23/04/2020 Senior Class WAEC/NECO/UTME Mock Exams(Government) 1Comment by Gate Academy Please, fill out the information below to continue. NAME EMAIL PHONE NUMBER 1. Under the 1960 Independence Constitution of Nigeria, the highest court of appeal was theJudicial Committee of the Privy CouncilAppellate Committee of NigeriaLegislative CouncilCourt of AppealSupreme Court of Nigeria2. An association with common history, reasonably large population with common affinity, interest and living together but which does not owe its origin to the state istribal groupssocietycommunitycountry3. Traditional rulers were restricted to ceremonial rules by the local government reforms of19761984198719664. A constitution is federal ifit is not unitarythe central or component units or authorities are co-ordinate and equalthere is division of power between a central and a number of other component authoritiesit is writtenit provides for a presidential system5. Constitutional cases in Nigeria can only be raised first instance inthe courts of appealnone of the abovethe high courtstha sharia court of appealthe supreme court6. A nation-state is synonymous with adependent territorypolitical communitynationsovereign state7. A social system in which power is derived from control over land is calledWelfarismOligarchySocialismFeudalism8. The philosophy and fundamental laws of a country are contained in itsDecreesManifestoEdictsParty programmeConstitution9. A constitutionally defined set of individual rights which governments are obliged to protect constitutesCustomary rightsNatural rightsCivil rightsStatutory rightsEquity rights10. The citizens obligation areduties the individual imposes on himselfwhat the government orderswhat the law requires of the individualwhat political parties demand of their memberswhat the military decrees11. The Igbo in Eastern Nigerian in the Pre-colonial era hadgovernment controlled by warrant chiefsFeudalistic governmentno central GovernmentTotalitarian government12. Government means the machinery established by a state to manage the affairs of thealiensworkers and peasantsrulescivil servantspeople13. The Philosophy and fundamental laws of a country are contained in itsparty programmemanifestoedictsconstitutiondecrees14. One of these was in existence before the outbreak of the second world warThe League of NationsECOWASThe OAUThe Commonwealth of NationsThe UNO15. An indication that Africa is still the center-piece of Nigeria' s foreign policy was the creation of theNigerian Institutes of International affairsministry of integration and cooperation in Africaministry of foreign affairsNigerian Institutes of policy and strategic studies16. The deliberate tampering with the delimitation of constituents in order to win more seats is calleddevolutiongerontocracygerrymanderingdelimitationbureaucracy17. The most germaine element in modern policies areorder and violenceorder and laworder and conflictorder and concensus18. The legislative arm of a government is alwaysthe parliamentthe body that interprets lawthe highest organ of governmentthe cabinetthe body that makes law19. Public opinion is important because itTells government what action it must takeLets government know what the people wantGuarantees people's freedom and rightsMothers the minorities in resource lean areasAllows Police to manage crisis20. The cabinet system of Government does not embody the principle of separation of power becausethe Executive is not separate from the legislatureit gives less powers to a prime minister than a presidentit does not encourage the appointment of a presidentthe executive is not directly appointed by the electoratethe speaker controls the activities of the house21. Nigeria supports the south-south cooperation as a foreign policy objective for mutual understanding amongAsian and Sub-Saharan African countriesSub-Saharan African countriesnations south of the equatordeveloping countries22. The power to require and receive submission or acceptance of exercise of power without much physical or intellectual resistance that belongs to a socially recognized status ispolitical authoritydialoguepolitical powerAuthority23. The atomic bomb test carried out around Sahara desert made Nigeria server relations withthe United stateGermanyFranceCanada24. The power to exercise overall control of the executive functions of ECOWAS is vested in thetechnical and special commissionauthority of head of state and governmentsecretary-generalcouncil of members25. One of the fundamental features of capitalism isthe elimination of all forms of competitionthe rule of the fewthe entrenchment of social rightsthat the major factors of production are privately ownedthe predominance of the public sector in the economy26. Welfare in modern policy has become a new .....apathysocializationimperativenationalism27. The most absolute pre-requisite in modern policy, for welfare, security, liberty and justice in the society isgovernmentorderrightlaw28. The principle of checks and balances empowers judiciary toadminister the criminal justiceabrogate the lawinvalidate the action of other armsapply the law29. Before colonial rule, Yoruba traditional rulers were appointed bykingmakersthe OgboniIfa oracle prieststhe people acting through their representatives30. In a parliamentary system of government, a Bill is almost certain to be passed after thethird readingfourth readingsecond readingnone of the abovefifth reading31. Lagos was first amalgamated with the Western region as a result of theClifford constitution (1922)Independence constitution (1960)Lyttleton constitution (1954)Macpherson constitution (1951)Richard constitution (1946)32. The transfer of authority to local government councils is known asfusionfragmentationdemarcationdelegationdevolution33. According to Marxist theory, those who own and control the means of production in a capitalist society areexploitersworkerscolonialistsbourgeoisieshareholders34. When a local government is divided into electoral districts, such units are called ......constituentswardscirclescountries35. Nigeria's voting at the United Nation is guided primarily byher concern for Africaher national inerestworld peacethe cold war36. A political authority which maintains sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termedimperialismthe statethe nation-statenationalismthe nation37. A society which operates on the basis of roles or status is known associety abstractsociety concretesociety atomisticplural society38. The idea of democracy started with theEuropeansPersiansRomansEgyptians39. A body of people and institutions that make and enforce laws for a particular society is calledDictatorshipAnarchyDemocracyGovernmentTotalitarianism40. Government as a discipline with dimension whose target markets are identified as "policies and services" is described asgovernment as an institutiongovernment as an activitygovernment as science/ academic fieldgovernment as an art41. In a first-past-the-post electoral system, a candidate is declared elected when thescores the aggregrate of the opponent's voteobtains a two-thirds majority of the votes castrecords the highest numbers of the vote castsobtains one-third of the votescast42. The method used to determine the possible outcome of an electoral contest isreferendumopinion pullplebiscitepress review43. A member of the commonwealth that still recognizes the british monarch as its Head of state isIndiaSingaporeGhanaAustralia44. The ratification of the appointment and dismissal of an Emir in the pre-colonial Fulani Empire was done by the Emirs ofKano/KatsinaSokoto/GwanduBornu/YolaIlorin, Pategi and Lafiagi45. In the Pre-colonial Yoruba political system, the traditional rulers hadlaw making onlylegislative and Judicial Powersjudiciary, executive and Legislative powerslegislative, religions, social and econ. Power46. The administrative head of a public corporation in Nigeria is thechairmanboard of directorssecretarymanaging director47. Under the Presidential systemThe party with the majority of seat forms the ExecutiveThe states take instruction from the federal governmentThere is the principle of collective responsibilityThe president may come from any of the parties48. In the Marxist theory, those who live by selling their labour are calledProletariatsFeudal lordsSlaves.Bourgeoisie49. Rule of Law refers to situation in whichLaws are supremeThe judiciary is independentParliament makes lawsLawyers are the rulers50. The former Western Region of Nigeria became internaly self-governing in1955195619581957198951 out of 50Time is Up!
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