Question 21
An association whose ultimate aim is to influence government policies is known as
Options
A) civil service
B) pressure group
C) political party
D) public corporation
The correct answer is B.
Question 22
Membership of pressure groups is usually limited because they
Options
A) pursue specific and narrow objectives
B) promote other people's interests
C) do not have dynamic leadership
D) promote the interest of the government
The correct answer is A.
Question 23
Elections are conducted to
Options
A) provide permanent employment for the people
B) make the people choose their leaders
C) known the number of people in a country
D) know the social amenities in the community
The correct answer is B.
Question 24
Suffrage is also known as
Options
A) franchise
B) plebiscite
C) public opinion
D) electoral college
The correct answer is A.
Question 25
For an election to be fair and free Electoral Commission Must be
Options
A) ready to manipulate results
B) ready to reject criticisms
C) headed by a minister in the executive
D) independent of other institutions of government
The correct answer is D.
Question 26
Which of the following categories of people can vote in periodic elections?
Options
A) Minors
B) Aliens
C) Lunatics
D) Citizens
The correct answer is D.
Question 27
The anonymity of a civil servant means that he
Options
A) is above the law of the land
B) should take part in partisan politics
C) receives neither praise nor blame publicly
D) should be prosecuted for professional misconduct
The correct answer is C.
Question 28
Which of the following functions is performed by the civil service?
Options
A) Enactment of laws
B) Settlement of disputes
C) Appointment of ministers
D) Implementation of policies
The correct answer is D.
Question 29
Public corporations are established to
Options
A) make maximum profits
B) help businessmen
C) provide employment for defeated politicians
D) provide utility services to the public at minimal cost
The correct answer is D.
Explanation:
Question 30
A minister controls public corporation by
Options
A) provide the corporation's finances
B) auditing the accounts of the corporation personally
C) criticizing the corporation through the mass media
D) ensuring the effective administration of the corporation
The correct answer is D.
Question 31
An institution of government that makes bye-laws is the
Options
A) judiciary
B) executive
C) legislature
D) local authorities
The correct answer is D.
Question 32
Local governments are created to
Options
A) give more powers to the traditional rulers
B) bring the government closer to the people
C) make the people obey more of the local laws
D) take over the functions of the central government
The correct answer is B.
Question 33
Some pre-colonial West African governments were democratic because of the existence of
Options
A) powerful traditional rulers
B) age grades
C) religious institutions
D) checks and balances
The correct answer is D.
Question 34
One of the measures introduced by indirect rule was
Options
A) collection and keeping of taxes by the chiefs only
B) not recognizing traditional institutions
C) fixing and collection of taxes by British officials themselves
D) exclusion of the educated elite from the colonial administration
The correct answer is D.
Question 35
Which of the following policies was replaced by the French policy of a association?
Options
A) Apartheid
B) Assimilation
C) Indirect rule
D) Frenchification
The correct answer is B.
Question 36
The appointment and deposition of chiefs by their people was a demand of the
Options
A) Pan African Movements
B) National Congress of British West Africa
C) West African Students' Union
D) West African Youth League
The correct answer is A.
Question 37
The desire for constitutional development in British West African Colonies was 'as a result of the
Options
A) rigidity of the constitution
B) desire of the British to review the constitution
C) power of traditional rulers in British West Africa
D) growing agitation of the people for political independence
The correct answer is D.
Question 38
The following are features of military regimes except
Options
A) respect for human rights
B) suspension of the constitution
C) rules by decrees and edicts
D) curtailment of human rights
The correct answer is A.
Question 39
Military regimes in West Africa have often made use of civilians because
Options
A) only civilians can make decrees
B) the soldiers are democratic
C) civilians are part of the armed forces
D) they need the experience of civilians in government
The correct answer is D.
Question 40
One criticism leveled against the pre-independence political parties in West Africa was that some of them
Options
A) did not possess credible programmes
B) did not contribute to political development
C) were not national in outlook
D) were instruments of the colonial administration
The correct answer is C.