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: Which of the following groups are all public corporations? Options:
  A) UAC, NNPC, NPA, NEPA
  B) NITEL, NAA, NUC,NTC
  C) NEPA, NNPC NITEL, NAA
  D) UAC,NTC, NPA,NAA
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Equality before the law is a component of Options:
  A) separation of powers
  B) checks and balances
  C) the rule of law
  D) constitutional law
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: Serfs are the dominated class under Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) socialism
  C) fascism
  D) feudalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: Sir Henry Willinck of Britain was the chairman of a commission which investigated one of the following problems of Nigeria in 1958. Options:
  A) commercial banking problems
  B) minority problems and fears
  C) problems of political parties
  D) problems of public corporations
  E) problems of higher education
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: In pre-colonial Igboland, autocratic rule was made difficult by the Options:
  A) fear of dethronement
  B) absence of a centralized system of authority
  C) pressure from age grades
  D) activities of cult societies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Decree 34 of 1966 was unacceptable to many Nigerians because it was Options:
  A) seen as an instrument of impoverishment
  B) perceived to abolish the federal system
  C) promulgated without consultation with the people
  D) considered as alien
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: The immediate cause of the 1966 military coup de'etat in Nigeria was Options:
  A) nepotism
  B) political instability
  C) military ambition
  D) corruption
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: The Guggisberg Constitution of 1925 in Ghana Options:
  A) strengthened the authority of natural rulers
  B) weakened the authority of national rulers
  C) enhanced the status of the educated elite
  D) abolished the post of colonial governor
  E) made no provision for unfficial members in the legislative Council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: The Lagos Colony and Protectorate was amalgamated with The Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1886
  B) 1893
  C) 1906
  D) 1922
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: The principle of two levels of government in a country is called Options:
  A) the parliamentary system
  B) dictatorship
  C) Nationalism
  D) Federalism
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  The correct answer is D .