WAEC Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 288

1,436.

Communist governments aim at distributing goods and services according to?

A.

gender and class

B.

loyalty to the party

C.

need and ability

D.

work and residence

Correct answer is C

Communism is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production, such as mines and factories, are owned and controlled by the public. it is a system of government in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

1,437.

A political system in which the state owns and controls the major means of production is known as? 

A.

feudalism

B.

socialism

C.

fascism

D.

capitalism

Correct answer is B

Socialism, social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources. it is a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

1,438.

A political system in which government controls every aspect of a citizens life is?

A.

feudalism

B.

monarchy

C.

democracy

D.

totalitarianism

Correct answer is D

Totalitarianism is a political concept of a mode of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life.

1,439.

A government performs the following functions except?

A.

safeguarding life and property

B.

maintaining law and order

C.

providing all the needs of its citizens

D.

providing basic welfare needs

Correct answer is C

1. Law Making
2. Military defence of the country
3. Provision of employment
4. Maintenance of law and order
5. Promotion of economic growth and development
6. Maintaining good relations with other sovereign states or countries (foreign diplomacy)
7. Protection of civil liberties
8. Protection of lives and properties
9. Administration of justice
10. Formulation and implementation of policies
11. Provision of social-welfare services

1,440.

The first inter-territorial association organised by some educated African elite in the Gold Coast as the ________

A.

Aborigine's Rights Protection Society (ARFS)

B.

National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA)

C.

Movement of Educated Elites in West Africa (MEEWA)

D.

West Africa Frontier Forces(WAFF)

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.