Waec Government 2006 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 2006

Indirect rule was successfully in some of the part of West Africa because

A. The British tyrannized the people
B. It sulted the existing traditional political structure
C. British officials learnt the local languages
D. The residents were good administrators

Question 37:

• WAEC 2006

The National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA) was founded in 1919 by

A. Kobina Sekyi
B. J.B Danquah
C. Mensah Sarbah
D. J.E. Caseley Hayford

Question 38:

• WAEC 2006

Elective principle was introduced in the British colonies after

A. Series of negotitions by the chiefs
B. Consultations with the age grades
C. A series of agitations by the educated elite
D. The Queen's desire to come to the colonies

Question 39:

• WAEC 2006

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

A. Intorduction of elective principle
B. Appointment of Africans to the executive councils
C. Restriction of the Governors veto powers
D. Opening of Regional Assemblies

Question 40:

• WAEC 2006

Notational Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA)failed to achieve its aims initially because

A. The chiefs and Governors oppsed those aims
B. African workers opposed those aims
C. Africans employed Europeans to write those aims
D. The congress failed to bring foreigners into its fold