Government Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Government is the study of political institutions, processes, and theories. It examines agencies, political bodies, and the workings of the state.

• Question 1: The system of government by the political parties in a democratic country is known as ______? Options:
  A) Party system
  B) Party structure
  C) Public opinion
  D) Political party
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: In Nigeria the office of Prime Minister was first created in Options:
  A) 1954
  B) 1957
  C) 1958
  D) 1959
  E) 1960
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3: The Nigeria Federal Legislature is Options:
  A) bicameral
  B) Unicameral
  C) called the House of Assembly
  D) Called the House of Representatives
  E) the Senate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4: Nigeria's relation with black political communities outside Africa is built on Options:
  A) shared political aspirations
  B) expectations of political support from them
  C) economic considerations
  D) percieved cultural affinities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: In 1973, following an OAU resolution, Nigeria broke diplomatic relations with Options:
  A) South Africa
  B) France
  C) Israel
  D) Cuba
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Which of the following would act for the Head of state when he is out of the country? Options:
  A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  B) the Chief of Staff, Army
  C) the Chief of staff, supreme Military Head Quarters
  D) the Chief of Staff, Air Force
  E) the General Officer Commanding, First Division
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: If the central government has less powers than the component units, the constitution is said to be Options:
  A) federal
  B) unitary
  C) confederal
  D) unwritten
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8: The major conflict that threatened the existence of the OAU as an international organization from 1982-3 was the conflict Options:
  A) in Chad
  B) Between Namiba and South Africa
  C) between the Polisario Front and Morocco
  D) in Angola
  E) Between Somalia and Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9: The Convention People's party was a popular political party in Options:
  A) Sierra Leone
  B) Senegal
  C) Ivory Coast
  D) Ghana
  E) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: Local governments were created in Nigeria mainly to Options:
  A) realise the objective of full employment
  B) bring government nearer to the people
  C) prevent the creation of more states
  D) encourage competition and rivalry amongst ethinc groups
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  The correct answer is B .