23/04/2020 Senior Class WAEC/NECO/UTME Mock Exams(Government) 23/04/2020 1Comment by Gate Academy Please, fill out the information below to continue. NAME EMAIL PHONE NUMBER 1. The separation of powers means the same as a presidential system of government supremacy of the judiciary the rule of law none of the above checks and balances 2. The Coussey commission report laid the ground-work for the eventual independence of Gold Coast(Ghana) Nigeria Gambia Sierra Leone Liberia 3. Legitimate power is derived from hierarchical structure of an organization horizontal and vertical structure of power the legal premise of a stste wholistical granting of Power 4. A constitution is federal if it provides for a presidential system the central or component units or authorities are co-ordinate and equal it is not unitary it is written there is division of power between a central and a number of other component authorities 5. The former Western Region of Nigeria became internaly self-governing in 1956 1957 1958 1955 1989 6. Citizenship acquired through marriage is referred to as naturalization honorary nationalization registration 7. Government as a discipline with dimension whose target markets are identified as "policies and services" is described as government as an institution government as science/ academic field government as an art government as an activity 8. The final stage in the process of enhancing legislation is notification final reading guillotine assent 9. Which of the following terms is different from the others fascism dictatorship constitutionalism authoritarianism totalitarianism 10. On the basis of structure, apolitical can be classified as indirect if it campaigns for votes through agents it contest election by proxy it controls government directly its membership is acquired through other groups 11. Which of these constitution recognized local government as the third tier of government? The 1960 constitution the 1979 constitution The 1946 Constitution The 1963 constitution 12. In a first-past-the-post electoral system, a candidate is declared elected when the obtains one-third of the votescast obtains a two-thirds majority of the votes cast records the highest numbers of the vote casts scores the aggregrate of the opponent's vote 13. Collective responsibility means that ministers must first clear their public statements on policy matters with the cabinet office before delivering them all ministers are collectively responsible to the Prime Minister no minister may publicly criticize decisions made collectively in cabinet without first resigning ministers are collectively responsible to the parliament ministers must always show a sense of responsibility towards one another 14. The citizens obligation are duties the individual imposes on himself what the government orders what political parties demand of their members what the law requires of the individual what the military decrees 15. The major function of the civil service is advising government and implementing its policies keeping records of the activities of the government promoting the interest of civil servants providing relevant information on government 16. The cabinet system of Government does not embody the principle of separation of power because the speaker controls the activities of the house the executive is not directly appointed by the electorate it gives less powers to a prime minister than a president the Executive is not separate from the legislature it does not encourage the appointment of a president 17. Nigeria is rated in the organization of petroleum exporting countries as the sixth largest oil producer fifth largest oil producer seventh largest oil producer third largest oil producing 18. The principle of "due process" in law as in the present policy (1999 - 2007) is an equivalent of; constitutionalism lackadaisicalism decentralization Ultra vires 19. The principle of checks and balances empowers judiciary to abrogate the law apply the law invalidate the action of other arms administer the criminal justice 20. Regionalism was introduced in Nigeria under the constitution of ........ 1954 1946 1951 1922 1979 21. The most germaine element in modern policies are order and law order and concensus order and violence order and conflict 22. The ratification of the appointment and dismissal of an Emir in the pre-colonial Fulani Empire was done by the Emirs of Bornu/Yola Ilorin, Pategi and Lafiagi Sokoto/Gwandu Kano/Katsina 23. The cabinet system of government is practised in the USSR North Korea the USA the united kingdom the people's republic of China 24. Lagos was first amalgamated with the Western region as a result of the Independence constitution (1960) Richard constitution (1946) Macpherson constitution (1951) Lyttleton constitution (1954) Clifford constitution (1922) 25. The Nigerian-Cameroun crisis over the Bakassi peninsula occurred owing the interpretation of the treaty of 1913 and the decision of the international court of justice Marouna Accord resolution of the OAU decision of the ECOWAS tribunal 26. The idea of democracy started with the Persians Romans Europeans Egyptians 27. Rights are claims against the states what are written in the constitution claims against other individual claims which the law allows claims which are natural to men 28. Before colonial rule, Yoruba traditional rulers were appointed by the Ogboni the people acting through their representatives kingmakers Ifa oracle priests 29. A system in which a few powerful and rich nobles own land which is hired out to the poor people to farm is called feudalism socialism communism co-operatives communalism 30. One of these was in existence before the outbreak of the second world war The Commonwealth of Nations The OAU The League of Nations The UNO ECOWAS 31. In parliamentary system, who ensures that members are in the house to vote on major issues? Whip Clerk of the House Speaker of the House Party leaders 32. A body of people and institutions that make and enforce laws for a particular society is called dictatorship anarchy totalitarianism democracy government 33. Collective responsibility means that No minister may publicly criticize decisions made collectively in cabinet without first resigning Ministers are collectively responsible to the parliament Ministers must always show a sense of responsibility towards one another All ministers are collectively responsible to the Prime Minister Ministers must first clear their public statements on policy matters with the cabinet office before delivering them 34. The Nigerian Clifford Constitution was divisive because it made provisions for legislative Council limited Franchise unlimited franchise An Executive council 35. A constitutionally defined set of individual rights which governments are obliged to protect constitutes Civil rights Natural rights Customary rights Equity rights Statutory rights 36. Properly understood, the state, and nation are similar in principle in all ramifications save none of the above government Sovereignty Territory 37. Democracy means a system of Government in which none of the above there is no party system the majority rules the minority rules the people rule 38. The Judiciary is a body of lawyers the body that makes the law an arm of the executives the body which interprets the law the body which enforces the law 39. When a local government is divided into electoral districts, such units are called ...... constituents countries circles wards 40. The ratification of the appointment and dismissal of an Emir in the Pre-colonial Fulani Empire was done by the Emirs of Sokoto and Gwandu Kano/ Katsina Ilorin , Pategi and Lafiagi Bornu/Yola 41. Bicameral legislature exists To provide jobs for more politicians To prevent the concentration of power on legislative house Where two cameras are used to monitor court proceedings To ensure that just laws are passed 42. Democracy means a system of Government in which none of the above the minority rules the people rule there is no party system the majority rules 43. The method used to determine the possible outcome of an electoral contest is opinion pull plebiscite press review referendum 44. Ceremonial and executive powers are usually fused in a parliamentary system of government unitary system of government federal government presidential system of government democratic system of government 45. When a government sincerely strives to make justice and fair treatment the functions of law and order in its society we say that the government observes the rule of Bureaucracy the iron rule of Oligarchy the rule of gerontocracy the rule of Law the rule of Popular Sovereignty 46. The Northern elements Progressive Union (NEPU) of Nigeria was founded by .......... Aminu Kano Tafawa Balewa Waziri Ibrahim Joseph Tarka Ahmadu Bello 47. The federal constitution which concedes to the component units the right to secedeĀ is that of Brazil the former Soviet Union the united states Australia 48. An important advantage of creating more constituent units in a federalĀ state is to make the state gain more power enable ambitious politicians gain political power curb the powers of the federal government enhance the people's participation in government 49. The leader of the Northern People's congress was AbubakarTafawa Balewa Ahmadu Bello Yakubu Maitama Sule Aminu Kano 50. The administrative head of a public corporation in Nigeria is the secretary chairman managing director board of directors 1 out of 50 Time is Up! Time's up
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