JAMB and WAEC Civic Education questions: Youth empowerment

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1. Question 1· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   Youth empowerment means

   • Agiving young people skills and opportunities to be self-reliant
   • Bgiving them money to spend freely
   • Ckeeping them out of school
   • Drecruiting them into gangs

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2. Question 2· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   An empowered youth is most likely to

   • Adepend entirely on parents
   • Bcreate jobs and contribute to development
   • Cengage in crime
   • Ddrop out of society

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3. Question 3· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   Skill acquisition centres help youths by

   • Akeeping them away from school
   • Bgiving them free food only
   • Ctraining them in trades for self-employment
   • Drecruiting them into cults

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4. Question 4· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   A purpose of the NYSC scheme is to

   • Aconduct elections
   • Btrain soldiers for war
   • Ccollect taxes
   • Dpromote national unity among young graduates

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5. Question 5· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   Which of these is a way of empowering youths?

   • ADenying them education
   • BEncouraging idleness
   • CVocational and entrepreneurship training
   • DExcluding them from decisions

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6. Question 6· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   Mentorship helps young people by

   • Agiving them free money
   • Bproviding guidance from experienced people
   • Cmaking them lazy
   • Dending their education

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7. Question 7· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   A major cause of youth unemployment in Nigeria is

   • Atoo many job vacancies
   • Btoo many factories
   • Ca mismatch between skills taught and jobs available
   • Dhigh wages everywhere

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8. Question 8· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   Which of these is an example of youth empowerment?

   • Aa loan scheme for young entrepreneurs
   • Ba curfew on youths
   • Ca ban on youth clubs
   • Dhigher school fees

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9. Question 9· Youth empowerment· WAEC

   A benefit of youth empowerment to the nation is

   • Afewer skilled workers
   • Bmore youth restiveness
   • Chigher dependence on government
   • Da fall in crime and unemployment

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10. Question 10· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    Entrepreneurship refers to

    • Aavoiding every risk
    • Bworking only for government
    • Cstarting and managing a business and taking risks for profit
    • Dbegging for money

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11. Question 11· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    SMEDAN exists mainly to support

    • Alarge oil companies
    • Bsmall and medium enterprises
    • Cpolitical parties
    • Dforeign embassies

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12. Question 12· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    Skill acquisition helps young people mainly to

    • Aavoid all work
    • Bbecome self-reliant
    • Cdepend on their parents
    • Dleave school early

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13. Question 13· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    Which of these is a vocational skill a young person can learn to become self-employed?

    • Astreet begging
    • Bgambling
    • Cinternet fraud
    • Dtailoring

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14. Question 14· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    Giving small loans to young entrepreneurs is an example of

    • Ahuman trafficking
    • Bpolitical apathy
    • Cfinancial empowerment
    • Dcultism

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15. Question 15· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    Youth empowerment helps reduce crime because

    • Ait encourages thuggery
    • Bit increases idleness
    • Cit reduces education
    • Dengaged young people are less likely to turn to crime

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16. Question 16· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    Programmes that give young people skills, finance and opportunities to become self-reliant are called

    • Ayouth empowerment programmes
    • Byouth restriction programmes
    • Cpolitical apathy schemes
    • Dcurfew orders

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17. Question 17· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established in

    • A1960
    • B1973
    • C1999
    • D1987

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18. Question 18· Youth empowerment· WAEC

    The National Directorate of Employment was set up mainly to

    • Afight unemployment through skills training
    • Bconduct elections
    • Cregulate drugs
    • Dcollect taxes

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