WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2008 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2008 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government as an academic field of study refers to the
A. president and his ministers
B. study of political institutions and processes
C. working of the organs of government
D. membership of international organizations
2. A state performs the following functions except
A. promoting the welfare of the citizens
B. encouraging the struggle for power
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2007 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2007 GOVERNMENT)
1. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A. Implementation and adjudication of laws
B. The role of pressure groups within the state
C. Disagreement between state and local governments
D. Abrogation of Fundamental Human Right
2. Which of the following is not an aim for the existence of a State?
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2006 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2006 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government as an act of governing refers to the process of
A. ruling people in the society
B. establishing political parties
C. providing free education
D. acquiring social skill
2. An essential feature of a State is
A. availability of mineral resources
B. developed infrastructure
C. an organized system of laws
D. developed markets
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2005 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2005 GOVERNMENT)
1. A government is said to be legitimate if it
A. has the people’s mandate to rule
B. is not oppressive
C. provide social services for the people
D. accepts people’s crticisms
2. All types of government performs all the following functions except
A. Providing welfare and developmental facilities
B. maintaining law and order
Government 2004
1. Constitutional Government is run
A. by lawyers
B. by the politicians
C. by applying arbitrary rules
D. according to the laws of the land
2. A society without constituted authority is called a
A. feudal state
B. stateless society
C. government in exile
D. backward society
3. Direct democracy implies that the governance of a state involves
A. all the citizens of the state
B. only male citizens
C. adult female citizens
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2003 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2003 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government as an institution of the state refers to the
A. police and armed forces
B. judiciary the president and his minister
C. legislature, the executive and the judiciary
D. economic and political institutions
2. Authority means
A. an automatic right to be obeyed
B. legitimate right to be obeyed
C. a civic right to obey others
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2002 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2002 GOVERNMENT)
1. A classless society is the ultimate goal of
A. socialism
B. totalitarianism
C. capitalism
D. feudalism
2. Fascism as a system of government originated in
A. Italy
B. Germany
C. France
D. Britain
3. A country is said to be democratic if
A. gerrymandering exists
B. there are free and fair elections
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2001 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2001 GOVERNMENT)
1. The first agent of political socialization is
A. school
B. mass media
C. community
D. family
2. Baron Montesquieu was noted for the theory of
A. the rule of law
B. delegated legislation
C. separation of powers
D. equality before the law
WASSCE GOVERNMENT MAY/JUNE 2000 (SSCE WAEC MAY/JUNE 2000 GOVERNMENT)
1. Government as an institution of a state can best be defined as a body that
A. recruits and trains political leaders
B. Settles disputes and interprets laws for the state
C. legislate executes and interprets laws for the state
2. Political authority is the
A. legitimate right to exercise political power
B. ability to control behaviour