

17.

The system of government in which authority is shared between the center and the component units is called

A. unitary system of government

B. feudal system of goverment

C. federal system of goverment

D. monarchical system of goverment

C

18.

A constitutional created account into which all public revenue is paid is called

A. Provident fund

B. Social Security Fund

C. Public Accounts Fund

D. Consolidated Fund

D

19.

In a cabinet system of government, the minister are collectively responsible to the

A. president

B. parliament

C. electorate

D. judiciary

B

20.

Official opposition is a feature of

A. Parliamentary system

B. Totalitarianism system

C. Nazism

D. Fascism

A