Year : 
2003
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 52 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following is an indirect form of election?

A. Electoral college

B. General election

C. Referendum

D. Bye-election

A

22.

Franchise owes its evolution to the

A. development of representative government

B. establishment of state enterprise

C. development of the cabinet

D. establishment of electoral commission

A

23.

One of the main functions of an election is

A. co-ordination of electoral activities

B. making of rules for governance

C. legitimization of the goverment

D. creating an avenue for politicans to make money

C

24.

Which of the following factors limits universal adult suffrage?

A. wealth

B. age

C. education

D. heredity

B

25.

The manifesto of a political party is a document which outlines

A. a country's political party development

B. a party's programme

C. the national ideology

D. the interest of party members

B

26.

A system in which two or more political parties form the government is called

A. a coalition

B. an association

C. a decentralization

D. a centralization

A

27.

Red tapism can be explained as

A. the decentralized way of taking decisions

B. a flexible way by which government decisions are taken

C. the rigid dependence on routine by civil servants

D. management by objectives

C

28.

The major objectives of a pressure groups is to

A. influence policies of government

B. contest elections

C. control the machinery of government

D. provide political education

A

29.

Which of the following agents of public opinion is the most widespread?

A. Mass media

B. The schools

C. The interest groups

D. Political parties

A

30.

A statutory corporation is under the supervision of

A. the Chief Justice

B. commissioner or Police

C. a minister

D. a local government chairman

C

21.

Which of the following is an indirect form of election?

A. Electoral college

B. General election

C. Referendum

D. Bye-election

A

22.

Franchise owes its evolution to the

A. development of representative government

B. establishment of state enterprise

C. development of the cabinet

D. establishment of electoral commission

A

23.

One of the main functions of an election is

A. co-ordination of electoral activities

B. making of rules for governance

C. legitimization of the goverment

D. creating an avenue for politicans to make money

C

24.

Which of the following factors limits universal adult suffrage?

A. wealth

B. age

C. education

D. heredity

B

25.

The manifesto of a political party is a document which outlines

A. a country's political party development

B. a party's programme

C. the national ideology

D. the interest of party members

B

26.

A system in which two or more political parties form the government is called

A. a coalition

B. an association

C. a decentralization

D. a centralization

A

27.

Red tapism can be explained as

A. the decentralized way of taking decisions

B. a flexible way by which government decisions are taken

C. the rigid dependence on routine by civil servants

D. management by objectives

C

28.

The major objectives of a pressure groups is to

A. influence policies of government

B. contest elections

C. control the machinery of government

D. provide political education

A

29.

Which of the following agents of public opinion is the most widespread?

A. Mass media

B. The schools

C. The interest groups

D. Political parties

A

30.

A statutory corporation is under the supervision of

A. the Chief Justice

B. commissioner or Police

C. a minister

D. a local government chairman

C