Neco 2017 Civic Education Question 7

Practice objective / multiple choice question 7 from the 2017 Neco Civic Education examination.

Neco 2017 Civic Education Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 7 NECO • 2017 • CIVIC_EDUCATION • objective

The constitution requires a two‑thirds majority in both House A (120 members) and House B (80 members) to pass an amendment, followed by a national referendum in which at least \(50\%\) of registered voters must participate and at least \(60\%\) of those must vote ‘yes'. In the latest proposal, the voting records were:\n\n- House A: 78 votes ‘for', 30 ‘against', 12 abstentions.\n- House B: 48 votes ‘for', 20 ‘against', 12 abstentions.\n- Referendum: 1,200,000 registered voters; 720,000 turned out, of which 432,000 voted ‘yes'.\n\nDid the amendment pass?

Answer Options

A. Yes, the amendment passed because it met the two‑thirds majority in both houses and satisfied the referendum thresholds.
B. Yes, the amendment passed because the referendum yielded sixty percent ‘yes' votes, which overrides the houses' voting results.
C. No, the amendment failed because the referendum turnout was below the required fifty percent of registered voters.
Correct Answer D. No, the amendment failed because it did not achieve the required two‑thirds majority in House A (and also in House B).
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
No, the amendment failed because it did not achieve the required two‑thirds majority in House A (and also in House B).

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This is Neco 2017 Civic Education Question 7. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Civic Education examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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