Year : 
1993
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 80 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Government by the few for the interest of the few is known as

A. monarchy

B. dictatorship

C. autocracy

D. plutocracy

E. oligarchy

E

2.

The most important duty of every citizen is to

A. discharge his responsibilities to the state

B. obey traditional authorties

C. recite the national anthem

D. participlate in government programmes

E. go to work

A

3.

The rights of the individual are the

A. demands he can make on the state

B. claims he can make against others

C. claims the law allows him to make against the stste

D. claims those in governmnet are willing to entertain

E. essentials he requires for a successful living

C

4.

One way by which the legislature checks the executive is by

A. delaying the promotion of some ministers

B. ordering the dismissal of corrupt cabinet ministers

C. withholding the salaries of minidters

D. demanding the review of an executive action

E. apealing to the supreme court

D

5.

According to Karl Marx, socialism is the prelude to

A. communism

B. capitalism

C. feudalism

D. fascism

E. totalitarianism

A

6.

The judiciary can only be independent when

A. law and order are mantained

B. people obey laws

C. the executive arm perforems its duties

D. there is security of tenure of office for judges

E. it is headed by an independent citizen

D

7.

The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called

A. enfranchisemnet

B. sovereignty

C. decolonization

D. independence

E. nationalism

B

8.

Which of the following countries operates an unwritten constitution?

A. Gunea

B. United State of American

C. Great Britain

D. China

E. Nigeria

C

9.

Any constitution that has special rules for its amendment is said to be

A. flexible

B. rigid

C. confederal

D. unwritten

E. written

B

10.

Rule of law means

A. that only the National Assembly can make laws

B. that no absence of a military government

C. the rule by lawyers only

D. that only the head of state is above the law

E. that no one is above the law

E

1.

Government by the few for the interest of the few is known as

A. monarchy

B. dictatorship

C. autocracy

D. plutocracy

E. oligarchy

E

2.

The most important duty of every citizen is to

A. discharge his responsibilities to the state

B. obey traditional authorties

C. recite the national anthem

D. participlate in government programmes

E. go to work

A

3.

The rights of the individual are the

A. demands he can make on the state

B. claims he can make against others

C. claims the law allows him to make against the stste

D. claims those in governmnet are willing to entertain

E. essentials he requires for a successful living

C

4.

One way by which the legislature checks the executive is by

A. delaying the promotion of some ministers

B. ordering the dismissal of corrupt cabinet ministers

C. withholding the salaries of minidters

D. demanding the review of an executive action

E. apealing to the supreme court

D

5.

According to Karl Marx, socialism is the prelude to

A. communism

B. capitalism

C. feudalism

D. fascism

E. totalitarianism

A

6.

The judiciary can only be independent when

A. law and order are mantained

B. people obey laws

C. the executive arm perforems its duties

D. there is security of tenure of office for judges

E. it is headed by an independent citizen

D

7.

The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called

A. enfranchisemnet

B. sovereignty

C. decolonization

D. independence

E. nationalism

B

8.

Which of the following countries operates an unwritten constitution?

A. Gunea

B. United State of American

C. Great Britain

D. China

E. Nigeria

C

9.

Any constitution that has special rules for its amendment is said to be

A. flexible

B. rigid

C. confederal

D. unwritten

E. written

B

10.

Rule of law means

A. that only the National Assembly can make laws

B. that no absence of a military government

C. the rule by lawyers only

D. that only the head of state is above the law

E. that no one is above the law

E