Second Term Examination Civic Education Basic 9 (JSS 3) – Exam Questions

CIVIC EDUCATION 

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 

CLASS – BASIC 9 (JSS 3) 

SECTION A 

Answer all the Questions in this section. 

 

1. Nigeria is located in the ________________ African Sub Region.

(a) North

(b) East

(c) South

(d) West

 

2. The electoral body in Nigeria is headed by ________________.

(a) president

(b) counselor

(c) director

(d) chairman

 

3. The first ever storey building is located in ________________ and ________________.

(a) Lokoja/Kogi

(b) Lafia/Nasarawa

(c) Jos/Plateau

(d) Badagary/Lagos

 

4. The right of a citizen to exercise his or her voting right during election is ________________.

(a) electorate

(b) francis

(c) francais

(d) franchise

 

5. In the Nigerian National Assembly, while the House of Senate has ________________ members, the House of Representatives is composed of ________________ Members respectively.

(a) 360/109

(b) 901/630

(c) 109/306

(d) 109/360

6. The manipulation of the electoral process by the electoral commission or candidates is referred to as electoral ________________.

(a) warfare

(b) cage

(c) college

(d) malpractice

 

7. ________________ is not a type of citizenship.

(a) Birth

(b) Nationalization

(c) Dual

(d) Registration

 

8. ________________ entitles an individual to enter and exit different countries.

(a) Passport

(b) Certificate

(c) Permission

(d) Visa

 

9. Democracy as a concept originated from ________________.

(a) Rome

(b) USA

(c) France

(d) Greece

 

10. A citizen from Denmark is referred to as ________________.

(a) Daniel

(b) Denmarkian

(c) Dens

(d) Danish

11. Those personnel who are stationed at the various ports ensuring that passengers legally enter or exit a country are called ________________.

 

12. A body of fundamental laws guiding the activities of the government and the governed is called ________________.

 

13. In a court of law, an accused is assumed to be ________________ until proven ________________.

 

14. As a criminal correctional agency, the NCS stands for ________________.

 

15. While it is the duty of the legislature to ________________ the executive ________________, it is the duty of the judiciary to ________________.

 

16. In the National Assembly of Nigeria, the ‘Red’ Chamber also represents ________________.

 

17. A citizen whose right to vote is denied him/her, that citizen is said to have been ________________.

18. During census, those in charge of counting people are called ________________.

 

19. The security outfit established by the governments of the south western states in Nigeria is called ‘Operation ________________.

 

20. The president of Nigeria can only be impeached from office by ________________ members of the National Assembly.

SECTION B

THEORY – Answer only four (4) questions. 

QUESTION 1

a. Write exhaustively about the concept ‘rule of law’.

 

b. Why is the constitution of Nigeria supreme?

 

QUESTION 2

a. What is a constitution?

 

b. State four functions of the Nigerian constitution.

 

QUESTION 3

a. Define Right attitude to work.

 

b. State six attributes and four importance/rewards of right attitude to work.

 

QUESTION 4

a. What do you understand by the term ‘Communal services?’

b. While defining Negative behavior, who is a deviant?

 

c. What are the effects, if any of negative behavior in the Nigerian society?

 

QUESTION 5

a. Discuss convincingly on ‘drug abuse’.

 

b. List and explain five effects of drug abuse.

 

c. What is examination malpractice? State four forms of examination malpractice.

 

Good Luck