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WAEC WASSCE Government 2020 past questions and answers

This 2020 WAEC WASSCE Government set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2020 set with instant marking.

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1. Which condition most directly gives a government legitimacy?
  1. The people accept its right to rule
  2. It controls all private businesses
  3. It has the largest civil service
  4. It possesses the oldest constitution

Answer: A. The people accept its right to rule

A government is legitimate when the people generally accept its authority as rightful.

2. Which principle is central to the rule of law?
  1. The executive may disregard court orders
  2. All persons are subject to the law and its due process
  3. Only elected officials can be prosecuted
  4. The legislature controls the decisions of every court

Answer: B. All persons are subject to the law and its due process

The rule of law requires everyone, including public officials, to obey the law and due process.

3. In a sovereign state, sovereignty refers to the state's
  1. dependence on local governments
  2. control of only its natural resources
  3. supreme authority within its territory and independence externally
  4. right to abolish all political parties

Answer: C. supreme authority within its territory and independence externally

Sovereignty means supreme internal authority and independence from external control.

4. A federal system is best identified by the
  1. absence of a written constitution
  2. rule of the country by a monarch
  3. appointment of all local officials by judges
  4. constitutional division of powers between central and regional governments

Answer: D. constitutional division of powers between central and regional governments

Federalism constitutionally shares governmental powers between a central authority and constituent units.

5. The main purpose of separating governmental powers among organs is to
  1. prevent excessive concentration of power
  2. make the judiciary subordinate to the executive
  3. remove the need for elections
  4. allow each organ to make its own constitution

Answer: A. prevent excessive concentration of power

Separation of powers helps prevent any one organ from accumulating unchecked authority.

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