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:

Settlement.

Nationalisation.

Birth.

Naturalisation.

Which of the following is a right of a citizen?

Respect for the laws of the land.

Freedom of expression and the press.

Protection of public property.

Payment of taxes.

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

Assisting in washing clothes of younger ones.

Keeping the house clean.

Helping in providing food.

Taking care of the elderly.

The daughter of one's aunt is called?

Sister.

Cousin.

Nephew.

Niece.

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

Teenage pregnancy.

Broken homes.

Fear of divorce.

Bride wealth (pric

An important function of a Disciplinary Council is to:

Reward good behaviour.

Dismiss students.

Fight crime.

Supervise punishment.

Select from the institutions below a typical Confessional school:

Saint Joseph's College Sasse-Buea.

PCHS Bamenda.

GBHS Etoug-Ebe, Yaounde.

CCAST Bambili.

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

Suspension.

Corporal punishment.

Expulsion.

The Disciplinary Council.

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

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

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:

Availability of electricity in towns.

Search for employment.

Necessity to enjoy youthful exuberance.

Frequent health problems in villages.

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:

Tropical Grassland.

Western Highlands.

Tropical Rain Forest.

The Coastal Lowlands.

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?

Burying in the ground.

Recycling.

Dumping by the roadside.

Burning.

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

Sub-division.

Division.

District.

Region.

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:

Director of Cabinet.

Secretary General.

Technical Adviser.

Private Secretary.

Which of these regions shares a boundary with neighbouring Nigeria?

Adamawa.

East.

South.

Centre.

The Governor serves as head of

Region.

Division.

District.

Sub-division.

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

Paracetamol.

Alcohol.

Cocaine.

Marijuana.

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

Gonorrhoea.

Chlamydia.

Tuberculosis.

Syphilis.

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

Suspension of candidates.

Cancellation of centres.

Withholding of results.

Dismissal of the principal.

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

Torture and exile.

Arbitrary arrest and detention.

Victimisation and imprisonment.

Trial and imprisonment.

Students who take drugs are exposed to the following except

Delinquency.

Mental disorder.

Promiscuity.

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:

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

Check and sanction corruption and embezzlers of public funds.

Investigate all irregular financial transactions of government officials.

Audit the supreme court and other courts in Cameroon.

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.

Referendum.

Plebiscite.

The lyrics of the Cameroon National Anthem were written by:

S. T. Muna.

E. M. L. Endeley.

J.N. Foncha.

Bernard Fonlon.

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

1972.

1960.

1961.

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 Senate.

Secretary General at the presidency.

Prime Minister and Head of Government.

President of the National Assembly.

The mandate of Parliamentarians in Cameroon is:

5 years.

7 years.

6 years.

4 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.

Higher Judicial Council.

Court of Impeachment.

Supreme Court.

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

The ballot box.

The voter's card.

The ballot paper.

The voters register.

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

Vote and interpret the laws of the country.

Supervise the work of members of Government.

Constitute Arms of Government exercising power.

Approve Treaties and Conventions.

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

Vote for the President of the Republic.

Convene the Electoral College.

Registration.

Participation in electoral campaigns.

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

Transparent.

Reliable.

Rigged.

Credible.

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

Exchange.

Distribution.

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:

Atmosphere of social justice and peace.

Abundant rainfall.

Increase in savings.

Civil disobedience.

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

Budget planning.

Budget deficit.

Budget surplus.

Balanced budget.

Tax evasion is best defined as...

Inability to pay taxes.

Laxity towards collecting taxes.

Refusal to pay taxes.

Delay in paying taxes.

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

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International humanitarian law.

Geneva Convention.

Human Rights and Freedoms.

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?

Flogging criminals guilty of rape.

Regular police controls.

Employment of domestic servants.

Getting married to a 21-year-old girl.

What do you mean by the term armistice?

An agreement signed by belligerents to stop fighting.

Extension of voting rights to all adults.

A peace treaty ending a war.

The act of granting freedom and liberty.

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

Responsiveness to people's needs.

Centralization of administration.

Transparency in decision making.

Responsibility in the exercise of power.

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

The practice of polygamy.

Payment of dowry on women.

Female circumcision.

Allowing women to inherit property.

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

Geneva.

San Francisco.

Beijing.

Peking.

Which of the following can be considered as child labour?

Forcing children to choose a profession while in school.

Offering holiday jobs to students.

Selling young people into slavery.

Employing minors to work for a salary.

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

Intemet.

Cell phones.

Telegram.

Cable network.