2020 NECO Civic Education Past Questions
Browse the 2020 NECO Civic Education past questions with answers and step-by-step explanations. Civic Education tests citizenship, civil society, the Constitution, and Nigerian political history. The questions tend to be definition-heavy — knowing the textbook wording matters. Use the year archive below to time yourself the way the actual exam does — most candidates need to work questions across multiple years before the patterns become obvious.
Sample NECO Civic Education questions
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- Q12006MEDIUMBiology
A pair of genes which controls a trait is described as
- A.allele✓ Correct
- B.dominant
- C.hybrid
- D.recessive
- E.variant
- Q22005MEDIUMEnglish
Choose from the options lettered A- E the one that is nearest in meaning to the word underlined. We had no doubt about the sufficiency of our grains to see us through the rainy season.
- A.accuracy✓ Correct
- B.adequacy
- C.availability
- D.efficacy
- E.efficiency
- Q32004MEDIUMBiology
Food wastage is caused by the following EXCEPT
- A.attack of moulds on farm crops✓ Correct
- B.lack of access roads
- C.lack of transportation
- D.poor harvesting methods
- E.proper storage
- Q42008MEDIUMChemistry
The type of reaction ethyne mainly undergoes is
- A.addition
- B.carboxylation.
- C.esterification
- D.saponification✓ Correct
- E.substitution
- Q52003MEDIUMEconomics
Which of the following is NOT a cause of inflation?
- A.A. excessive bank lending
- B.B. excessive deficit financing
- C.C. increase in domestics productivity✓ Correct
- D.D. increase in wages and salaries of workers
- E.E. increase in government expenditure
- Q62009MEDIUMGovernment
Military regimes usually set aside constitutional provisions relating to
- A.A. the rule of law
- B.B. legislative and executive processes
- C.C. the bureaucratic organization of the state
- D.D. professional management of the economy✓ Correct
- Q72007MEDIUMMathematics
What must be added to b2-3ab to make it a perfect square?
- A.-3a
- B.-$\frac{3}{2}$
- C.$\frac{9}{4}$
- D.$\frac{9a}{4}$✓ Correct
- E.$\frac{9^2}{4}$
- Q82004MEDIUMChemistry
NaCl(s) does NOT conduct electricity, but N(aq) does. This is because
- A.NaCl(s) is non-ionic but NaCl(aq) is ion✓ Correct
- B.NaCl(aq) contains mobile electrons, where absent in NaCl(s).
- C.NaCl(aq) contains mobile ions which Nacl,) does not contain.
- D.NaCl(s) ionizes partiality while NaCl(aq) iodizes completely.
- E.NaCl(s) decomposes when heated but NCl(aq) is stable to heat. –
- Q92008MEDIUMBiology
During fertilization, the direction in which the pollen tube grows is controlled by
- A.Ovary
- B.ovule
- C.pollen grains
- D.pollen tube nucleus✓ Correct
- E.style
- Q102006MEDIUMPhysics
A 12V battery supplies a current of 0.4A to a lamp. Calculate the resistance of the lamp.
- A.30.00✓ Correct
- B.4.80
- C.3.00
- D.0.30
- E.0.03
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