Waec Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 1546:

• 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 1547:

• 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 1548:

• 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

Question 1549:

• WAEC 2011

The late development of nationalism in French West Africa was due to

A. Absorption of French colonial ex-service men into the French army
B. Implemented government polices
C. Collected and spent taxes and rates
D. Were sources of consultation on customary affairs

Question 1550:

• WAEC 2011

The first British West African country to practise the elective principle was

A. Nigeria
B. The Gambia
C. Sierra Leone
D. Ghana