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.

Naturalisation.

Birth.

Nationalisation.

Which of the following is a right of a citizen?

Respect for the laws of the land.

Payment of taxes.

Freedom of expression and the press.

Protection of public property.

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

Assisting in washing clothes of younger ones.

Helping in providing food.

Taking care of the elderly.

Keeping the house clean.

The daughter of one's aunt is called?

Niece.

Sister.

Cousin.

Nephew.

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

Fear of divorce.

Broken homes.

Bride wealth (pric

Teenage pregnancy.

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.

CCAST Bambili.

PCHS Bamenda.

GBHS Etoug-Ebe, Yaounde.

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

The Disciplinary Council.

Suspension.

Expulsion.

Corporal punishment.

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

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

The most appropriate reason for rural exodus is:

Availability of electricity in towns.

Search for employment.

Frequent health problems in villages.

Necessity to enjoy youthful exuberance.

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

Government Delegate.

Mayor.

Senior Divisional Officer.

Municipal Councillor.

The most extensive natural ecosystem in. Cameroon is:

Tropical Grassland.

The Coastal Lowlands.

Western Highlands.

Tropical Rain Forest.

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

Tree planting.

Contour farming.

Waste disposal.

Land reclamation.

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

Burning.

Dumping by the roadside.

Recycling.

Burying in the ground.

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

Division.

Region.

Sub-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:

Private Secretary.

Technical Adviser.

Director of Cabinet.

Secretary General.

Which of these regions shares a boundary with neighbouring Nigeria?

Adamawa.

East.

South.

Centre.

The Governor serves as head of

District.

Division.

Region.

Sub-division.

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.

Syphilis.

Gonorrhoea.

Chlamydia.

Tuberculosis.

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

Suspension of candidates.

Cancellation of centres.

Dismissal of the principal.

Withholding of results.

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

Trial and imprisonment.

Torture and exile.

Arbitrary arrest and detention.

Victimisation and imprisonment.

Students who take drugs are exposed to the following except

Imprisonment.

Delinquency.

Promiscuity.

Mental disorder.

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.

Check and sanction corruption and embezzlers of public funds.

Be the supreme organ to control all state activities 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:

Referendum.

General elections.

Plebiscite.

List system.

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?

1960.

1972.

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.

Prime Minister and Head of Government.

President of the Senate.

President of the National Assembly.

Secretary General at the presidency.

The mandate of Parliamentarians in Cameroon is:

6 years.

4 years.

7 years.

5 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.

Supreme Court.

Higher Judicial Council.

Court of Impeachment.

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

The voters register.

The ballot box.

The voter's card.

The ballot paper.

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

Constitute Arms of Government exercising power.

Supervise the work of members of Government.

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:

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.

Production.

Exchange.

Consumption.

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

Construction of low cost housing.

Payment of family allowance.

Construction of roads.

Recruitment of more soldiers.

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

Increase in savings.

Civil disobedience.

Abundant rainfall.

Atmosphere of social justice and peace.

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

Budget surplus.

Budget deficit.

Budget planning.

Balanced budget.

Tax evasion is best defined as...

Inability to pay taxes.

Refusal to pay taxes.

Laxity towards collecting 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.

Human Rights and Freedoms.

Geneva Convention.

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

The Electoral Code.

The Penal Code.

The 1996 Constitution.

The Human Right Commission.

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

Employment of domestic servants.

Regular police controls.

Flogging criminals guilty of rape.

Getting married to a 21-year-old girl.

What do you mean by the term armistice?

An agreement signed by belligerents to stop fighting.

The act of granting freedom and liberty.

A peace treaty ending a war.

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.

Inter tribal marriages.

Succession disputes.

Party politics.

The following are features of good governance in Cameroon except

Responsiveness to people's needs.

Transparency in decision making.

Centralization of administration.

Responsibility in the exercise of power.

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

Allowing women to inherit property.

The practice of polygamy.

Payment of dowry on women.

Female circumcision.

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

Peking.

Beijing.

San Francisco.

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.

Cable network.

Cell phones.