2010 GOVERNMENT WAEC Objective Past Questions
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1. Question
Government as a subject refers to the study of
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2. Question
Government is distinguished from the state because it
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3. Question
A government is legitimate if it
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4. Question
A sovereign power over a number of people in a specific geographical area is called
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5. Question
Absence of government in a state is referred to as
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6. Question
A situation where all the citizens meet in an open place to govern the state is called
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7. Question
A system of government in which the political power is vested in the elected representatives is known as
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Question 8 of 50
8. Question
Sovereignty implies all the following except
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Question 9 of 50
9. Question
Popular Sovereignty is located in the
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Question 10 of 50
10. Question
A system of government in which the leader exercises absolute power and allows no opposition is called
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11. Question
Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
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12. Question
Communism as propounded by Karl Max was later interpreted by
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13. Question
According to Karl Marx, those who own and control the means of production in a capitalist society are the
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Question 14 of 50
14. Question
The Rule of law is limited by
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Question 15 of 50
15. Question
Which of the following is not a fundamental human right?
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16. Question
The institution created for checking abuses by government department is known as the
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17. Question
A good example of an absolute monarch is
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Question 18 of 50
18. Question
The system of government in which powers are shared between the centre and the component units is called
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Question 19 of 50
19. Question
The power of the central government to dissolve subordinate units at will is a feature of
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Question 20 of 50
20. Question
Which of the following is a feature of federalism?
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Question 21 of 50
21. Question
The exclusive list in federalism includes all the following except
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Question 22 of 50
22. Question
The order of mandamus is a
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23. Question
In the legislature, a filibuster is one who
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24. Question
Which of the following measures will ensure the independence of the judiciary? Judges’
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25. Question
The most important function of the Upper House in a federation is to
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26. Question
Bi-cameral legislature is the same as
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27. Question
A short break in parliamentary session is referred to as
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28. Question
The term guillotine in the legislature refers to
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29. Question
The rights of individuals are usually enshrined in the
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30. Question
A citizen’s freedom of movement may be restrained if he
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31. Question
A major advantage of a one-party system is that it
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32. Question
Which of the following best describes the concept of enfranchisement Right
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33. Question
The arrangement by which a country is divided into parts for election purposes is called
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34. Question
The process by which voters may remove a public officer before the end of his term of office is called
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35. Question
A yes or no vote cast by electorate to decide an important issue in an area is known as
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36. Question
The term winner-takes-all can also be associated with
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37. Question
Anonymity of the civil servants means that they
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38. Question
The Loi-Cadre Reforms of 1956 in the French West Africa were as a result of
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39. Question
Which of the following best describes the status of Governor-General in British West African countries at independence? They
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40. Question
Before the Second World War, the British Colonial Executive Council consisted of
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Question 41 of 50
41. Question
The National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA) was founded in 1919 in
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42. Question
The West African Students’ Union worked towards
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43. Question
The policy of Assimilation was abandoned because
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44. Question
The constitutional reforms in West Africa after the Second World War were geared towards
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45. Question
One of the reasons for military takeover in West Africa is
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46. Question
Which of the following best describes the foreign policy of West African Countries during the Cold War?
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47. Question
The Administrative Headquarters of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) is in
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48. Question
The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is the
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49. Question
A representative of one country in another within the Commonwealth of Nations is called
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Question 50 of 50
50. Question
The use of veto power in the United Nations Organization (UNO) is only exercised
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