WAEC 2016 Government · Question 35

All the following are experienced by a community without government except

Options

  1. A.insecurity
  2. B.planned development
  3. C.lawlessness
  4. D.political anarchy

Answer: B. planned development

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question: The question asks which one is NOT experienced in a community without government. This is an "except" question, so three options describe what happens when there is no government, and one does not.

Explain the concept: Government is the machinery of the state. It makes laws, enforces them, protects lives and property, and plans and provides for development. Without it, society falls into what political thinkers like Thomas Hobbes called the "state of nature", where life is insecure and disorderly.

Step-by-step solution:

  • A. Insecurity: With no police, army or courts, nobody is protected. This is experienced.
  • B. Planned development: Planning needs an authority that makes policies, collects revenue, and builds roads, schools and hospitals. Without government, there is nobody to organize this. This is not experienced.
  • C. Lawlessness: With no authority to make and enforce laws, people do as they like. This is experienced.
  • D. Political anarchy: Anarchy means the absence of government and order. This is experienced.

Answer: The only thing a community without government cannot have is planned development, so the answer is B.

Tip: In "all of the following except" questions, find the one positive or orderly word (like "planned development") among the negative ones (insecurity, lawlessness, anarchy). It is usually the answer. Words like "anarchy", "chaos", "lawlessness" and "insecurity" always go with the absence of government.

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