Year : 
1994
Title : 
Government
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 61 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

The institution and processes connected with making, enforcing and reviewing of laws in any society is referred to as the

A. Judiciary

B. Constitution Drfting Committee

C. Governmnet

D. Bar Association

E. Police

C

2.

Which of the following best describes the subject matter of Government ?

A. elections

B. people

C. political party

D. political power

E. cluture assimilation

D

3.

In a democracy , sovereignty is vested in

A. the legistature

B. the people

C. judges

D. public officials

E. the Head of State

B

4.

The process through which people develop their political attitudes is called

A. politicization

B. political socialization

C. political mobilizatiion

D. political disseminations

B

5.

Government can be described as the art of

A. making constitutions

B. collecting taxes

C. engineering social conflicts

D. making and enforcing laws

E. adjudication

D

6.

Traditional system of government in pre-colonial Nigeria was based on

A. socialism

B. communism

C. communalism

D. capitalism

E. welfarsim

C

7.

Power is transformed into authority through

A. force

B. prayers

C. propaganda

D. influence

E. legitimacy

E

8.

The type of governmnet in which citizen's rights and duties were based on system of the land tenure was known as

A. feudalism

B. oligarchy

C. democracy

D. republicanism

E. autocracy

A

9.

A unitary system of government can ensure cohesion because it

A. provides for understanding and harmonious living

B. sets up unity schools

C. concentrates political power in single level of governmnet

D. equips the police force

E. provides for better government

A

10.

The rule of law is observed

A. wherever laws are considered to supreme

B. where laws are clearly aid down

C. in a communtiy of law-abiding citizens

D. in Western democracies

E. in countries governed by civilians

A

1.

The institution and processes connected with making, enforcing and reviewing of laws in any society is referred to as the

A. Judiciary

B. Constitution Drfting Committee

C. Governmnet

D. Bar Association

E. Police

C

2.

Which of the following best describes the subject matter of Government ?

A. elections

B. people

C. political party

D. political power

E. cluture assimilation

D

3.

In a democracy , sovereignty is vested in

A. the legistature

B. the people

C. judges

D. public officials

E. the Head of State

B

4.

The process through which people develop their political attitudes is called

A. politicization

B. political socialization

C. political mobilizatiion

D. political disseminations

B

5.

Government can be described as the art of

A. making constitutions

B. collecting taxes

C. engineering social conflicts

D. making and enforcing laws

E. adjudication

D

6.

Traditional system of government in pre-colonial Nigeria was based on

A. socialism

B. communism

C. communalism

D. capitalism

E. welfarsim

C

7.

Power is transformed into authority through

A. force

B. prayers

C. propaganda

D. influence

E. legitimacy

E

8.

The type of governmnet in which citizen's rights and duties were based on system of the land tenure was known as

A. feudalism

B. oligarchy

C. democracy

D. republicanism

E. autocracy

A

9.

A unitary system of government can ensure cohesion because it

A. provides for understanding and harmonious living

B. sets up unity schools

C. concentrates political power in single level of governmnet

D. equips the police force

E. provides for better government

A

10.

The rule of law is observed

A. wherever laws are considered to supreme

B. where laws are clearly aid down

C. in a communtiy of law-abiding citizens

D. in Western democracies

E. in countries governed by civilians

A