WAEC Civic Education Past Questions & Answers - Page 85

421.

Drug abuse can best be prevented in the society by

A.

Arresting and prosecuting drug vendors

B.

Engaging in drug enlightenment

C.

Canvassing capital punishment for drug peddlers

D.

Prohibiting the sales of drugs at the motor park

Correct answer is B

The youth alone can not prevent drug abuse, as drug abuse is actually very common amongst all ages. Its needs to be a combined effort amongst the community to stop drug abuse. We have to engage in telling people the dangers eminent in taking hard drugs. This can be done by organizing programmes, seminars, symposiums etc on the dangers on drug abuse. The programs should be designed for various ages and can be used in individual or group settings, such as the school and home.

 

422.

Use of hard drugs can best be curtailed through

A.

Compensation

B.

Rehabilitation

C.

Enlightenment

D.

Compromise

Correct answer is B

Rehabilitation is the action and process of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

423.

If an individual persist in the use of hard drugs, such individual is likely to exibit

A.

Hostile attitudes towards religious organisation

B.

Unfriendly disposition towards foreigners

C.

Oppressive behaviour

D.

Emotional illness and aggression

Correct answer is D

Drug addiction can cause many long-term negative effects, including physical health problems like liver damage and heart disease as well as mental / emotional illnesses like depression and anxiety disorders. Drug abuse also causes long-term changes to the brain that make quitting so difficult and takes years to change back to normal.

 

424.

Drugs abuse often lead to

A.

Sexually transmitted disease

B.

Cancerous illness

C.

Psychiatric disorder

D.

Incurable ailment

Correct answer is C

A psychiatric disorder is a mental illness diagnosed by a mental health professional that greatly disturbs your thinking, moods, and/or behavior and seriously increases your risk of disability, pain, death, or loss of freedom. A person who abuses drugs is prone to this disorder.

425.

Which of the following is not responsible for cult activities in in school and colleges?

A.

Perceived injustice

B.

Satisfaction of membership aspiration

C.

Personal protection

D.

Preservation of cultural heritage

Correct answer is D

In Nigeria schools, the main reason why people become cultist is to fight those who supposedly oppress them, the ''wicked lecturer'', school authorities and the opposite cult members. Others enter into this gangs because they believe they will be untouchable, which is infact a fallacy. No wonder, the countless cases of murder, bloodshed, revenge in schools with high cultism rate.