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 institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the Options:
  A) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
  B) judicary and the civil service
  C) trustee and the presidium
  D) civil service and the senate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2:

  Amendment of the U. N. O. charter is the duty of the ........

  Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) Secretariat
  C) General Assembly
  D) Trusteeship Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: Colonialism was successfully imposed on West Africa because Options:
  A) the colonial people thought colonialism was divinely inspired and therefore readily welcomed the imperial power with open arms
  B) the colonial people believed the witeman to be superior to the blaceman and they were in Africa on a civilizing mission
  C) the colonial people believed they were being liberated from the autocratic rule of the indigenous ruling elite
  D) all of the above
  E) the colonial people could not withstand the technologyical superiority of the colonial power
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 4:

  The Economic and Financials Crime Commission (EFCC) scope and nature of duty may not extend to_______

  Options:
  A) arresting suspects of cyber crime and online fraud
  B) arresting the giver and the taker in a corruption case
  C) conducting trials and punishing persons involved in corruption matters
  D) investigating cases of substance and drug abuse intersecting with money laundering
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: The use of the veto in the Security Council is Options:
  A) limited only to permanent members
  B) the prerogative of all its mebers
  C) the exclusive right of the two super powers the U.S.S.R. and the U.S
  D) on a rotational basis
  E) all of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: Nigeria attained independence in 1960 through Options:
  A) negotiation between the British government and Nigerian nationalists
  B) armed struggle by Nigerian nationalists and traditional rulers
  C) negotiation between the British government and the United Nations
  D) negotiation between the British government and traditional rulers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: The Judicial organ of government is the body which Options:
  A) implements the law
  B) makes the law
  C) punishes law makers
  D) interprets the law
  E) rewards law makers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

  Within the United Nations, the vote power is exercised in __________

  Options:
  A) UNESCO
  B) WHO
  C) the General Assembly
  D) the Security Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: The fundamental rights of citizens include rights to Options:
  A) free education, employment and freedom of thought
  B) life, speech and association
  C) life, liberty and property
  D) association,property and social security.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: Which of the following was the last Constitution formulated for Nigeria without Nigeria participation? Options:
  A) The Clifford (1922) Constitution
  B) The Richards (1946) Constitution
  C) The Macpherson (1951) Constitution
  D) The Lyttleton (1954) Constitution
  E) The Independnce Constitution
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  The correct answer is B .