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?

Freedom of expression and the press.

Payment of taxes.

Respect for the laws of the land.

Protection of public property.

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

Helping in providing food.

Keeping the house clean.

Assisting in washing clothes of younger ones.

Taking care of the elderly.

The daughter of one's aunt is called?

Niece.

Cousin.

Nephew.

Sister.

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

Bride wealth (pric

Teenage pregnancy.

Fear of divorce.

Broken homes.

An important function of a Disciplinary Council is to:

Dismiss students.

Fight crime.

Supervise punishment.

Reward good behaviour.

Select from the institutions below a typical Confessional school:

PCHS Bamenda.

CCAST Bambili.

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:

Suspension.

Expulsion.

The Disciplinary Council.

Corporal punishment.

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 headed by a Divisional Officer.

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

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.

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.

Government Delegate.

Municipal Councillor.

Senior Divisional Officer.

The most extensive natural ecosystem in. Cameroon is:

The Coastal Lowlands.

Tropical Rain Forest.

Western Highlands.

Tropical Grassland.

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

Contour farming.

Waste disposal.

Land reclamation.

Tree planting.

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

Recycling.

Dumping by the roadside.

Burying in the ground.

Burning.

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

Region.

District.

Sub-division.

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:

Director of Cabinet.

Secretary General.

Technical Adviser.

Private Secretary.

Which of these regions shares a boundary with neighbouring Nigeria?

East.

South.

Centre.

Adamawa.

The Governor serves as head of

Sub-division.

Division.

Region.

District.

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

Paracetamol.

Marijuana.

Cocaine.

Alcohol.

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

Chlamydia.

Tuberculosis.

Syphilis.

Gonorrhoea.

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

Suspension of candidates.

Withholding of results.

Dismissal of the principal.

Cancellation of centres.

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

Mental disorder.

Promiscuity.

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:

Investigate all irregular financial transactions of government officials.

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.

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:

Plebiscite.

General elections.

Referendum.

List system.

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.

1960.

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.

Prime Minister and Head of Government.

Secretary General at the presidency.

President of the Senate.

President of the National Assembly.

The mandate of Parliamentarians in Cameroon is:

7 years.

6 years.

5 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 voters register.

The voter's card.

The ballot box.

The ballot paper.

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.

Constitute Arms of Government exercising power.

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.

Convene the Electoral College.

Participation in electoral campaigns.

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:

Transparent.

Rigged.

Reliable.

Credible.

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

Distribution.

Consumption.

Exchange.

Production.

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

Payment of family allowance.

Recruitment of more soldiers.

Construction of roads.

Construction of low cost housing.

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

Abundant rainfall.

Atmosphere of social justice and peace.

Civil disobedience.

Increase in savings.

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

Budget deficit.

Budget planning.

Budget surplus.

Balanced budget.

Tax evasion is best defined as...

Laxity towards collecting taxes.

Refusal to pay taxes.

Delay in paying taxes.

Inability to pay taxes.

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

International humanitarian law.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Human Rights and Freedoms.

Geneva Convention.

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

The Penal Code.

The Human Right Commission.

The Electoral Code.

The 1996 Constitution.

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

Getting married to a 21-year-old girl.

Flogging criminals guilty of rape.

Employment of domestic servants.

Regular police controls.

What do you mean by the term armistice?

The act of granting freedom and liberty.

An agreement signed by belligerents to stop fighting.

Extension of voting rights to all adults.

A peace treaty ending a war.

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

Succession disputes.

Inter tribal marriages.

Land disputes.

Party politics.

The following are features of good governance in Cameroon except

Responsiveness to people's needs.

Transparency in decision making.

Responsibility in the exercise of power.

Centralization of administration.

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.

Beijing.

Peking.

San Francisco.

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.

Offering holiday jobs to students.

Selling young people into slavery.

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

Intemet.

Telegram.

Cell phones.

Cable network.