2015 - WAEC Government Past Questions and Answers - page 4
Public opinion is defined as the
Public opinion consists of the desires, wants and thinking of the majority of the people. It is the collective opinion of the people of a society or state on an issue or problem. This concept came about through the process of urbanization and other political and social forces.
Public opinion on the performance of a government is best measured by
Public opinion is measured by election results, personal contacts, media reporting, and especially by polls. but most importantly by mass media report
The method in which a group of people are interviewed on a specific political issue is called
An opinion poll/sampling, often simply referred to as a poll or a survey, is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample.
The Civil Service is an administrative institution of
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state. The executive executes and enforces law. The civil service is under the executive arm of government
Which of the following is a feature of the civil service?
The Civil Service is neutral and impartial in its work. It does not interfere in the political arena. It serves whichever political party is in power and help it to achieve whatever policies they want to introduce. A Civil Servant is obliged to hide his political affiliation and pursue his work as a professional.
The major source of local government revenue is
Local government revenue comes from property, sales, and other taxes; charges and fees; and transfers from federal and state governments. Taxes accounted for roughly 40 percent of local general revenue
Colonialism is defined as the
Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
The French policy of assimilation was based on the assumption that African culture was
French policy of assimilation taught their subjects that, by adopting French language and culture, they could eventually become French. Here Africans were afforded all the rights of French citizens, insinuating the African culture was inferior