Waec 2001 Government Past Questions And Answers
1
The three main contesting issues about revenue allocation in Nigeria are
- A. oil, cocoa, and groundnut
- B. oil, minority and majority
- C. ethnicity, corruption
- D. derivation, population and even development
2
The chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) during the Second republic in Nigeria was
- A. Aminu Kano
- B. Joseph Wayas
- C. Ume Ezeoke
- D. Obafemi Awolowo
3
In Nigeria, the concurrent list of powers belongs to the
- A. local authority only
- B. executive, the judiciary and the legislature
- C. federal and state governments
- D. state and local government
4
A major reason why the warrant chiefs were rejected in Eastern Nigeria was that
- A. the chiefs were illiterates
- B. they were no indigenes
- C. they usurped the positions of the nationalists
- D. the system was not customary
5
One of the arguments against delegated legislation is that it
- A. encroaches on the functions of the judiciary
- B. is against the principle of separation of power
- C. promotes limited government
- D. wastes the time of the legislature
6
Rule by decrees is associated with
- A. military government
- B. totalitarian governments
- C. democratic system
- D. delegated legislation
7
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
8
Under the Independence Constitutions of Nigeria, the Court of Appeal was the
- A. West African Court of Appeal
- B. Sharia Court of Nigeria
- C. Privy Council in Britain
- D. Supreme Military Council
9
Highlight the functions of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the Organization of African Unity (0.A. U.).
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A major function of public corporation is to
- A. construct roads and bridges
- B. compete with private companies
- C. provide certain essential service for all
- D. collect revenue for government