*GOVERNMENT TRIALS QUESTIONS*

PAPER 2
(ESSAY)
SECTION A
For all candidates
1. Outline three merits and three demerits of Separation of Powers.
2. Explain six functions performed by political parties in your country.
3. Describe six factors that can determine the effectiveness of pressure
groups
4. Explain six duties expected to be performed by a citizen of a state.
5. (a) What is a state?
(b) Outline five reasons why individuals must belong to a state.

SECTION B
*For candidates in Sierra Leone only*

9. Describe the political organization of the Mende of Sierra Leone in the pre-
colonial period.
10. State four changes introduced by the 1961 Independence Constitution of
Sierra Leone.