Waec Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 651:

• WAEC 1997

A constitution can be defined as

A. The rules guiding parliamentary procedures
B. A legal document to guide judges
C. The constituent elements of a contractual agreement
D. All written laws of a state
E. The rules guiding the affairs of an institution of society

Question 652:

• WAEC 1997

The constitution of federal system is usually

A. Written and rigid
B. Superior in content
C. Difficult to understand
D. For the use of the federal government only
E. Suspended for a general elections

Question 653:

• WAEC 1997

Constitutionalism emphasizes that those who govern the state should do so according to

A. Their whims and caprices
B. Laid-down rules of public behaviour
C. The direction of judges
D. The dictates of their egos
E. Dictates of their critics

Question 654:

• WAEC 1997

One of features of a unitary state is that

A. A two party system is usually entrenched in the constitution
B. Members of Parliament are selected
C. Power is shared among all levels of governmnet
D. The cilvil service is supreme
E. The constituion is flexible

Question 655:

• WAEC 1997

Impeachment as an instrument of check on the Executive is useful mainly in a

A. Federal system
B. Cabinet system
C. Unitary system
D. Presidential system
E. Republican system