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: Unicameral legislatures are popular in Options:
  A) unitary system
  B) federal system
  C) confederal system
  D) rigid system
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: Under the 1999 Constitution, the power to declare war is vested in the Options:
  A) National Security Council
  B) legislature
  C) executive
  D) National Council of States
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: Colonialism was successfully imposed on West Africa because Options:
  A) the colonial people thought colonialism was divinely inspired and therefore readily welcomed the imperial power with open arms
  B) the colonial people believed the witeman to be superior to the blaceman and they were in Africa on a civilizing mission
  C) the colonial people believed they were being liberated from the autocratic rule of the indigenous ruling elite
  D) all of the above
  E) the colonial people could not withstand the technologyical superiority of the colonial power
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 4: Under the Macpherson Constitution members of the central legislature were Options:
  A) appointed by the governor general
  B) chosen from the regional legional legislature
  C) elected directly by the whole country
  D) appointed by the regional Lt Governmors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: In a presidential system of government ministers are Options:
  A) collectively responsible to the Senate
  B) collectively responsible to the President
  C) individually responsible to the President
  D) individually responsible to no one
  E) individually responsible to the electorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6: Which of the following is NOT a fundamental human right in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Right to education
  B) Right to personal liberty
  C) Freedom of thought
  D) Freedom of conscience
  E) Non of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 7: A system based on hierarchies of land ownership is Options:
  A) feudalism
  B) totalitarianism
  C) communism
  D) fascism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: 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 9: Which of the following per-independence organizations was formed in London in 1945? Options:
  A) the Jam' lyyar Mutanen Arewa
  B) the lgbo State Union
  C) the Egbe Omo Oduduwa
  D) Urhobo Progressive Union
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: Another name for delegated legislation is Options:
  A) Administrative legislation
  B) Executive legislation
  C) Subordinate legislation
  D) all of the above
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .