Government 2017 Past Questions | WAEC
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11. A constitution is considered to be flexible if it _______?
- A. can be amended by a simple majority
- B. can be altered through special procedure
- C. requires two third majority
- D. is difficult to amend
Correct Option: Answer is A
flexible constitution refers to a constitution that may be amended by the ordinary process of legislation and is therefore relatively easy to amend.
12. The principle of checks and balances is important because it
- A. prevents each organ of government from being dictatorial
- B. frees other organs from judicial control
- C. makes the organs confront themselves
- D. makes the government to perform it civic responsibilities
Correct Option: Answer is A
13. Which of the following is a fundamental right? Right to
- A. life
- B. education
- C. criticize government
- D. public office
Correct Option: Answer is a
The right to life is a moral principle based on the belief that a human being has the right to live and, in particular, should not be killed by another entity including government.
14. Government maintains law and order through the following except ________?
- A. police
- B. immigration
- C. the legislature
- D. prison service
Correct Option: Answer is C
15. A corrupt judicial system erodes the observance of ______?
- A. national peace and stability
- B. the rule of law
- C. international laws and conventions
- D. democratic values of the executive
Correct Option: Answer is B
Rule of law is the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced. A corrupt judicial system will undermine the principle of rule of law and act superior
16. Which of the following statements about public corporation is not true?
- A. It is managed by a board of directors
- B. It is established by an act of parliament
- C. A huge capital is needed for its establishment
- D. It is financed mainly by private individuals
Correct Option: Answer is D
17. Acceptability of the government in power by the governed is known as
- A. legitimacy
- B. sovereignty
- C. democracy
- D. authority
Correct Option: Answer is A
Legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a régime.
18. Which of the following countries practiced totalitarianism?
- A. Germany, Russia and Japan
- B. Italy, Russia and Germany
- C. Italy, Germany and Japan
- D. Russia, Italy and England
Correct Option: Answer is B
TOTALITARIANISM a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
19. A function of government is _________
- A. controlling electoral commission
- B. organizing pressure groups
- C. making of laws
- D. forming political parties
Correct Option: Answer is C
Among the major functions of modern government are foreign diplomacy, military defense, maintenance of domestic tranquility, administration of justice, provision of public goods and services, promotion of economic growth and development, and the operation of social-insurance and social-welfare programs.
20. The excessive power of the traditional rulers in the pre-colonial era could checked by ________
- A. the hunters
- B. the priests
- C. children of the chiefs
- D. the farmers