It' i's revision time, take Citizenship

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It' i's revision time, take Citizenship - GCE O-Level 2017.

50/50 MCQs for:

GCE O-Level 2017.

A foreigner can acquire Cameroonian citizenship by:

Birth.

Settlement.

Nationalisation.

Naturalisation.

Which of the following is a right of a citizen?

Payment of taxes.

Protection of public property.

Respect for the laws of the land.

Freedom of expression and the press.

The responsibilities of a Cameroonian child in the home includes the following except:

Taking care of the elderly.

Keeping the house clean.

Helping in providing food.

Assisting in washing clothes of younger ones.

The daughter of one's aunt is called?

Sister.

Nephew.

Niece.

Cousin.

Which of the following is not a reason for early marriages in Cameroon?

Broken homes.

Teenage pregnancy.

Bride wealth (pric

Fear of divorce.

An important function of a Disciplinary Council is to:

Reward good behaviour.

Dismiss students.

Supervise punishment.

Fight crime.

Select from the institutions below a typical Confessional school:

CCAST Bambili.

PCHS Bamenda.

GBHS Etoug-Ebe, Yaounde.

Saint Joseph's College Sasse-Buea.

Truancy, smoking, fighting, sexual promiscuity and cheating are all social ills in a school environment. These can be corrected through:

Corporal punishment.

Expulsion.

The Disciplinary Council.

Suspension.

Which of the following social ills within the school milieu adversely affect female students?

Stealing and pick-pocketing.

Smoking and alcohol consumption.

Occultism.

Sexual immorality.

Select a suitable definition of a village.

A geographical settlement smaller than a town with a Mayor as its head.

A group of people living in the same territory and speaking the same language.

A group of people living in the same territory and headed by a Divisional Officer.

A territory with a traditional administrative set up whose members come from a common clan.

The most appropriate reason for rural exodus is:

Frequent health problems in villages.

Availability of electricity in towns.

Search for employment.

Necessity to enjoy youthful exuberance.

The public official who plays the role of a supervisory authority over a Council in Cameroon is the:

Mayor.

Senior Divisional Officer.

Municipal Councillor.

Government Delegate.

The most extensive natural ecosystem in. Cameroon is:

The Coastal Lowlands.

Tropical Rain Forest.

Tropical Grassland.

Western Highlands.

Which of the following activities contributes to the degradation of the natural environment?

Land reclamation.

Waste disposal.

Tree planting.

Contour farming.

Which of the following is the best way of handling household waste?

Recycling.

Burying in the ground.

Burning.

Dumping by the roadside.

Identify from the list below the smallest administrative unit in Cameroon:

Sub-division.

Region.

Division.

District.

Below is a list of administrative officials who run the services attached to the Governor's Office.

Identify the one who has the rank of the Senior Divisional Officer:

Technical Adviser.

Secretary General.

Director of Cabinet.

Private Secretary.

Which of these regions shares a boundary with neighbouring Nigeria?

South.

East.

Centre.

Adamawa.

The Governor serves as head of

Division.

Sub-division.

Region.

District.

The drug that has the highest rate of consumption among Cameroonians today is:

Alcohol.

Paracetamol.

Marijuana.

Cocaine.

Choose from the diseases below the one that is not transmitted through sexual intercourse.

Syphilis.

Tuberculosis.

Gonorrhoea.

Chlamydia.

Measures taken by an evaluation body to check examination malpractices include the following except:

Withholding of results.

Cancellation of centres.

Suspension of candidates.

Dismissal of the principal.

In what ways does the Government of Cameroon fight against corruption?

Torture and exile.

Victimisation and imprisonment.

Trial and imprisonment.

Arbitrary arrest and detention.

Students who take drugs are exposed to the following except

Promiscuity.

Mental disorder.

Delinquency.

Imprisonment.

The Supreme State Control, the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court and the National Agency for Financial Investigation are some of the structures put in place by government to:

Audit the supreme court and other courts in Cameroon.

Check and sanction corruption and embezzlers of public funds.

Be the supreme organ to control all state activities in Cameroon.

Investigate all irregular financial transactions of government officials.

A direct vote in which the electorate is asked to either accept or reject a proposal on an issue of National importance is referred to as:

General elections.

List system.

Plebiscite.

Referendum.

The lyrics of the Cameroon National Anthem were written by:

E. M. L. Endeley.

S. T. Muna.

Bernard Fonlon.

J.N. Foncha.

Which of the following Constitutions gave birth to The United Republic of Cameroon?

1960.

1972.

1996.

1961.

According to the 1996 Constitution who assumes interim Head of State in the event of a vacancy at the Presidency of the Republic.

President of the National Assembly.

Secretary General at the presidency.

President of the Senate.

Prime Minister and Head of Government.

The mandate of Parliamentarians in Cameroon is:

4 years.

6 years.

5 years.

7 years.

The organ which has powers to appoint and take disciplinary actions against officials of the Justice Department in Cameroon is known as the:

Constitutional Council.

Court of Impeachment.

Supreme Court.

Higher Judicial Council.

Based on on the following photographs shown below: The letter X on the photograph corresponds to:

The voter's card.

The voters register.

The ballot box.

The ballot paper.

The Presidency, the National Assembly and the Supreme Court are important Republican Institutions in Cameroon because they all:

Supervise the work of members of Government.

Constitute Arms of Government exercising power.

Vote and interpret the laws of the country.

Approve Treaties and Conventions.

Cameroonians of voting age participate in all of the following electoral processes except:

Participation in electoral campaigns.

Registration.

Convene the Electoral College.

Vote for the President of the Republic.

If the results of elections are falsified to reflect the wishes of the ruling party, we say these elections are:

Credible.

Reliable.

Rigged.

Transparent.

The process of making goods and services available in the market is called...

Distribution.

Exchange.

Consumption.

Production.

The following are measures taken by the Government to provide social security to its citizens except:

Construction of roads.

Recruitment of more soldiers.

Construction of low cost housing.

Payment of family allowance.

Select the factor that does not necessarily lead to economic development:

Civil disobedience.

Abundant rainfall.

Atmosphere of social justice and peace.

Increase in savings.

Where the proposed government expenditure far exceeds estimated revenue, this is called:

Balanced budget.

Budget surplus.

Budget planning.

Budget deficit.

Tax evasion is best defined as...

Laxity towards collecting taxes.

Delay in paying taxes.

Inability to pay taxes.

Refusal to pay taxes.

'The fundamental life long moral entitlements for an individual'. This statement defines:

Geneva Convention.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International humanitarian law.

Human Rights and Freedoms.

The following are responsible for the protection of human rights in Cameroon except

The 1996 Constitution.

The Penal Code.

The Human Right Commission.

The Electoral Code.

Which one of the following is a violation of human rights in Cameroon?

Flogging criminals guilty of rape.

Getting married to a 21-year-old girl.

Employment of domestic servants.

Regular police controls.

What do you mean by the term armistice?

Extension of voting rights to all adults.

A peace treaty ending a war.

The act of granting freedom and liberty.

An agreement signed by belligerents to stop fighting.

Which of the following is not one of the causes of inter-tribal wars in Cameroon?

Party politics.

Inter tribal marriages.

Succession disputes.

Land disputes.

The following are features of good governance in Cameroon except

Centralization of administration.

Responsibility in the exercise of power.

Responsiveness to people's needs.

Transparency in decision making.

A common practice in Cameroon that constitutes a violation of women's right is:

The practice of polygamy.

Female circumcision.

Payment of dowry on women.

Allowing women to inherit property.

The city where an important declaration on women emancipation was signed in the 1990's

Beijing.

Geneva.

Peking.

San Francisco.

Which of the following can be considered as child labour?

Offering holiday jobs to students.

Employing minors to work for a salary.

Selling young people into slavery.

Forcing children to choose a profession while in school.

The process of globalization has been greatly advanced through the technological improvement in all of the following social media EXCEPT:

Intemet.

Cable network.

Telegram.

Cell phones.