Practice neco model questions vol1 civic_education 2021 Past Questions

Question 1 View Details

Country A has a population of 12 million, of which \(78\%\) enjoy freedom of expression. After a new law, \(10\%\) of Country A's total population loses this right. Country B has a population of 8 million, with \(62\%\) enjoying the same right, and after a reform \(5\%\) of Country B's total population gains it. What is the overall percentage of the combined population of the two countries that now enjoy freedom of expression? Express your answer to one decimal place.

Correct A. 67.6\%

B. 70.1\%

C. 66.4\%

D. 68.2\%

Correct Answer: A

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Question 2 View Details

The constitution requires that a constitutional amendment be passed by a two‑thirds majority in the Senate (100 members), a simple majority in the House of Representatives (300 members), and then be approved by a majority of voters in a referendum. In a recent proposal, the Senate vote was 68 in favour and 32 against; the House vote was 160 in favour and 140 against; and in the referendum, 1 200 000 of the 2 000 000 eligible voters turned out, with \(55\%\) voting yes. Does the amendment become part of the constitution?

A. No, the amendment fails to meet the required majority.

B. Yes, but only after a judicial review.

Correct C. Yes, the amendment is adopted.

D. The amendment is pending further approval.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 3 View Details

Civic responsibilities are assigned the following weightings: voting \(30\%\), paying taxes \(25\%\), jury service \(20\%\), community service \(15\%\), and attending local meetings \(10\%\). A citizen has voted in 1 of the last 2 elections, paid all taxes, served on a jury once out of the required two times, completed 12 of the 20 community‑service hours required, and attended 3 of the 5 local meetings. Calculate the citizen's overall compliance percentage and state whether it meets the \(75\%\) threshold required for eligibility for public office.

A. 70% - below the 75% threshold, so the citizen is not eligible.

B. 65% - meets the 75% threshold, so the citizen is eligible.

Correct C. 65\% - below the 75\% threshold, so the citizen is not eligible.

D. 60% - below the 75% threshold, so the citizen is not eligible.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4 View Details

A driver is travelling at \(80\ \text{km/h}\) when a red traffic light becomes visible \(70\ \text{m}\) ahead. The driver's reaction time is \(1.5\ \text{s}\) and the maximum safe deceleration is \(6\ \text{m/s}^2\). The speed limit on the road is \(60\ \text{km/h}\). Determine whether the driver can stop before the light, and if not, calculate the excess speed, the number of penalty points (1 point per km/h over the limit), and state the licensing consequence if the suspension threshold is 12 points.

A. Yes; required stopping distance ≈ 68.0 m < 70 m. Excess speed = 20 km/h → 20 penalty points → licence suspended.

B. No; required stopping distance ≈ 74.5 m > 70 m. Excess speed = 15 km/h → 15 penalty points → licence not suspended.

Correct C. No; required stopping distance ≈ 74.5 m > 70 m. Excess speed = 20 km/h → 20 penalty points → licence suspended.

D. No; required stopping distance ≈ 80.0 m > 70 m. Excess speed = 20 km/h → 12 penalty points → licence not suspended.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 5 View Details

Before a new speed‑camera enforcement campaign, a city recorded 200 000 vehicle trips per month, with \(5\%\) of drivers exceeding the speed limit and each receiving a fine of 20 000 Naira. After the campaign, vehicle trips increased by \(10\%\) and the violation rate fell to \(3\%\). Assuming the fine amount remains unchanged, compute the new monthly fine revenue, the percentage change in revenue compared with the previous amount, and indicate whether the new revenue meets the city's target of 150 000 000 Naira.

A. New revenue = 132 000 000 Naira, a 34 % increase from the previous 200 000 000 Naira, and it falls short of the 150 000 000 Naira target.

Correct B. New revenue = 132 000 000 Naira, a 34 % decrease from the previous 200 000 000 Naira, and it falls short of the 150 000 000 Naira target.

C. New revenue = 126 000 000 Naira, a 37 % decrease from the previous 200 000 000 Naira, and it falls short of the 150 000 000 Naira target.

D. New revenue = 144 000 000 Naira, a 28 % decrease from the previous 200 000 000 Naira, and it meets the 150 000 000 Naira target.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 6 View Details

A citizen receives a monthly stipend of \(20{,}000\). After the first \(4\) months, the stipend is increased by \(8\%\) and remains at that level for the remaining \(8\) months. What is the total amount the citizen receives over the \(12\)-month period?

A. 240000

B. 259200

Correct C. 252800

D. 246400

Correct Answer: C

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Question 7 View Details

A traffic offence carries a fine equal to \(2\%\) of the offender's monthly income, but the law caps the fine at \(3{,}000\). If an offender earns a monthly income of \(150{,}000\), what fine should be imposed?

A. 1500

Correct B. 3000

C. 3100

D. 2000

Correct Answer: B

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Question 8 View Details

A public procurement project for building a school was budgeted at \(120{,}000{,}000\). Due to corrupt practices, the contractor inflated the contract price by \(15\%\) and paid a kick‑back equal to \(5\%\) of the inflated contract value to a senior official. In addition, the use of substandard materials reduced the building's lifespan by \(10\%\), which the government estimates will require an extra repair cost of \(8{,}000{,}000\). Calculate the total monetary loss to the government attributable to corruption in this project.

A. 40900000

B. 32000000

C. 24900000

Correct D. 32900000

Correct Answer: D

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Question 9 View Details

A student finds a lost \(2{,}000\) wallet on the school grounds and hands it over to the school office. Which core civic value does this action exemplify? Answer with a single word.

A. responsibility

Correct B. honesty

C. integrity

D. respect

Correct Answer: B

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Question 10 View Details

In a government agency, the probability that a corrupt official is detected in a given year is \(0.12\). If detected, the official faces a fine equal to \(25\%\) of their annual salary of \(4{,}800{,}000\) and a suspension of six months without pay. If not detected, the official retains an illicit gain of \(600{,}000\) per year. Assuming the government continues to pay the official's salary during suspension, calculate the expected monetary loss to the government per year due to this official's corruption.

A. 864000

Correct B. 816000

C. 960000

D. 720000

Correct Answer: B

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Question 11 View Details

In a federal constitution, a constitutional amendment must be approved by a two‑thirds majority in both the lower house (300 members) and the upper house (100 members), and then ratified by at least 75 % of the 36 states. A proposal received 190 votes in the lower house, 70 votes in the upper house, and ratification by 27 states. Does the amendment pass?

A. Yes, the amendment does not pass.

B. Yes, the amendment passes.

Correct C. No, the amendment does not pass.

D. No, the amendment passes.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 12 View Details

A country has five constituencies with the following numbers of registered voters: A - 250 000, B - 200 000, C - 300 000, D - 150 000 and E - the remainder. The total number of registered voters nationwide is 1 200 000. Turnout percentages are 68 % in A, 55 % in B, 73 % in C and 62 % in D. If the overall national turnout is 64 %, what was the turnout percentage in constituency E?

Correct A. 58.7 %

B. 61.2 %

C. 62.5 %

D. 55.3 %

Correct Answer: A

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Question 13 View Details

A local government has an annual budget of ₦ 48 000 000 for public services. The budget must be allocated to health, education and infrastructure with the following rules: (i) health receives at least 30 % of the total; (ii) education receives not less than 25 % and not more than 35 % of the total; (iii) health's allocation is exactly twice that of education; (iv) infrastructure receives the remainder and must be at least 20 % of the total. Assuming allocations are whole millions of naira, determine the amount allocated to each sector.

A. Health: ₦ 20 000 000; Education: ₦ 12 000 000; Infrastructure: ₦ 16 000 000

Correct B. Health: ₦ 24 000 000; Education: ₦ 12 000 000; Infrastructure: ₦ 12 000 000

C. Health: ₦ 30 000 000; Education: ₦ 15 000 000; Infrastructure: ₦ 3 000 000

D. Health: ₦ 24 000 000; Education: ₦ 10 000 000; Infrastructure: ₦ 14 000 000

Correct Answer: B

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Question 14 View Details

In a nation the voting‑age population (VAP) is 8 500 000. Of these, 78 % are registered voters. In the last general election, 62 % of the registered voters cast their votes, and 5 % of the votes cast were invalid. How many eligible voters either did not register or registered but did not cast a valid vote?

A. 4 594 000

Correct B. 4 594 930

C. 4 500 000

D. 4 600 000

Correct Answer: B

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Question 15 View Details

Define "civic responsibility" in the context of democratic citizenship.

A. Civic responsibility means citizens should focus only on personal advancement and are not required to contribute to the common good or participate in public affairs.

Correct B. Civic responsibility is the duty of citizens to actively participate in the life of their community and nation, obey laws, vote, pay taxes, and contribute to the common good.

C. Civic responsibility refers to the privilege of citizens to demand government benefits and exemptions from taxes in exchange for occasional voting.

D. Civic responsibility is the obligation of citizens to solely obey laws and pay taxes, without any need to engage in community activities or voting.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 16 View Details

In a secondary school, (45\%\) of the (120\) students surveyed said that honesty is "very important". How many students considered honesty "very important"?

A. 48

Correct B. 54

C. 60

D. 45

Correct Answer: B

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Question 17 View Details

Three ethnic groups A, B and C have populations 5,000; 3,000; and 2,000 respectively. A peace council has 20 seats to be allocated proportionally to population, but each group must receive at least 2 seats and group C insists on at least 5 seats. Determine a feasible allocation of seats (numbers for A, B, C) that satisfies the constraints, keeps the total at 20 seats, and minimises the total deviation from the exact proportional allocation.

Correct A. A:10, B:5, C:5

B. A:11, B:4, C:5

C. A:10, B:4, C:6

D. A:9, B:6, C:5

Correct Answer: A

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Question 18 View Details

A citizen performed 12 hours of community service, each hour valued at ₦500. They paid tax equal to 15\% of a monthly salary of ₦120,000. They voted in 80\% of the 5 elections held this year, each vote assigned a civic value of ₦2,000. What is the total monetary value of these three civic responsibilities combined?

A. 38000

B. 26000

C. 34000

Correct D. 32000

Correct Answer: D

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Question 19 View Details

An NGO plans a peace‑building program using three interventions: dialogue workshops (reduce 3 incidents per workshop, cost ₦200,000 each), economic incentive packages (reduce 5 incidents per package, cost ₦350,000 each), and security guarantees (reduce 2 incidents per guarantee, cost ₦150,000 each). The program has a maximum budget of ₦2,000,000, must achieve at least a reduction of 40 conflict incidents, and must include at least one of each intervention. Is there any combination of whole numbers of workshops, incentive packages, and security guarantees that meets all the requirements? If so, give one such combination; if not, state that it is impossible.

A. Feasible combination: 4 workshops, 3 incentive packages, 2 security guarantees

B. Feasible combination: 1 workshop, 1 incentive package, 1 security guarantee

Correct C. No feasible combination

D. Feasible combination: 2 workshops, 2 incentive packages, 2 security guarantees

Correct Answer: C

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Question 20 View Details

A town has a population of 12,000 people, of whom 55\% are of voting age. After a civic education campaign, 10\% of the people who were previously under voting age become eligible to vote. How many eligible voters are there now?

Correct A. 7140

B. 7200

C. 6600

D. 7800

Correct Answer: A

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Question 21 View Details

In a mixed electoral system, 60\% of the 200‑seat legislature is filled by proportional representation (PR) based on parties' share of the national vote, and the remaining 40\% is filled by first‑past‑the‑post (FPTP) in single‑member constituencies. Party A receives \(45\%\) of the national vote, Party B \(35\%\) and Party C \(20\%\). In the FPTP constituencies, Party A wins \(30\%\) of the seats, Party B \(50\%\) and Party C \(20\%\). How many total seats does Party A obtain?

A. 84

B. 90

C. 70

Correct D. 78

Correct Answer: D

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Question 22 View Details

A civil claim is subject to a 3‑year limitation period that begins when the cause of action accrues, but the period is tolled while the claimant is a minor (under 18) and also while the claimant is incapacitated. A person was injured on \(15\) March \(2015\) at the age of 16. The claimant turned 18 on \(15\) March \(2017\). Additionally, the claimant was medically incapacitated from \(1\) January \(2018\) to \(30\) June \(2019\), during which the limitation clock was suspended. On what date does the limitation period expire, i.e., the latest date the claimant may file the claim?

Correct A. 15 September 2021

B. 30 September 2021

C. 15 October 2021

D. 15 August 2021

Correct Answer: A

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Question 23 View Details

The federal government allocates a total of ₦ 1.2 trillion for public‑service salaries to three ministries: Health, Education and Infrastructure. Let the gross allocation to Education be \(E\) billion naira. Health receives twice the gross amount allocated to Education, i.e., \(2E\) billion. Each ministry's gross allocation is reduced by a 5\% administrative overhead before the net amount is disbursed. The sum of the net amounts equals the total budget of ₦ 1.2 trillion. If the net amount received by the Education ministry is ₦ 190 billion, determine the gross allocation to the Infrastructure ministry (in billions of naira), rounded to two decimal places.

A. 658.20

B. 650.00

Correct C. 663.16

D. 670.45

Correct Answer: C

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Question 24 View Details

The national anthem consists of four verses. The number of words in verse \(n\) is given by the formula \(n^{2}+5\). A student recites the anthem but omits the third verse. Each word normally takes \(0.8\) seconds to pronounce, but the student speaks 10\% faster than the normal rate. How many seconds does the student take to recite the anthem? Give your answer to two decimal places.

A. 24.96

Correct B. 25.92

C. 26.40

D. 23.84

Correct Answer: B

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Question 25 View Details

The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for a country over five consecutive years is: Year 1 = 45, Year 2 = 48, Year 3 = 50, Year 4 = 53, Year 5 = 57 (scale 0-100, higher = less corruption). The government asserts that the annual increase in CPI follows a quadratic model \(CPI = a t^{2} + b t + c\), where \(t\) is the number of years since Year 1 (\(t=0\) for Year 1). Assuming the model fits exactly the first three years, determine:\n1. The predicted CPI for Year 6 (\(t=5\)).\n2. The average annual percentage decrease in perceived corruption (i.e., the reduction in \(100 - CPI\)) from Year 1 to Year 6 based on the predicted CPI, expressed to two decimal places. Provide both results.

A. CPI = 52; average annual decrease ≈ 1.65%

B. CPI = 48; average annual decrease ≈ 2.05%

C. CPI = 55; average annual decrease ≈ 1.30%

Correct D. CPI = 50; average annual decrease ≈ 1.82%

Correct Answer: D

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