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 major distinguishing factor between a political party and a pressure group is that while the former Options:
  A) is effectively organized the latter is not
  B) engages in propaganda, the latter does not
  C) seeks power, the latter influences it
  D) does not form a government, the latter does
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: 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 3: The Commonwealth is an organization Options:
  A) of all states formerly in the British Empire
  B) of most of the states in the defunct British Empire
  C) of all English-speaking countries of the world
  D) of only Asian and African countries
  E) which effectively coordinates the policies of its members
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: In Nigeria, public corporations are also known as Options:
  A) multinational corporations
  B) private enterprises
  C) parastatals
  D) co-operative societies
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: The following are international organization except Options:
  A) pressure group
  B) O.A.U
  C) U.N.O.
  D) Commonwealth of nations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: Which of the following was Not a function of FEDECO during the Second Republic? Options:
  A) organizing, conducting and supervising all elections
  B) providing guidelines, rules and regulations for political parties
  C) arranging for the registration of persons qualified to vote
  D) swearing in of elected candidates
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: Pressure groups are important because they Options:
  A) enjoy publicity
  B) manage political crisis for the their members
  C) sponsor candidates for election
  D) represent groups who may otherwise be ignored
  E) are not interested in the welfare of the state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: The idea of democracy as a system of government was inherited from Options:
  A) the USA
  B) Italy
  C) England
  D) Greece
  E) China
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: In pre-colonial governance women played prominent roles in the Options:
  A) Igbo society
  B) Tiv society
  C) Jukun Kingdom
  D) Yoruba Kingdom
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10: The participation of Nigerians in the Second World War created in the nationalists the awareness that the Options:
  A) Africans were superior
  B) Africans were more qualified to rule
  C) Europeans were not superior
  D) Europeans were less tactful in warefare
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  The correct answer is C .