Waec Government 2016 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 2016

Public corporations are established to

A. Make maximum profits
B. Help businessmen
C. Provide employment for defeated politicians
D. Provide utility services to the public at minimal cost

Question 37:

• WAEC 2016

A minister controls public corporation by

A. Provide the corporation's finances
B. Auditing the accounts of the corporation personally
C. Criticizing the corporation through the mass media
D. Ensuring the effective administration of the corporation

Question 38:

• WAEC 2016

An institution of government that makes bye-laws is the

A. Judiciary
B. Executive
C. Legislature
D. Local authorities

Question 39:

• WAEC 2016

Local governments are created to

A. Give more powers to the traditional rulers
B. Bring the government closer to the people
C. Make the people obey more of the local laws
D. Take over the functions of the central government

Question 40:

• WAEC 2016

Some pre-colonial West African governments were democratic because of the existence of

A. Powerful traditional rulers
B. Age grades
C. Religious institutions
D. Checks and balances