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

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 45 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Public corporations are set up by

A. the Board of Directors

B. the Minister

C. workers in the corporation

D. an act of parliament

D

32.

The First Colonial Consul sent to administer the West Coast of Africa by the Britain, was

A. John Beecroft

B. Walter Egerton

C. George Goldie

D. Donald Cameron

A

33.

The executive head who was responsible for British colonial territories in West Africa was the

A. Lord Chancellor

B. heir to the British throne

C. warrant chief

D. Secretary of State

D

34.

The direct rule policy did not succeed in some parts of West Africa because

A. it was not well understood

B. only few British officers were posted to those areas

C. the powers of traditional rulers were not centralised

D. the elite were participatory to the policy

C

35.

The policy of indigenat was parctised in the colonies controlled by

A. Belgium

B. Portugal

C. Britain

D. France

D

36.

The French policy of Assimilation implied that

A. the French transferred powrs to Africans

B. traditional rulers were recongnised

C. African countries were granted independence

D. Africans were modelled after the French

D

37.

The West African Students Union (WASU) was formed in 1925 in

A. Dakar

B. London

C. Weshington

D. New York

B

38.

One of the achievements of the National Congress of British West African (NCBWA) was the

A. introduction of railway transportation

B. appointment of a federal president

C. improvement of living standard

D. introduction of the elective principle

D

39.

The main cause of military intervention in government in West African was

A. that soldiers wanted to form their own polical parties

B. the breakdown of democractic institutions

C. the need to grant the request of the colonial government

D. the soldiers wanted to take part in democracy

B

40.

Military governments are likely to be

A. democratic

B. civilized

C. dictatorial

D. accountable

C

31.

Public corporations are set up by

A. the Board of Directors

B. the Minister

C. workers in the corporation

D. an act of parliament

D

32.

The First Colonial Consul sent to administer the West Coast of Africa by the Britain, was

A. John Beecroft

B. Walter Egerton

C. George Goldie

D. Donald Cameron

A

33.

The executive head who was responsible for British colonial territories in West Africa was the

A. Lord Chancellor

B. heir to the British throne

C. warrant chief

D. Secretary of State

D

34.

The direct rule policy did not succeed in some parts of West Africa because

A. it was not well understood

B. only few British officers were posted to those areas

C. the powers of traditional rulers were not centralised

D. the elite were participatory to the policy

C

35.

The policy of indigenat was parctised in the colonies controlled by

A. Belgium

B. Portugal

C. Britain

D. France

D

36.

The French policy of Assimilation implied that

A. the French transferred powrs to Africans

B. traditional rulers were recongnised

C. African countries were granted independence

D. Africans were modelled after the French

D

37.

The West African Students Union (WASU) was formed in 1925 in

A. Dakar

B. London

C. Weshington

D. New York

B

38.

One of the achievements of the National Congress of British West African (NCBWA) was the

A. introduction of railway transportation

B. appointment of a federal president

C. improvement of living standard

D. introduction of the elective principle

D

39.

The main cause of military intervention in government in West African was

A. that soldiers wanted to form their own polical parties

B. the breakdown of democractic institutions

C. the need to grant the request of the colonial government

D. the soldiers wanted to take part in democracy

B

40.

Military governments are likely to be

A. democratic

B. civilized

C. dictatorial

D. accountable

C