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Grade 12 Civics entrance exam, 2011 E.C. (2019)

Real questions from the Grade 12 university entrance exam in Civics, as students sat it in 2011 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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Question 1

A medical doctor experiences real job satisfaction when he/she:

  1. A.succeeds to buy the latest expensive car.
  2. B.sees the patient he/her treated fully recovers.
  3. C.gets a huge sum of money from his private hospital.
  4. D.is addressed by colleagues and patients him as doctor.
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Answer: B sees the patient he/her treated fully recovers.

Why

For a medical doctor, genuine professional and job satisfaction comes from fulfilling the core ethical duty of the profession, which is healing the sick and seeing patients recover.

Question 2

Fairness refers to:

  1. A.distribution of benefits according to one’s contribution.
  2. B.favoring peoples of least developed areas.
  3. C.especial sympathy to the poor and persons with disability.
  4. D.sharing the benefits of the country equally to all ethnic groups.
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Answer: A distribution of benefits according to one’s contribution.

Why

In civic education, distributive fairness (justice) is often defined as distributing resources, benefits, and burdens according to a person's contribution or effort.

Question 3

Constitutional rights include:

  1. A.respect for rules and regulations.
  2. B.getting opportunity to learn in schools.
  3. C.paying taxes willingly and timely.
  4. D.positive response to a national emergency call.
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Answer: B getting opportunity to learn in schools.

Why

The opportunity to get an education is a socio-economic right, whereas respecting laws, paying taxes, and responding to national emergencies are civic obligations.

Question 4

During the Ethiopian Students’ Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the main slogan of the students was:

  1. A.“One United Ethiopia or Death”
  2. B.“Church and State Should be Separated”
  3. C.“Cultural Equality of Nations and Nationalities”
  4. D.“Land to the Tiller”
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Answer: D “Land to the Tiller”

Why

"Land to the Tiller" (Meret Larashu) was the primary and most famous slogan of the Ethiopian Students' Movement during the 1960s and 1970s, aimed at agrarian reform.

Question 5

The most important requirement to get good income is to:

  1. A.have a university degree.
  2. B.find a relative with a company.
  3. C.wait until good income jobs appear.
  4. D.work hard and get money legally.
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Answer: D work hard and get money legally.

Why

Civic and ethical education emphasizes that working hard and earning money legally is the most honorable, reliable, and acceptable way to secure a good income.

Question 6

Which of the following is the role of historians?

  1. A.Fabricating evidences and facts to reconstruct history.
  2. B.Examining facts to get closer and closer to the truth.
  3. C.Allowing personal world view to dictate the narration.
  4. D.Impressing readers by exaggerating historical accounts.
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Answer: B Examining facts to get closer and closer to the truth.

Why

The primary role of historians is to objectively examine historical evidence and sources to reconstruct the past as accurately as possible, avoiding fabrications or personal bias.

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