Preparing for a Civic Education aptitude test or you simply want to test your knowledge of your civic duties, you're in the right place. Practise with our compilation of Civic Education past questions and answers.
According to the 1999 constitution, sovereignty resides in the
Command in charge of the armed forces
People who confer legitimacy on elected leaders
National assembly which has power to make laws and amend the constitution
Military which can declare any law, null and of no effect
Correct answer is B
The elctorates confer legitimacy on the government which in turns make its decisions acceptable to the electorate.
Which of the following concepts can guarantee adherence to the rule of law?
Political immunity
Political gerrymandering
National development
Representative democracy
Correct answer is D
Representative democracy is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. There is usually seperation of power in a representative democracy and the rule of law is upheld as every elected official act within their office power.
Federal executive council
Federal executive council
Trusteeship
Government
Correct answer is D
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.
Poor upbringing
Corruption
Abject poverty
Greed
Correct answer is C
Children who are exposed to extreme levels of poverty have difficulty with cognitive development, speech, and managing stress, which leads to adverse behavior. Where there's poverty, there's lack of education, joblessness, and poor health. The key to destroying the top effects of poverty is to attack the causes.
One of the functions of local government is?
Settlement of intra party crisis
Making of bye laws
Formulation of monetary policies
Delimitation of constituencies
Correct answer is B
Byelaws are local laws made by a local council under an enabling power contained in a public general act or a local act requiring something to be done or not done in a specified area. Local government make bye-laws in Nigeria.