Free Civic Education Exam Questions and Answers JSS2
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Sample Civic Education Exam Questions and Answers
GOVERNMENT
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. Need for check and balances by the government include the following EXCEPT ________.
A. it helps prevent excessive use of power by one organ of government
B. it helps ensure a peaceful administration
C. it helps promote dictatorial style of government
D. it helps to ensure the freedom, rights and liberty of the people
2. Which of the following is not an office in the legislative arm?
A. Senate president
B. Office of the speaker
C. Chief whip of the senate
D. Registrar
3. Which of the following is not true concerning the Mace?
A. A symbol of power and authority to the law makers
B. Its presence signifies commencement of law proceedings
C. It can be used as a weapon
D. It is a movement of unity
4. Bicameral legislature means ________.
A. one chamber legislature
B. national assembly
C. house of senate
D. two chamber legislature
5. For bills passed by the legislature to become a law, it must be signed and received by the approval of ________.
A. senate president
B. president of national labour congress
C. the executive president of the federation
D. ministers
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DEMOCRACY
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. A group made up of people with same belief, interest and goals, who come together with the aim of winning election is ________.
A. Association
B. Political Party
C. Age grade
D. Peer group
2. Which of these is a pressure group?
A. EFCC
B. INEC
C. ASUU
D. NNPC
3. An organized group of people that come together, with the aim of influencing the government policy and the society, to promote the interest of their members is called ________.
A. Amnesty International
B. INEC
C. Pressure Group
D. Civil Liberty Organization
4. Who gave the definition of as “a government of the people, by the people and for the people”?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Tafawa Belewa
C. Ibrahim Babangida
D. Martin Luther King
5. What is the duty of INEC?
A. Ensuring that each party is appropriately represented
B. To appoint political leaders
C. To organize and conduct elections
D. To swear in leaders
