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 Economic Commission for Africa is an agency of Options:
  A) ECOWAS
  B) the OCAM
  C) the Commonwealth
  D) the OAU
  E) the United Nations
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2: The president of Nigeria is advised on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country by the Options:
  A) National Secrurity Council
  B) National Defense Council
  C) Council of state
  D) Federal Executive Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3: At independence in 1960, the permission to establish a diplomatic mission in Nigeria was not granted to Options:
  A) the United States of America
  B) Japan
  C) the United Kingdom
  D) the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: Some pre-colonial Nigerian societies are described as stateless because Options:
  A) they had no formal governmental institutions
  B) they had no definite political boundaries
  C) their population was too small
  D) they were not independent.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: Nigeria is a member of____________ Options:
  A) OPEC, NATO and ECOWAS
  B) OAU, the UNO and ECOWAS
  C) ECOWAS, NATO and OAU
  D) The Commonwealth of Nations, OPEC and the OAS
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: The head of a Nigerian mission in a Commonwealth country is called Options:
  A) an Ambassador
  B) a Consul General
  C) a High Commissioner
  D) an Attache
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: Indirect rule encouraged Options:
  A) communal integration
  B) exploitation and oppression
  C) inter-communal cooperation
  D) the rise of nationalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: The United Nations charter is an instrument that Options:
  A) sets out the rights and obligations of member states
  B) provides for funding of memeber states
  C) facilitates the resolution of disputes among member states
  D) determines the admission of member states
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) came into being Options:
  A) through the combined efforts of Gambia Ivory Cost and Liberia
  B) to promote economic growth and development through freer and expanded trade between its members
  C) to enable the sixteen member states surrender their sovereignties to a supranational regional community
  D) to help the poorest countries in the region catch up with the richer one
  E) to establish mutual defence and security arrangements between members
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: The legislative organ of the federal government in the first republic was the Options:
  A) parliament
  B) judiciary
  C) legislative council
  D) national assembly
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  The correct answer is D .