GOVERNMENT PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE)

Which of the following is not a function of political parties?

A government that is constituted by several parties after a general election is referred to as

An agreed set of rules prescribing the governance of a country can be called the

In the pre-colonial period, traditional rulers in most parts of West Africa were appointed by the

Which of the following best describe feudalism?

One of main objectives of the African Union (AU) is to

The type of government that is headed by a king or queen is called

Government as a process or art of governing means

Military governments rule by

A system of government where the component units are stronger than the central authority is known as

The term unicameralism means

One of the main principles of the presidential system is the

Sovereignty ultimately resides in

Constitutional government is run

Indirect Rule was successful in some parts of West Africa because

Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?

An important innovation of the constitutions of British West African Colonies in the 1920s was the

The implementation of government policies is called out by the

One of the reasons for the establishment of local government authorities is to

In a classical federal state, residual powers are vested in the

Political parties contest elections in order to

With which of the following did the French attempt to slow down the development of nationalist activities in West African territories was

The United Nations Secretary-General is appointed for a

Public corporations are financed

Communism was popularized by

The executive head who was responsible for British colonial territories in West Africa was the

A constitution is said to be flexible when its provisions are

The most important achievement of the United Nations Organization (UNO) is the

A government is said to be legitimate if it

An electoral college is a

Which of the following is the duty of an Electoral Commission?

The doctrine of the rule of law is credited to

The political parties that were established in West Africa between 1945 and 1965 fought for

Another name for totalitarianism is

The earliest agent in the formation of public opinion is the

Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as

Fascism was a type of dictatorial government established in

The first military coup d’etat in West Africa was staged in

The main focus of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is the

Government as an academic field of study refers to the