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Grade 12 Civics entrance exam, 2013 E.C. (2021)

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  • 2013 E.C. (2021)

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Question 1

Why do we need to have established and fair procedures in the governance of society?

  1. A.To make people feel their freedom may be constrained.
  2. B.To enhance the awareness of citizens regarding rule of law and its predictability.
  3. C.To help and comfort regional governments in their daily routines.
  4. D.To deny the federal government manage its day-to-day activities.
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Answer: B To enhance the awareness of citizens regarding rule of law and its predictability.

Why

Established and fair procedures ensure that governance is predictable, transparent, and adheres to the rule of law rather than arbitrary power.

Question 2

The absence of rule of law could cause

  1. A.the possible replacement of the state with individual cooperation's.
  2. B.make people believe to live even without the existence of the state.
  3. C.anarchy, crisis, dictatorship and could even leads to state collapse.
  4. D.no major problem in social life.
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Answer: C anarchy, crisis, dictatorship and could even leads to state collapse.

Why

The absence of the rule of law deprives society of order and justice, inevitably leading to anarchy, crisis, dictatorship, and potentially total state collapse.

Question 3

What roles do individuals and institutions have in combating corruption?

  1. A.When government believes that it is its exclusive domain to combat it.
  2. B.When the public assigns the task as purely a government engagement.
  3. C.When individuals demonstrate civility and institutions demonstrate transparency and accountability to combat it.
  4. D.When they act separately to check it.
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Answer: C When individuals demonstrate civility and institutions demonstrate transparency and accountability to combat it.

Why

Combating corruption requires active partnership where individuals behave ethically (civility) and institutions maintain transparency and accountability.

Question 4

How do we explain the equality and burdens that nations, nationalities and peoples have in Ethiopia?

  1. A.The three groups are equal and their interaction generates mutual burdens they have to shoulder.
  2. B.Equality and burdens of the three group is determined by the size of their population and territory.
  3. C.Nationalities could be justified to think to have more rights than peoples.
  4. D.Nations are more equal than others.
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Answer: A The three groups are equal and their interaction generates mutual burdens they have to shoulder.

Why

Under the FDRE Constitution, all nations, nationalities, and peoples of Ethiopia are fundamentally equal, sharing both equal rights and mutual duties/burdens to support one another.

Question 5

Public desire means the promotion of the interest of

  1. A.distinguished personalities.
  2. B.the general public in a country.
  3. C.groups working against the society.
  4. D.people living control the power of government only.
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Answer: B the general public in a country.

Why

Public desire refers to the collective interests, well-being, and common good of the general public in a nation.

Question 6

Which one of the following is true about duties and rights of citizens in a democracy?

  1. A.Protecting a country's border against external aggression belongs to citizens' rights.
  2. B.Citizens enjoy their rights to the maximum only when they accomplish their duties.
  3. C.Citizens are entitled to their rights without any consideration of obligations.
  4. D.Constitutional obligations and constitutional rights are mutually exclusive.
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Answer: B Citizens enjoy their rights to the maximum only when they accomplish their duties.

Why

In a democratic society, rights and duties are reciprocal; citizens can enjoy their rights most fully when they also fulfill their civic and constitutional duties.

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