Waec Government 2011 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• WAEC 2011

A chief could be deposed in the pre-colonial era if he

A. Violated the written constitution
B. Persistently neglected the advice of his elders
C. Refused to collect taxes for the British Governor
D. Married too many wives

Question 42:

• WAEC 2011

A common feature in a pre-colonial centralized state was

A. Loyalty to one political superior
B. Absence of single superior political authority
C. The existence of autocratic rule
D. Existence of separation of powers

Question 43:

• WAEC 2011

Under the British Crown Colony system of administration, the head of the executive council was the

A. Governor-General
B. Head of government business
C. Speaker
D. Prime minister

Question 44:

• WAEC 2011

Taxation as a feature of Indirect Rule served as a

A. Source of revenue for colonial administration
B. System of modernizing chieftaincy
C. Policy of making the local people poor
D. Means to ridicule the chiefs

Question 45:

• WAEC 2011

One effect of the French policy of Assimilation was that it

A. Made all French West Africans French citizens
B. Increased nationalist activites in French West Africa
C. Delayed nationalism in French West Africa
D. Expanded education into the interior of French West Africa