Neco 2018 Civic Education Question 42

Practice objective / multiple choice question 42 from the 2018 Neco Civic Education examination.

Neco 2018 Civic Education Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 42 NECO • 2018 • CIVIC_EDUCATION • objective

In order to amend the constitution, the following procedure must be satisfied:\n1. At least two‑thirds of the total members of each legislative house must vote ‘yes'.\n2. A national referendum must have a turnout of at least 50 % of registered voters, and at least 60 % of the votes cast must be ‘yes'.\n\nHouse A has 120 members; 78 voted ‘yes', 30 voted ‘no' and 12 abstained. House B has 80 members; 48 voted ‘yes', 20 voted ‘no' and 12 abstained. In the referendum, there are 200 000 registered voters; 120 000 turned out, of which 68 000 voted ‘yes' and 52 000 voted ‘no'.\n\nDoes the proposed amendment succeed?

Answer Options

A. No, the amendment fails because the voter turnout was below the required fifty percent threshold.
Correct Answer B. No, the amendment fails because House A did not achieve the required two‑thirds majority.
C. No, the amendment fails because the referendum did not achieve the required two‑thirds ‘yes' vote.
D. Yes, the amendment succeeds because both houses met the two‑thirds majority requirement.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
No, the amendment fails because House A did not achieve the required two‑thirds majority.

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This is Neco 2018 Civic Education Question 42. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Neco Civic Education examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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