Waec Government 2009 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 2009

The non-involvement of civil servants in partisan politics is related to

A. Anonymity
B. Neutrality
C. Permanence
D. Impartiality

Question 37:

• WAEC 2009

A court can declare any action of a local government that is outside its area of jurisdiction as

A. Ultra vires
B. Billof rights
C. Certiorari
D. Habeas corpus

Question 38:

• WAEC 2009

Laws made by the legislative council during the colonial period in British West Africa were called

A. Acts of parliament
B. Delegated legislations
C. Ordinances
D. Bye-laws

Question 39:

• WAEC 2009

The French colonial policy of Assimilation was first applied in

A. Conakry, Goree, Bamako and St. Louis
B. Dakar, St, Louis, Goree and Conakry
C. Goree, Dakar, Bamako and Abidjan
D. St. Louis, Dakar, Goree and Rufisque

Question 40:

• WAEC 2009

One of the criticisms against the policy of Assimilation was that it

A. Did not recongnise African culture as good enough
B. Granted French citizenship to all the people in Senegal
C. Ignored the educated elite
D. Recognised the traditional rulers