Year 11 Third Term Civic Education

1. A form of democracy in which citizens elect representatives to make governing decisions on their behalf is a

• A. Representative Democracy

• B. Deliberative democracy

• C. Social Democracy

• D. Plebiscitary democracy

2. A government that consistently acts in keeping with established fundamental rules and principles is known as a: WAEC 2021

• A. Social Democracy

• B. Legitimate

• D. Constitutional government

• E. Liberal

3. A government may be classified as a good government if it meets which of the following criteria: NECO 2008

• A. Accountable

• D. Transparency

• B. Participation

• E. All of the above

4. which of these is the oldest form of democracy?

• A. Direct democracy

• B. Indirect democracy

• C. Liberal democracy

• D. Republican democracy

7. All these are problems of democracy in Nigeria except

• A. Manipulation by few

• B. Misrepresentation

• C. Rule of ignorance

• D. Civil liberty

8. Votes by the people on a particular question asked by the government or a legislative body are referred to as:

• A. Recall

• B. Direct democracy

• C. Referendum

• D. Initiative

2. The constitutional principle which advocates the supremacy or predominance of the law over individuals or persons including all actions taken in any given country JAMB 2001

• A. Rule of law

• B. Legality of law

• C. Judicial precedence

• D. Plebiscite

4. Which of these scholars developed the theory of the rule of law? WAEC 2011

• A. Benjamin Burton

• B. Abraham Lincoln

• C. Prof. A.V Dicey

• D. Thomas Jefferson

5. The book which made the theory of "Rule of Law" popular was published in what year ? NECO 2006

• A. 1885

• B. 1988

• C. 1889

• D. 1884

6. "In order to be free, we all should be servants of the law" this statement was made by who? WAEC 2005

• A. Marcus Tullius Cicero

• B. Thomas Paine

• C. John Adam

• D. Immanuel Kant