Waec Government 2001 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2001

A minister controls public corporations by

A. Auditing the accounts of the corporations himself
B. Giving general policy dirctives
C. Criticzing the corporations through the mass media
D. Undertaking day-to-day administration of the corporations

Question 32:

• WAEC 2001

When there is a second chamber in a federal state, it

A. Makes up for the imbalance in the representation in the lower house
B. Ensures that the judicary is independent of the executive
C. Reduces the power of the electorate
D. Alone makes laws for the country

Question 33:

• WAEC 2001

Countries adopt federal system of government because of

A. Uneven development
B. Adoption of a state religion
C. The fear of domination of minorities
D. The availability of limited resources

Question 34:

• WAEC 2001

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

Question 35:

• WAEC 2001

In Nigeria, the concurrent list of powers belongs to the

A. Local authority only
B. Executive, the judiciary and the legisture
C. Federal and state governments
D. State and local government