WAEC Government Past Questions and Answers

In Government, what does 'Polling unit' mean?

• A A designated place where voters go to cast their votes
• B The process of unifying diverse groups within a country into a single nation
• C The confidence citizens place in their leaders to act in the public interest
• D A system of government in which power belongs to and is exercised by the people

'Citizen' can best be described as:

• A The representative of the British monarch in a colony or dominion before republican status
• B A legal member of a state, entitled to its rights and subject to its duties
• C The head of government in a parliamentary system
• D The lower chamber of Nigeria's National Assembly

Which of the following best defines 'Federal character principle'?

• A A body of senior ministers who advise and assist the head of government
• B A constitutional policy ensuring fair representation of Nigeria's diverse groups in government
• C A form of democracy in which citizens make political decisions themselves rather than through representatives
• D The merging of separate territories or regions into a single political unit

Which of the options names the concept described as 'A legal member of a state, entitled to its rights and subject to its duties'?

• A Senate President
• B Citizen
• C Freedom of association
• D Act

Which of the following best defines 'Civil service'?

• A A grouping of Nigerian states based on geographic and political factors
• B The body of officials who administer government policies and programmes
• C The formal naming of a candidate to contest an election
• D A system of government in which the executive is drawn from and answerable to the legislature

What is the meaning of 'Federal character principle'?

• A A constitutional policy ensuring fair representation of Nigeria's diverse groups in government
• B A system of government in which the president is both head of state and head of government
• C A formal expression of choice made by a citizen in an election
• D The body of people and institutions that make and enforce laws and policies for a state

Which Government term fits this statement: 'The right of a people to freely determine their own political status'?

• A Sovereignty
• B Democracy
• C Traditional ruler
• D Self-determination

How would you best explain the term 'Cabinet'?

• A The formal naming of a candidate to contest an election
• B A Muslim traditional ruler in parts of Northern Nigeria
• C The state of a country being free from external political control
• D A body of senior ministers who advise and assist the head of government