WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2007 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2007 GOVERNMENT)
1. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A. Implementation and adjudication of laws
B. The role of pressure groups within the state
C. Disagreement between state and local governments
D. Abrogation of Fundamental Human Right
2. Which of the following is not an aim for the existence of a State?
A. Promotion of economic independence
B. Provision of welfare services
C. Maintenance of external relations
D. Promotion of a common lingua franca
3. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as
A. legal authority
B. charismatic authority
C. rational authority
D. traditional authority
4. Which of the following is not a legitimate government?
A. Democratic government
B. Republican government
C. Military government
D. Monarchical government
5. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was
A. A.V.Dicey
B. Jean Bodin
C. John Austin
D. Montesquieu
6. Political sovereignty belongs to the
A. press
B. people
C. legislature
D. executive
7. Direct democracy emanated from the
A. Greeks
B. Romans
C. Germans
D. Americans
8. Production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the State in
A. capitalism
B. mixed economy
C. socialism
D. communalism
9. The two major factors that contributed to the development of capitalism were
A. emergence of the Protest Reformation and paper money
B. the emergence of Adolf Hitler and the First World War
C. the theory of individual Rights and the Industrial Revolution in Britain
D. the First World War and the Atlantic Charter of 1941
10. Which of the following is a feature of capitalism?
A. Removal of social inequalities
B. Equitable re-distribution of property
C. Maximization of profit
D. Protection of workers
11. In a capitalist state, the society is polarized into the
A. Christians and the Muslims
B. government and the workers
C. bourgeoise and the proletariat
D. diligent people and the lazy people
12. A system of government in which political leadership is based on land ownership is
A. communism
B. feudalism
C. capitalism
D. Socialism
13. The highest Stage of socialism is
A. fascism
B. communalism
C. communism
D. feudalism
14. Communism was popularized by
A. Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels
B. Max Weber and Aristotle
C. Plato and Socrates
D. Harold Laski and Jean Bodin
15. A classless society is obtainable in
A. communism
B. feudalism
C. plutocracy
D. capitalism
16. The Fascist State in Europe was
A. Italy
B. Germany
C. Japan
D. Britain
17. Communalism ensures that everybody within the society is provided
A. a means for transportation
B. with a chieftaincy title
C. with a formal education
D. a land to farm
18. The political way of life which is developed by the society is referred to as
A. communalism
B. political culture
C. agency of socialization
D. political socialization
19. A politically aware and active society is said to have a
A. Subjective political culture
B. participatory political culture
C. a parochial political culture
D. evaluate political culture
20. Fundamental Human Rights can be defined as
A. freedoms enshrined in the constitution
B. the provisions of the constitution of the ruling political party
C. the provisions of the local government constitution
D. regulations about workers' welfare
21. A system of government that made up of elected people is referred to as
A. representative government
B. Socialist Government
C. capitalist government
D. feudalist government
22. Which of the following is a means of establishing representative government
A. The existence of functional political parties
B. The existence of para-military groups
C. Operation of checks and balances
D. The operation of rule of law
23. Devolution of power is associated with a
A. decentralized political system
B. feudal political system
C. totalitarian political system
D. centralized political system
24. Which of the following is a benefit of the principle of checks and balances?
A. enables the executive to exercise absolute power
B. encourages loyalty of the judiciary to the executive
C. rules out disagreement among the organs of government
D. prevents domination of one organ of government by another
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25. The degree of centralization is high in a
A. unitary system of government
B. federal system of government
C. confederal system of government
D. representative government
26. A constitution that requires special procedures to amend is referred to as
A. flexible
B. federal
C. rigid
D. unwritten
27. A type of government which allows co-ordinate units to make law is
A. federal
B. monarchical
C. unitary
D. presidential
28. One feature of a Unitary State is
A. the large size of the country
B. high level of economic development
C. absence of constitutional division of power to the units
D. presence of heterogeneous groups
29. A characteristic of the parliamentary system is that
A. separation of power is not strictly observed
B. the Prime Minister combines the executive and ceremonial functions
C. the president can dismiss any minister without much hindrance
D. the ministers are responsible individually to the president
30. In a confederal, each of the component states is
A. militarily weak
B. underpopulated
C. virtually sovereign
D. underdeveloped
31. Which of the following countries had practised confederal system of government?
A. Senegal and the Gambia
B. Mail and Senegal
C. Ghana and Sierra Leone
D. Nigeria and Niger
32. The type of government where the central authority is superior to the component authorities is a
A. parliamentary system of government
B. representative system of government
C. confederal system of government
D. federal system of government
33. The Exclusive List in a federal system state includes
A. education
B. market
C. defense
D. transportation
34. The primary function of the judiciary is to
A. make laws
B. enforce laws
C. interpret laws
D. maintain law and order
35. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's
A. duties
B. rights
C. privileges
D. requirements
36. Establishment of an independent judiciary is a way of safeguarding citizens'
A. rights
B. obligations
C. privileges
D. education
37. An organized group that seek the power in a state is a
A. social group
B. co-operative society
C. political party
D. pressure group
38. A one - party system is common to
A. monarchical government
B. representative government
C. totalitarian government
D. democratic government
39. A government that is constituted by several parties after a general election is referred to as
A. elite government
B. fascist government
C. illegitimate government
D. national government
40. Disenfranchisement means
A. right to vote and be voted for
B. right to from government
C. to be disqualified from voting
D. disallowing free elections
41. Which of the following is a major feature of an Electoral Commission?
A. Support for the ruling party
B. Control by government
C. Privately funded
D. Political neutrality
42. A popular British colonial system of administration in the protectorates in West Africa was
A. Assimilation
B. Direct rule
C. Association
D. Indirect rule
43. The introduction of elective principle in colonial West Africa allowed
A. Africans to be elected into the Legislative Councils
B. the removal of the Governor-Generals ‘veto powers
C. an African to become a Governor-General
D. the removal of the Governor-General vote powers
44. The political parties that that were established in West African between 1945 and 1965 fought for
A. national conferences
B. political independence
C. supremacy among themselves
D. regional integration
45.The first military d’état in West Africa was staged in
A. Niger
B. Guinea
C. Togo
D. Ghana
46. One of the defect of military government is
A. freedom of expression
B. registration of parties
C. abuse of Human Rights
D. promotion of military officers
47. The major defect of foreign policy in West Africa is
A. public opinion and pressure groups
B. military power
C. good economy
D. poor leadership
48. The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) is made up of
A. Justice Ministers
B. Foreign Affairs Ministers
C. Education Ministers
D. Defence Ministers
49. The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is
A. Queen Elizabeth II
B. Don McKinnon
C. Tony Blair
D. Margaret Thatcher
50. The main focus of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is the
A. maintenance of peace in troubled sports of West Africa
B. installation of unpopular governments in West Africa
C. protection of oil pipelines along the coast of West Africa
D. promotion of military rule