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:

Nationalisation.

Settlement.

Birth.

Naturalisation.

Which of the following is a right of a citizen?

Payment of taxes.

Respect for the laws of the land.

Protection of public property.

Freedom of expression and the press.

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

Keeping the house clean.

Assisting in washing clothes of younger ones.

Helping in providing food.

Taking care of the elderly.

The daughter of one's aunt is called?

Cousin.

Sister.

Niece.

Nephew.

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:

Reward good behaviour.

Supervise punishment.

Fight crime.

Dismiss students.

Select from the institutions below a typical Confessional school:

GBHS Etoug-Ebe, Yaounde.

CCAST Bambili.

PCHS Bamenda.

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:

The Disciplinary Council.

Corporal punishment.

Expulsion.

Suspension.

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

Stealing and pick-pocketing.

Sexual immorality.

Occultism.

Smoking and alcohol consumption.

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.

Necessity to enjoy youthful exuberance.

Search for employment.

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

Government Delegate.

Senior Divisional Officer.

Mayor.

Municipal Councillor.

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?

Tree planting.

Waste disposal.

Contour farming.

Land reclamation.

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.

District.

Region.

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:

Private Secretary.

Secretary General.

Technical Adviser.

Director of Cabinet.

Which of these regions shares a boundary with neighbouring Nigeria?

South.

East.

Adamawa.

Centre.

The Governor serves as head of

Division.

District.

Sub-division.

Region.

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

Marijuana.

Alcohol.

Paracetamol.

Cocaine.

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

Tuberculosis.

Syphilis.

Chlamydia.

Gonorrhoea.

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

Suspension of candidates.

Withholding of results.

Cancellation of centres.

Dismissal of the principal.

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

Trial and imprisonment.

Arbitrary arrest and detention.

Torture and exile.

Victimisation and imprisonment.

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:

Audit the supreme court and other courts in Cameroon.

Investigate all irregular financial transactions of government officials.

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

Check and sanction corruption and embezzlers of public funds.

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.

General elections.

List system.

Plebiscite.

The lyrics of the Cameroon National Anthem were written by:

E. M. L. Endeley.

Bernard Fonlon.

J.N. Foncha.

S. T. Muna.

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

1961.

1996.

1972.

1960.

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

Secretary General at the presidency.

Prime Minister and Head of Government.

President of the National Assembly.

President of the Senate.

The mandate of Parliamentarians in Cameroon is:

6 years.

5 years.

4 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:

Higher Judicial Council.

Supreme Court.

Constitutional Council.

Court of Impeachment.

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

The ballot paper.

The ballot box.

The voters register.

The voter's card.

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.

Vote and interpret the laws of the country.

Approve Treaties and Conventions.

Constitute Arms of Government exercising power.

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

Vote for the President of the Republic.

Participation in electoral campaigns.

Registration.

Convene the Electoral College.

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

Credible.

Transparent.

Rigged.

Reliable.

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

Production.

Distribution.

Exchange.

Consumption.

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

Recruitment of more soldiers.

Construction of low cost housing.

Construction of roads.

Payment of family allowance.

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

Atmosphere of social justice and peace.

Increase in savings.

Abundant rainfall.

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...

Refusal to pay taxes.

Laxity towards collecting taxes.

Inability to pay taxes.

Delay in paying taxes.

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

Human Rights and Freedoms.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International humanitarian law.

Geneva Convention.

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

The 1996 Constitution.

The Human Right Commission.

The Electoral Code.

The Penal Code.

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

Regular police controls.

Getting married to a 21-year-old girl.

Flogging criminals guilty of rape.

Employment of domestic servants.

What do you mean by the term armistice?

An agreement signed by belligerents to stop fighting.

A peace treaty ending a war.

The act of granting freedom and liberty.

Extension of voting rights to all adults.

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

Land disputes.

Party politics.

Succession disputes.

Inter tribal marriages.

The following are features of good governance in Cameroon except

Centralization of administration.

Responsiveness to people's needs.

Transparency in decision making.

Responsibility in the exercise of power.

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

Payment of dowry on women.

Female circumcision.

Allowing women to inherit property.

The practice of polygamy.

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

Geneva.

Beijing.

San Francisco.

Peking.

Which of the following can be considered as child labour?

Selling young people into slavery.

Offering holiday jobs to students.

Employing minors to work for a salary.

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.

Cell phones.

Telegram.