Year : 
2020
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 51 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Which of the following is a function of an electoral commission?

A. adjudicating election petitions

B. provision of electoral registers

C. disciplining personnel in the civil service

D. promotion of public servants

B

32.

Which of the following is not an electoral malpratice?

A. impersonation

B. threatening

C. campaigning for a candidate

D. gerrymandering

C

33.

Local government sources of revenue can best be improved through?

A. schools

B. the collection of import duties

C. the provision of housing units

D. cottage industries

D

34.

Public opinion is important in that, it ________

A. helps political parties to assess their policies

B. creates delays in the execution of policies

C. may be unreliable and misleading

D. can be manipulated by political opponents

A

35.

One of the features of pressure groups is that all members ________

A. are rich

B. think in the same way

C. have similar interests

D. oppose the government

C

36.

Which of the following modes of operation of pressure group undermines economics, social and political stability of the state ________

A. Lobbying

B. symposia

C. strikes

D. debates

C

37.

The police reform all the following functions except ________

A. Public execution of law breakers

B. prosecuting law breakers

C. protection of life and property

D. enforcement of law and order

A

38.

Which of the following is a reason for the failure of the assimilation policy in French West Africa?

A. The change in name of their culture

B. The refusal of the African to be culturally colonized

C. The paternal policy of the French

D. Bribery of the opinion leaders by the French

B

39.

The capital of the French Federation of West Africa states was located in?

A. Bamako, Mali

B. Dakar, Senegal

C. Guinea

D. Niamey,Niger

B

40.

Under the crown colony system of administration, major policies were implemented in the colonies by the ________

A. Chiefs and their elders

B. Secretary of states for the colonies

C. Chiefs and the British

D. Colonial governor

D

31.

Which of the following is a function of an electoral commission?

A. adjudicating election petitions

B. provision of electoral registers

C. disciplining personnel in the civil service

D. promotion of public servants

B

32.

Which of the following is not an electoral malpratice?

A. impersonation

B. threatening

C. campaigning for a candidate

D. gerrymandering

C

33.

Local government sources of revenue can best be improved through?

A. schools

B. the collection of import duties

C. the provision of housing units

D. cottage industries

D

34.

Public opinion is important in that, it ________

A. helps political parties to assess their policies

B. creates delays in the execution of policies

C. may be unreliable and misleading

D. can be manipulated by political opponents

A

35.

One of the features of pressure groups is that all members ________

A. are rich

B. think in the same way

C. have similar interests

D. oppose the government

C

36.

Which of the following modes of operation of pressure group undermines economics, social and political stability of the state ________

A. Lobbying

B. symposia

C. strikes

D. debates

C

37.

The police reform all the following functions except ________

A. Public execution of law breakers

B. prosecuting law breakers

C. protection of life and property

D. enforcement of law and order

A

38.

Which of the following is a reason for the failure of the assimilation policy in French West Africa?

A. The change in name of their culture

B. The refusal of the African to be culturally colonized

C. The paternal policy of the French

D. Bribery of the opinion leaders by the French

B

39.

The capital of the French Federation of West Africa states was located in?

A. Bamako, Mali

B. Dakar, Senegal

C. Guinea

D. Niamey,Niger

B

40.

Under the crown colony system of administration, major policies were implemented in the colonies by the ________

A. Chiefs and their elders

B. Secretary of states for the colonies

C. Chiefs and the British

D. Colonial governor

D