WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2018 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2018 GOVERNMENT)
1. A government performs the following functions except?
A. safeguarding life and property
B. maintaining law and order
C. providing all the needs of its citizens
D. providing basic welfare needs
2. The basic purpose of setting up a state is to?
A. maintain law and order
B. protect foreign interest
C. Promote development
D. provide social facilities
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2017 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2017 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government is defined as an agency established to manage the affairs of _________
A. rulers
B. foreigners
C. the state
D. all workers
2. The function of government is
A. controlling electoral commission
B. organizing pressure groups
C. making of laws
D. forming political parties
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2016 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2016 GOVERNMENT)
Government 2016
1. Government refers to all the following except
A. an academic field of study
B. an organized group of people that formulate policies
C. a process of making and enforcing laws
D. an institution made up of people with common interest
2. All the following are experienced by a community without government except
A. insecurity
Government 2015
1. Which of the following best defines government as an institution of a state?
A. An institution established for class struggle
B. Machinery established for exercising political power
C. A process of organizing societal values
D. The art through which political parties are managed
2. Which of the following is a reason for studying government?
A. Knowledge of the rights of the individual
B. Acquisition of skills to work in a state-owned industry
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2014 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2014 GOVERNMENT)
WASSCE JUNE Government 2014
1. Government protects the lives and property of the citizens of a state through the
A. courts and the police
B. legislature and prisons
C. ministers and the police
D. customs and the police
2. Political power could be acquired through
A. persuasion
B. election
C. sanction
D. nomination
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2013 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2013 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government can be defined as the study of
A. constitutions
B. cabinet system of government only
C. how people rule themselves
D. presidential system of government only
2. Which of the following is not an acceptable function of government?
A. Defence
B. Subversion
C. Embarking on public enlightenment
D. providing social amenities
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2012 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2012 GOVERNMENT)
1. The study of government is important because it
A. direct people’s attention to development of non-state institutions
B. enables citizens to understand the processes for managing state affairs
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2011 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2011 GOVERNMENT)
Answer all questions
1. Government as an institution of the state is defined as a body which
A. conducts elections for the country
B. makes, enforces and interprets laws for the state
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2010 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2010 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government as a subject refers to the study of
A. territorial expansion
B. Political leaders
C. the various nations of the world
D. the institution of the state
2. Government is distinguished from the State because it
A. can be changed periodically
B. does not operate in any defined territory
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2009 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2009 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government as a process or art of governing means
A. voting at general elections
B. orders of the judiciary and police
C. activities of political parties and pressure groups
D. activities for making and enforcing laws in a state
2. Government can be made responsible and accountable to its citizens through the following methods except