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
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
13. Which of the following is a fundamental right? Right to
- A. life
- B. education
- C. criticize government
- D. public office
14. Government maintains law and order through the following except ________?
- A. police
- B. immigration
- C. the legislature
- D. prison service
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
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
17. Acceptability of the government in power by the governed is known as
- A. legitimacy
- B. sovereignty
- C. democracy
- D. authority
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
19. A function of government is _________
- A. controlling electoral commission
- B. organizing pressure groups
- C. making of laws
- D. forming political parties
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
