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 these is not the supreme organ of the OAU? Options:
  A) The Council of Ministers
  B) The Administrative Secretary General
  C) The Assembly of Heads of States and Government
  D) Appointment of staff
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2: 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 3: Which of the following is a major threat to OPEC? Options:
  A) Persistence of war in the Middle East
  B) The discovery of crude oil in more countries
  C) Antagonism by the major world powers
  D) Development of viable alternatives to crude
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: Which of the following advocates equitable distribution of wealth? Options:
  A) Capitalism
  B) Aristocracy
  C) Socialism
  D) Plutocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: The Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission is statutorily empowered to determine the remuneration of Options:
  A) Only elected representatives
  B) Political office holders
  C) Employees of public corporations
  D) All civil servants
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Which of the following justifies the Afro-centric foreign policy of Nigeria? Options:
  A) Her location in the West African sub-region
  B) Her colonization by a foriegn power
  C) Her physical size, population and resource endowments
  D) Her ability to contribute to peace keeping missions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: Sekou Toure is famous having said Options:
  A) that he preferred independence with difficulty than heavy colonial rule
  B) no to de Gaulle's idea of a French community and opting instead for immediate independence for Guinea
  C) seek ye first the political kingdom and all else will follow given right combination of leadership and national ideology'
  D) that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: Acculturation in colonial administration was associated with the Options:
  A) French policy of assimilation
  B) British policy of direct rule
  C) French policy of association
  D) British indirect rule system
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9:

  The most recent target plans and agenda of the United Nations are known as the______

  Options:
  A) Resolution 2020
  B) Millenium Development Goals
  C) Agenda 2063
  D) Sustainable Development Goals
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: According to Karl Marx,the mode of production that precedes capitalism is Options:
  A) mercantilism
  B) feudalism
  C) socialism
  D) communalism
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  The correct answer is C .