SUSANCHRIS MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION, 2024/2025 SESSION.
CIVIC EDUCATION SS3
OBJECTIVES: ANSWER ALL.
1. –––– Is not a form of popular participation.
a. Physical popular participation
b. Social popular participation
c. Political popular participation
d. Economic popular participation
2. Popular participation gives —— to government.
a. Legitimacy
b. Legacy
c. Efficiency
d. Power
3. ––– popular participation involves the use of voter’s
card during election of its leaders.
a. Traditional mode of popular participation
b. Societal mode of popular participation
c. Modern mode of popular participation
d. Economic mode of popular participation
4. Democracy as a system of government remains a
heritage from –––
a. France
b. Greece
c. USA
d. Britain
5. Another name for representative democracy is ––
a. Direct democracy
b. Indirect democracy
c. Primary democracy
d. Secondary democracy
6. ––– is the only person qualified to declare a
candidate that contested in an election a winner
a. The president
b. The governor
c. The INEC Chairman.
7. ––– is not among the importance of democracy
a. It allows for the election of best brains and
hands
b. It ensures the maintenance of law and order
c. It increases the incidents of sit-tight syndrome
seen in dictatorship
d. It discourages oppression and marginalisation
8. ––– is not one of the principles that ensures
workability, practices and processes of democracy .
a. Majority rule
b. Periodic election
c. The prevalence of the rule of law
d. The principles of inequality of all citizens
before the law.
9. Human trafficking is –––
a. Legal trade on persons
b. Illegal trade on persons
c. Legitimate trade on persons
10. These are causes of human trafficking except
a. Poverty
b. Greed
c. Self esteem
d. Corruption
11. One of the following is not among the
consequences of human trafficking
a. Unwanted pregnancy
b. Health risk
c. Spiritual consequences
d. Societal consequences.
12. The 1948 declaration of Human rights by the
UNO is known as –––
a. Universal fundamental human rights
b. Universal human rights
c. Universal declaration of human rights
d. Universal declaration of rights
13. Human rights are categorised under the
following groups except –––
a. Civil and political rights
b. Economic and social rights
c. Religion and cultural rights
d. Environmental rights
14. The constitution does not recognise –––
a. Right to personal liberty
b. Right to human trafficking
c. Right to family life
d. Right to be voted for
15. ––– is not among the challenges facing the
Human rights in the 21st century
a. Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
b. Drug trafficking and abuse
c. Poverty
d. Indiscipline
16. Social justice means –––
a. Loving those that love you
b. Treating everyone the way they treat you
c. Treating everyone fairly
17. A social situation where one thinks more about
the needs and welfare of others than himself is
known as–––
a. Selfish act
b. Service to the people
c. Polite behaviour
d. Selflessness
18. The following are the functions of the
executive except –––
a. Enforcement of laws
b. Approval of budget
c. Maintenance of law and order
d. Power of pardon
19. ––– is not a major local civic problem
a. Poverty
b. Disease
c. Terrorism
d. Electoral malpractice.
20. The highest court in Nigeria is ––––
a. Supreme court
b. Court of appeal
c. Federal high court
d. Customary court
THEORY
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER 4 QUESTIONS ONLY.
1a) Define Constitutional Democracy.
1b) Enumerate ten (10) principles of constitutional democracy
2) State five advantages and five disadvantages of
Constitutional Democracy
3a) List and explain five types of popular participation.
3b) What is modern mode of popular participation?
4a) List 6 problems of constitutional democracy
4b) Enumerate four processes of constitutional democracy
5a) Mention 5 reasons why people join cults
5b) State five societal problems associated with the youth.
5c) Mention 5 ways through which government can alleviate
societal problems associated with the youth .
