SS 3 GOVERNMENT PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 GOVERNMENT PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)0% 36 SSCE/NECO/GCE (GOVERNMENT)GOVERNMENT PAST QUESTIONS SSCE (APP)These are Government Past Questions. 40 questions will be picked at random from the question bank.You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to.Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time.Goodluck!School Portal Nigeria 1 / 40Public corporations are financed with private funds by political parties by tax payers with entrepreneurial fund 2 / 40Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership? club society community state 3 / 40In which of the following system of government is the principle of collective responsibility best upheld? cabinet traditional presidential military 4 / 40In the pre-colonial period, traditional rulers in most parts of West Africa were appointed by the king makers age-grade ogboni oracle priest 5 / 40Law made by the legislative council during the colonial period in British West Africa were called acts of parliament bye-laws delegated legislations ordinances 6 / 40One of the reasons for the establishment of local government authorities is to win support of local chiefs give more powers to the tradition authority rulers bring government nearer to the people prevent political interference by aliens 7 / 40The doctrine of the rule of law is credited to Thomas Hobbes John Locke J. J Roussean A. V Dicey 8 / 40The most important achievement of the United Nations Organization (UNO) is the prevention of another World War increase in its membership settlement of cases of election rigging election of a secretary General from Africa 9 / 40Vibrant opposition parties in parliament help to threaten democracy strengthen democracy protect sovereignty safeguard independence 10 / 40Which of the following agents of public is the most widespread? the schools mass media the internet groups political parties 11 / 40A constitution is said to be flexible when its provisions are scattered in several books known by the rulers mainly in one document easy to amend 12 / 40Traditional practices which can be sanctioned by public opinon when they are broken are called edicts decrees local laws customs 13 / 40An agreed set of rules prescribing the governance of a country can be called the manifesto charter hansard constitution 14 / 40The term unicameralism means complete absence of parliament one-chamber parliament legislative assemblie parliamentary elections 15 / 40Fascism was a type of dictatorial government established in Germany Russia Italy Israel 16 / 40The executive head who was responsible for British colonial territories in West Africa was the Secretary of State Lord Chancellor Egerton Warrant Chief Heir to the British throne 17 / 40Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as legal authority charismatic authority rational authority traditional authority 18 / 40All the following are essential functions of political parties except to seek political power lawfully seek political power for the military aggregate interests of members of the public serve as a link between the government and the people 19 / 40Government as a process or art of governing means orders of the judiciary and police activities for making and enforcing laws in a state activities of political parties and pressure groups voting at elections 20 / 40A government that is constituted by several parties after a general election is referred to as fascist government illegitimate government elite government national government 21 / 40An important innovation of the constitutions of British West African Colonies in the 1920s was the restriction of the governors’ veto powers appointment of African to the executive councils opening of Regional Assemblies introduction of elective principle 22 / 40Constitutional government is run by lawyers by applying rules according to the laws of the land by the politicians 23 / 40The main focus of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is the promotion of military rule maintenance of peace in troubled spots of West Africa Installation of unpopular government in West Africa protection of oil pipe-lines along the coast of West Africa 24 / 40One of main objectives of the African Union (AU) is to hold election in member states encourage co-operation among member states establish courts in member states distribute military equipment of its members 25 / 40The United Nations Secretary-General is appointed for a single-year term five-year term four-year term three-year term 26 / 40Military governments rule by decrees bye-laws laws proclamations 27 / 40Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is one of the specialized agencies of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) United Nations Organization (UNO) Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) Organization of African Unions (OAU) 28 / 40A system of government where the component units are stronger than the central authority is known as federalism fascism feudalism confederation 29 / 40Sovereignty ultimately resides in a country’s chief executive the people within a political society the judges of the Supreme Court traditional rulers 30 / 40Government as an academic field of study refers to the membership of international organization president and his ministers working of the organs of government study of political institutions and processes 31 / 40With which of the following did the French attempt to slow down the development of nationalist activities in West African territories was free press the indigenat free education certification 32 / 40The political parties that were established in West Africa between 1945 and 1965 fought for political independence national conferences regional integration supremacy among themselves 33 / 40An electoral college is a school for electoral officers college which trains party leaders form of indirect election policy to dissolve constituencies 34 / 40A government is said to be legitimate if it has the people’ mandate to rule is not oppressive provides social services for the people accepts people’s criticisms 35 / 40One of the main principles of the presidential system is the collective responsibility creation of local governments parliamentary supremacy separation of powers 36 / 40A provision of a constitution is said to be entrenched when it is changed when the need arises it can be changed in the same way as ordinary law courts are not allowed to change it a referendum is required for its amendment 37 / 40Political parties contest elections in order to prevent coups detat influence public opinion control political power formulate policies 38 / 40Communism was popularized by Max Weber and Aristotle Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels Plato and Socrates Harold Laski and Jean Bodin 39 / 40In a classical federal state, residual powers are vested in the federal government state government federal and state government federal and local governments 40 / 40The earliest agent in the formation of public opinion is the university family hospital political party Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Practice also:SS 3 GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)SS 3 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)SS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST OF ORALS (WAEC/NECO)SS 3 DATA PROCESSING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)