WAEC SSCE - Government - 2010 (Objective)

The Rule of law is limited by

Which of following best describes the status of Governor-General in British West African countries at independence? They

The exclusive list in federalism includes all the following except

A system of government in which the leader exercises absolute power and allows no opposition is called

The term guillotine in the legislature refers to

A good example of an absolute monarch is

According to Karl Marx, those who own and control the means of production in a capitalist society are the

Anonymity of the civil servants means that they

The West African Students' Union worked towards

Government as a subject refers to the study of

Popular Sovereignty is located in the

A system of government in which the political power is vested in the elected representatives is known as

Absence of government in a state is referred to as

A short break in parliamentary session is referred to as

A major advantage of a one-party system is that it

A representative of one country in another within the Commonwealth of Nations is called

Which of the following measures will ensure the independence of the judiciary? Judges

A sovereign power over a number of people in a specific geographical area is called

The power of the central government to dissolve subordinate units at will is a feature of

Which of the following is a feature of federalism ?

A situation where all the citizens meet in an open place to govern the state is called

A yes or no vote cast by electorate to decide an important issue in an area is known as

A citizen's freedom of movement may be restrained if he

Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?

Government is distinguished from the state because it

Th rights of individuals are usually enshrined in the

The use of veto power in the United Nations Organization (UNO) is only exercised by the

The most important function of the Upper House in a federation is to

A government is legitimate if it

Sovereignty implies all the following except

The Administrative Headquarters of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) is in

The institution created for checking abuses by government department is known as the

The term winner-takes all can be associated with

The Loi-Cadre Reforms of 1956 in the French West Africa were as a result of

Bi-cameral legislature is the same as

The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is the

The arrangement by which a country is divided into parts for election purposes is called

The order of mandamus is a

The process by which voters may remove a public officer before the end of his term of office is called

The constitutional reforms in West Africa after the Second World War were geared towards

The policy of Assimilation was abandoned because

One of the reasons for military takeover in West Africa is

Which of the following best describes the concept of enfranchisement Right

In the legislature, a filibuster is one who