NASIHA ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
2nd TERM EXAMINATION 2023
SUBJECT: CIVIC EDUCATION
CLASS: SSS 1
Instruction: Answer all question
1. In democracy, lack of press freedom leads to the denial of freedom
of (a) expression (b) association (c) movement
2. Franchise means the right to (a) contest for political post (b) join
association (c) vote and be voted for (d) vote and win election
3. One of the civic responsibilities of a citizen is to obey (a) constituted
authority (b) bye-laws (c) solicits (d) law books
4. The formation and implementation of policies are the major duties of
the (a) executive (b) judiciary (c) legislature (d) police
5. Law making is the primary function of (a) the federal government
(b) the legislature (c) the judges (d) the executive
6. A political system in which citizens rule through their representatives
chosen in periodic election is called (a) representative democracy
(b) democracy (c) capitalist democracy (d) political representation
7. The most popular definition of democracy was given by (a) Martin
Luther King (b) Abraham Lincoln (c) Kwame Nkrumah (d) Nelson
Mandela
8. All these are features of democracy except (a) rule of law
(b) fundamental human rights (c) fusion of power (d) periodic
election
9. A rule of law can be strengthen through (a) independence of the
judiciary (b) high cost of litigation (c) prolonged prosecution of
offender (d) immunity clause in the constitution
10. Rule of law means (a) supremacy of the law (b) absence of legal
immunity (c) peace order and stability (d) obedience of law
11. Democracy is good because (a) it gives power to the electorates
(b) it gives more power to the minority (c) it is less expensive to
operate (d) it quicken decision making
12. Rule of law may not work in all these situations except (a) military
regime (b) state of emergency (c) performance of traditional rites
(d) during democratic period
13. The running mate to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP in the just concluded
presidential election in Nigeria is (a) Senator Bukola Saraki (b) Peter
Obi (c) Senator Dino Melaye (d) Prof. Gerry Gana.
14. Loving our country more than other nations is (a) patriotism
(b) nepotism (c) nationalism (d) favouritism
15. Major problems of democracy is that (a) electoral rigging (b) rule of
law (c) minority rights protection (d) freedom of the press
16. Which of these does not relate to Civic Education (a) government
(b) citizenship education (c) voters education (d) demographic
17. A Nigerian citizen (a) enjoy rights and privileges in Nigeria (b) enjoy
partial rights and privileges in Nigeria (c) enjoy only rights in Nigeria
(d) enjoy only privileges in Nigeria
18. Civic education is studied to achieve one of these (a) increase in
social vices (b) discourage voting in Nigeria (c) promote national
unity (d) encourage disobedience to government
19. One way Nigeria democracy can be improved is (a) to promote free
and fair election (b) to impose candidates for election (c) to enhance
judicial bias (d) to promote ethnicity
20. A citizen is _____ (a) A person who is born in the back of the country
(a) A person who is born in a particular country or state (c) A person
who has an award for individualism (d) None of the above
SECTION B
Answer three questions
1a. Define Representative Democracy
1b. Highlight five (5) merits of representative democracy
1c. State three (3) advantages of representative democracy
2a. What is Rule of Law?
2b. Explain three (3) limitation to the rule of law
3. State four (4) importance of rule of law
4a. Define Pillar of Democracy
4b. State five (5) pillars of democracy
