WAEC Civic Education 2019 past questions

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Ten questions from the 2019 WAEC Civic Education paper, with answers and explanations. We hold 47 questions from this paper, and the Skolra app has all of them.

WAEC Civic Education 2019 questions and answers

1. 1.Authorised road users include the following except
   1. A
      Street hawkers
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   2. B
      Pedestrians
   3. C
      Motorists
   4. D
      Cyclists
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   Answer: A

   Authorised road users are persons the law recognises as entitled to be on the road for the purpose of movement or transportation. These include pedestrians (who walk along the road or designated walkways), cyclists (who ride along the side of the road or cycle lanes), and motorists (who drive vehicles on the carriageway). All three groups use the road strictly for transit, under the rules of traffic law.

2. 2.Seven months ago, the people of Okiti town were seen in large numbers staging a peaceful protest against the nonchalant attitude of the provincial government concerning the provision of social amenities in the area. Some of theirofficials came around and listened to their grievances. Today, things have changed for thebetter in Okiti town. There is a great improvement in infrastructural development and the people of the area now feel the presence of government in their town. Which of the following is not portrayed in the write-up above?
   1. A
      Citizen participation
   2. B
      Political apathy
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   3. C
      Government accountability
   4. D
      Responsive governance
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   Answer: B

   Political apathy is what is NOT portrayed in the passage.

   Political apathy means a lack of interest or involvement in civic and political affairs — people staying indifferent, refusing to get involved, or simply not caring what government does. The people of Okiti town did the opposite: they organised themselves and staged a peaceful protest over the government's failure to provide social amenities. That is active civic engagement, the direct reverse of apathy, so apathy cannot be said to be portrayed here.

3. 3.In order to guarantee transparency and accountability in governance, leaders should ensure that
   1. A
      public criticism of government actions is discouraged
   2. B
      due process is followed in all government transactions
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   3. C
      information about government policies is restricted to top officials
   4. D
      power is concentrated in the executive arm of government
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   Answer: B

   Transparency means government business is conducted openly, and accountability means leaders can be made to answer for their decisions. Following due process in all government transactions — budgeting, procurement, appointments, contracts — means every decision follows laid-down rules and can later be checked, audited and justified. This is exactly what guarantees transparency and accountability in governance.

4. 4.One fateful morning, lmaseun was going to school. A few distances away from the school gate, he saw an accident victim writhing in severe pain by the roadside. The accident victim was hit by a motorcycle rider and left half dead. Although Imaseun was already late for school, he decided to convey the victim to a nearby hospital before reporting the matter to a nearby police station. The behaviour of lmaseun in the story above can help promote all the foliowing except
   1. A
      Selflessness
   2. B
      Patriotism
   3. C
      Humanitarian service
   4. D
      Nepotism
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   Answer: D

   Imaseun stopped what he was doing, at personal cost (being late for school), to rescue a total stranger who was badly injured, and only afterwards went to report the matter to the police. That single act of kindness is a textbook illustration of several civic values at once.

   Nepotism is the odd one out and is the correct answer to "except". Nepotism means showing undue favour to one's relatives or close associates, especially in appointments or opportunities, purely because of that relationship. The accident victim in the story is a complete stranger to Imaseun — there is no family or personal connection involved — so nepotism has nothing to do with his action. In fact, helping a stranger as readily as he did is the opposite of the favouritism that nepotism describes.

5. 5.Political apathy can be discouraged through
   1. A
      Intimidation of voters by security agents during elections
   2. B
      Exclusion of young people from decision-making processes
   3. C
      Rigging of elections by desperate politicians
   4. D
      Political education and enlightenment of the citizenry
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   Answer: D

   Political apathy means a lack of interest or willingness among citizens to take part in political and civic activities, such as voting, campaigning, or joining political discussions.

6. 6.Which of the following is a focus of the activities of civil society?
   1. A
      Contesting elections to gain political power
   2. B
      Enactment of laws binding on citizens
   3. C
      Collection of taxes and revenue for government
   4. D
      Promotion of good governance and accountability
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   Answer: D

   Civil society refers to the organisations and associations that operate independently of government and business, such as NGOs, trade unions, professional bodies, human rights groups and community-based organisations.

7. 7.Trafficked children are likely to experience all the following except
   1. A
      Access to quality education and skill acquisition
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   2. B
      Sexual exploitation and abuse
   3. C
      Physical and psychological trauma
   4. D
      Forced and hazardous labour
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   Answer: A

   Human trafficking, especially of children, is a major theme in Nigerian Civic Education because of its link to child rights abuse. A trafficked child is taken out of a normal, protected childhood and used for the trafficker's gain.

8. 8.Fundamental rights are literally the rights that one can enjoy because one is
   1. A
      a registered voter in an election
   2. B
      an employee of the government
   3. C
      a citizen of a particular country
   4. D
      a human being
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   Answer: D

   Fundamental human rights are rights that belong to a person simply because the person is a human being. They are natural, inherent and inalienable — a person does not need to be a citizen, a voter, or an employee to have them; they exist from birth and cannot be taken away by the state, which is why they are entrenched in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

9. 9.The origin of democracy is traced to the
   1. A
      Roman Republic
   2. B
      British Parliament
   3. C
      Greek city-state of Athens
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   4. D
      French Revolution
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   Answer: C

   The word "democracy" comes from the Greek words demos (people) and kratos (power/rule), and the practice itself began in the Greek city-state of Athens around the 5th century BC, where eligible citizens gathered to debate and vote directly on laws and policies. This is why Athens is called the cradle of democracy.

10. 10.Which of the following is a way of achieving responsible parenthood?
    1. A
       Having as many children as possible to boost the family's social prestige
    2. B
       Sending children out to hawk goods to supplement family income
    3. C
       Practising family planning so as to have only the number of children one can train and cater for
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    4. D
       Leaving the feeding and upbringing of children entirely to relatives
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    Answer: C

    Responsible parenthood means parents deliberately plan the size of their family so that every child born can be properly fed, trained, educated and cared for. The key tool for achieving this is family planning — deciding on and spacing the number of children according to the parents' resources and capacity to raise them well.

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