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 process of removing an elected official by the electorate after an election is termed Options:
  A) impeachment
  B) plebiscite
  C) recall
  D) referendum
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  The current constitution of Nigeria is based on the model of which country?

  Options:
  A) Germany
  B) United States
  C) France
  D) United Kingdom
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3: Which organ of the UNO can impose mandatory sanctions on any of its members? Options:
  A) the General Assembly
  B) The Security Council
  C) The Secretariate
  D) The Economic and Social Council
  E) The International Court of Justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: One of the basic differences between ministries and public corporations is that while ministries are not Options:
  A) run on rules, public corporations are not
  B) wholly owned by the government, public corporations are owned by both government and individual
  C) not established with specific statutes public corporations are
  D) not important in developmental process, public corporations are
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: 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 6: Under what constitution did the supreme Court become the highest Court of Appeal in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Machpherson Constitution
  B) Clifford Constitution
  C) Richards Constitution
  D) The 1963 Constitution
  E) The 1979 Constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: The head of Nigeria's foreign mission in a Commonwealth nation is known as Options:
  A) high commissioner
  B) ambassador
  C) charge d'affairs
  D) attache
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: In a democracy, franchise is given to all Options:
  A) Resident adults
  B) citizens
  C) citizens except members of the armed forces
  D) loyal party members
  E) qualified adult citizens
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 9: Federalism was adopted in Nigeria as a constitutional response to the problem of Options:
  A) educational imbalance
  B) national identity
  C) ethnic pluralism
  D) manpower and resources
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: Which of the following defines the concept of government? Options:
  A) the process of administering justice in a country
  B) the process of supervising the activities of the legislature
  C) the orderly management and control of the affairs of a country
  D) the orderly transfer of power to duly elected politicians
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  The correct answer is C .