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.

Nationalisation.

Naturalisation.

Settlement.

Which of the following is a right of a citizen?

Protection of public property.

Freedom of expression and the press.

Respect for the laws of the land.

Payment of taxes.

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

Keeping the house clean.

Helping in providing food.

Taking care of the elderly.

Assisting in washing clothes of younger ones.

The daughter of one's aunt is called?

Sister.

Nephew.

Cousin.

Niece.

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

Fear of divorce.

Broken homes.

Teenage pregnancy.

Bride wealth (pric

An important function of a Disciplinary Council is to:

Reward good behaviour.

Fight crime.

Dismiss students.

Supervise punishment.

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?

Occultism.

Smoking and alcohol consumption.

Stealing and pick-pocketing.

Sexual immorality.

Select a suitable definition of a village.

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

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

The most appropriate reason for rural exodus is:

Necessity to enjoy youthful exuberance.

Search for employment.

Frequent health problems in villages.

Availability of electricity in towns.

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

Government Delegate.

Mayor.

Municipal Councillor.

Senior Divisional Officer.

The most extensive natural ecosystem in. Cameroon is:

Tropical Rain Forest.

The Coastal Lowlands.

Tropical Grassland.

Western Highlands.

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

Contour farming.

Tree planting.

Waste disposal.

Land reclamation.

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

Dumping by the roadside.

Burying in the ground.

Recycling.

Burning.

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

Division.

District.

Region.

Sub-division.

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:

Secretary General.

Technical Adviser.

Director of Cabinet.

Private Secretary.

Which of these regions shares a boundary with neighbouring Nigeria?

East.

Adamawa.

Centre.

South.

The Governor serves as head of

Region.

District.

Sub-division.

Division.

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

Marijuana.

Cocaine.

Paracetamol.

Alcohol.

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

Syphilis.

Chlamydia.

Gonorrhoea.

Tuberculosis.

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

Withholding of results.

Dismissal of the principal.

Suspension of candidates.

Cancellation of centres.

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

Trial and imprisonment.

Victimisation and imprisonment.

Torture and exile.

Arbitrary arrest and detention.

Students who take drugs are exposed to the following except

Delinquency.

Promiscuity.

Mental disorder.

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:

Check and sanction corruption and embezzlers of public funds.

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

Audit the supreme court and other courts 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:

Referendum.

Plebiscite.

List system.

General elections.

The lyrics of the Cameroon National Anthem were written by:

S. T. Muna.

J.N. Foncha.

E. M. L. Endeley.

Bernard Fonlon.

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

1972.

1961.

1960.

1996.

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.

Prime Minister and Head of Government.

President of the Senate.

The mandate of Parliamentarians in Cameroon is:

4 years.

5 years.

7 years.

6 years.

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

Higher Judicial Council.

Court of Impeachment.

Constitutional Council.

Supreme Court.

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

The ballot box.

The ballot paper.

The voter's card.

The voters register.

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

Constitute Arms of Government exercising power.

Vote and interpret the laws of the country.

Supervise the work of members of Government.

Approve Treaties and Conventions.

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

Registration.

Vote for the President of the Republic.

Convene the Electoral College.

Participation in electoral campaigns.

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

Reliable.

Credible.

Rigged.

Transparent.

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

Distribution.

Consumption.

Production.

Exchange.

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

Construction of roads.

Construction of low cost housing.

Recruitment of more soldiers.

Payment of family allowance.

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

Abundant rainfall.

Civil disobedience.

Increase in savings.

Atmosphere of social justice and peace.

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

Budget surplus.

Balanced budget.

Budget planning.

Budget deficit.

Tax evasion is best defined as...

Inability to pay taxes.

Laxity towards collecting taxes.

Delay in paying taxes.

Refusal to pay taxes.

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

International humanitarian law.

Geneva Convention.

Human Rights and Freedoms.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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

The Electoral Code.

The 1996 Constitution.

The Penal Code.

The Human Right Commission.

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

Employment of domestic servants.

Regular police controls.

Getting married to a 21-year-old girl.

Flogging criminals guilty of rape.

What do you mean by the term armistice?

Extension of voting rights to all adults.

The act of granting freedom and liberty.

An agreement signed by belligerents to stop fighting.

A peace treaty ending a war.

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

Party politics.

Land disputes.

Inter tribal marriages.

Succession disputes.

The following are features of good governance in Cameroon except

Transparency in decision making.

Responsibility in the exercise of power.

Responsiveness to people's needs.

Centralization of administration.

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

Female circumcision.

Allowing women to inherit property.

Payment of dowry on women.

The practice of polygamy.

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

Beijing.

San Francisco.

Peking.

Geneva.

Which of the following can be considered as child labour?

Employing minors to work for a salary.

Forcing children to choose a profession while in school.

Selling young people into slavery.

Offering holiday jobs to students.

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

Telegram.

Intemet.

Cell phones.

Cable network.