WAEC Civic Education 2015 past questions

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Ten questions from the 2015 WAEC Civic Education paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 42 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

WAEC Civic Education 2015 questions and answers

1. 1.Association and affiliation two or more people is called
   1. A
      Inter-communal relations
   2. B
      Multilateral relations
   3. C
      Inter-personal relations
      Correct
   4. D
      Bilateral relations
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   Answer: C

   Inter-personal relations is correct. This term describes the association, affiliation, and interaction that exists between two or more individual people, such as friends, family members, classmates, or colleagues. It is built on direct, personal contact between individuals.

2. 2.Effective and responsible parenthood is primarily
   1. A
      ensuring that every child takes up the same trade or occupation as the parents
   2. B
      producing as many children as possible to increase the family's labour force
   3. C
      transferring the full duty of raising children to schools and religious bodies
   4. D
      giving children the physical, moral and material care that the parents' resources can adequately provide
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   Responsible parenthood, as taught in Civic Education, means parents deliberately having and raising only the number of children whose physical, moral, emotional, social and educational needs they can genuinely meet with the resources available to them. It is about quality of upbringing matched to capacity, not about quantity.

3. 3.Use the quotation below to answer the following question All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards another in a spirit of brotherhood. The above quotation summarizes?
   1. A
      Fundamental human rights
      Correct
   2. B
      The rule of law
   3. C
      Separation of powers
   4. D
      Federal character principle
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   Answer: A

   The quotation is the opening statement of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

4. 4.An ideology that aims at promoting national conciousness and identity is
   1. A
      Federalism
   2. B
      Socialism
   3. C
      Nationalism
      Correct
   4. D
      Capitalism
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   Answer: C

   Nationalism is the ideology that aims at promoting national consciousness and identity. It is the belief and feeling that binds citizens of a country together as one people, making them conscious of a shared history, culture and destiny, and committed to the unity, interest and advancement of their nation above sectional, ethnic or personal interests.

5. 5.The following cadre of students are the main target for campus cult membership except?
   1. A
      Students from wealthy and influential family backgrounds
   2. B
      Students with strong religious conviction and firm moral discipline
      Correct
   3. C
      Students with low self-esteem who seek a sense of belonging and protection
   4. D
      Fresh students who have just been admitted into the institution
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   Answer: B

   Campus cult groups do not recruit randomly — they target students who are easiest to manipulate or most useful to the group.

6. 6.The National Agency for the Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) was established in?
   1. A
      2004, when it was listed in the Laws of the Federation
   2. B
      1999, when its enabling law was first amended
   3. C
      1992, alongside the National Drug Policy
   4. D
      1993, by a decree of the Federal Military Government
      Correct
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   Answer: D

   NAFDAC was established in 1993, by Decree No. 15 of 1993 of the Federal Military Government. It was set up to regulate and control the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals and packaged water in Nigeria.

7. 7.Zubair: today is the day for gubernatorial elections, Ade what are you waiting for? let us go and cast our votes for candidates of our choice Ade: i have no interest in an election which would not yield any dividend of democracy. Our political elites are only concerned about their interest when they get to the position of authority. For crying out loud, i have made up my mind that i will not vote again. Zubair: haba Ade! dont you remember Abraham Lincoln's word that all men are not just, all men are not true. But... for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader!. come on , go and cast your vote so that we can choose the right person for the position and change the political, economic and social directions of our great state Ade's action as shown in the dialogue is a demontration of political
   1. A
      Political apathy
      Correct
   2. B
      Political efficacy
   3. C
      Political socialization
   4. D
      Political alienation
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   Answer: A

   Political apathy is correct. Ade shows no interest in the election, believes voting will not change anything ("no dividend of democracy"), and has resolved never to vote again. This indifference and deliberate withdrawal from a civic duty like voting is the textbook definition of political apathy in Civic Education.

8. 8.Which of the following is not a function of the National Drug Law Enforcement agency (NDLEA)
   1. A
      Registration and regulation of food and drug products
      Correct
   2. B
      Investigation and arrest of persons suspected of drug trafficking
   3. C
      Creation of public awareness on the dangers of drug abuse
   4. D
      Rehabilitation of drug addicts back into society
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   Answer: A

   The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was established to fight the cultivation, processing, trafficking and abuse of hard drugs in Nigeria. Its real functions include arresting and investigating drug traffickers, seizing and destroying illicit drugs and drug-related assets, rehabilitating addicts, and creating public enlightenment on the dangers of drug abuse.

9. 9.Human rights are described as inviolable mainly because they are
   1. A
      they are granted to citizens by the government in power
   2. B
      they are enforced strictly by the police and the courts
   3. C
      they are natural rights inherent in man and cannot be taken away
      Correct
   4. D
      they are written down in the constitution of every country
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   Answer: C

   Human rights are inviolable mainly because they are natural rights inherent in man and cannot be taken away. Inviolable means they must never be breached or taken from a person, and this holds precisely because these rights do not come from any ruler, government, or document — a person has them simply by virtue of being human, from birth. Since no human authority gave the right, no human authority can rightly cancel it; this is what makes it "inviolable".

   So the correct reasoning a Nigerian civic education student should hold onto is: human rights are inviolable because they are natural and inherent in every human being, not privileges handed down by any authority.

10. 10.One major trend in kantoga republic today, especially during elections, is the engagement of youths by some politicians for political thuggery, rigging, stuffing of ballot boxes and other related electoral offences. most of the youths who are engaged in these crimes have no means of livelihood or are school dropouts . These youths are kantaguans who ought to benefit from the enormous wealth and resources of the nation. unfortunately, this is not the case at the moment. Indeed it is the duty of government, especially at the center to provide entrepeneurial skilll acquisition programmes and start -up funds for small scale business to empower the youths. This will reduce the chance of engagement of youths for wrong purposes. The responsibility of empowering the youths rest mostly with?
    1. A
       Non-governmental organisations
    2. B
       State governments
    3. C
       The federal government
       Correct
    4. D
       The youths themselves
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    Answer: C

    The passage states plainly that it is the duty of government, especially at the center, to provide entrepreneurial skill acquisition programmes and start-up funds for the youths. In Nigerian civic usage, "government at the center" refers to the federal government — the tier that controls the bulk of national revenue (including oil receipts) and sets national youth-empowerment policy.

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