Year : 
2005
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 45 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Sovereignty ultimately resides in

A. the people within a plitical society

B. a country's chief executive

C. the judges of the Supreme Court

D. traditional rulers

A

2.

Classical democracy implies government

A. through representatives

B. by all citizens

C. through electoral college

D. by martial laws

A

3.

Which of the following is not a feature of a democratic system of government?

A. Limited franchise

B. Official opposition

C. Periodic elections

D. Rule of law

A

4.

Which of the following political concepts is associated with land ownership?

A. Racism

B. Feudalism

C. Nazism

D. Socialism

B

5.

Which of the following is a means of limiting the rule of law?

A. Supremacy of the law

B. Equality before the law

C. Immunity granted to diplomats

D. Strike action by workers

C

6.

Who among the following is associated with the concept of the rule of law?

A. Jean Bodin

B. Dicey

C. Jeremy Bentham

D. Barom de Montesquieu

B

7.

The lack of interest in politics by many citizens in a country is called

A. civil agitation

B. mass apathy

C. mass protest

D. political unrest

B

8.

The industrial Revolution in Europe resulted in

A. socialism

B. communalism

C. aristocracy

D. capitalism

D

9.

An agreed set of rules prescribing the governance of a country can be the

A. constitution

B. charter

C. manifesto

D. hansard

A

10.

A constitution is said to be rigid if it

A. can be amended by the president only

B. is difficult to amend

C. is unwritten

D. is decreed by soldiers

B

1.

Sovereignty ultimately resides in

A. the people within a plitical society

B. a country's chief executive

C. the judges of the Supreme Court

D. traditional rulers

A

2.

Classical democracy implies government

A. through representatives

B. by all citizens

C. through electoral college

D. by martial laws

A

3.

Which of the following is not a feature of a democratic system of government?

A. Limited franchise

B. Official opposition

C. Periodic elections

D. Rule of law

A

4.

Which of the following political concepts is associated with land ownership?

A. Racism

B. Feudalism

C. Nazism

D. Socialism

B

5.

Which of the following is a means of limiting the rule of law?

A. Supremacy of the law

B. Equality before the law

C. Immunity granted to diplomats

D. Strike action by workers

C

6.

Who among the following is associated with the concept of the rule of law?

A. Jean Bodin

B. Dicey

C. Jeremy Bentham

D. Barom de Montesquieu

B

7.

The lack of interest in politics by many citizens in a country is called

A. civil agitation

B. mass apathy

C. mass protest

D. political unrest

B

8.

The industrial Revolution in Europe resulted in

A. socialism

B. communalism

C. aristocracy

D. capitalism

D

9.

An agreed set of rules prescribing the governance of a country can be the

A. constitution

B. charter

C. manifesto

D. hansard

A

10.

A constitution is said to be rigid if it

A. can be amended by the president only

B. is difficult to amend

C. is unwritten

D. is decreed by soldiers

B