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 91: Presidentialism is a system of government in which Options:
  A) there is elected Head of State who exercises actual executive powers
  B) the Head of State is not the chief executive
  C) the executive functions are the responsibility of the entire members of a cabinet
  D) all members of cabinet must also be mebers of the legislature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 92:

  The fees collected by local governments at motor parks represent ______

  Options:
  A) Income tax
  B) User charge
  C) Fines
  D) Levies
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 93: The first Head of Government in independent Nigeria was Options:
  A) Nnmdi Azikiwe
  B) Ahmadu Bello
  C) Tafawa Balewa
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 94: Which of the following was NOT established by the 1979 Nigeria Constitution? Options:
  A) police Service Commission
  B) National Universities Commission
  C) Federal Electoral Commission
  D) National Economic Council
  E) National Population Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 95:

  The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1979 constitution donotinclude _________

  Options:
  A) democracy and social justice
  B) federal character and inequality
  C) concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
  D) national integration and ethnic loyalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 96: A state with a hegemonic political party is one in which Options:
  A) there is one dominant party
  B) there is no opposition party
  C) there is only one party
  D) other parties are officially recognized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 97: The transfer of certain powers and functions by means of constitutional or legislation process to the lowest levels of government is known as ___ ? Options:
  A) Delegation
  B) Devolution
  C) Deconcentration
  D) Decentralisation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 98: 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 99: In the Parliamentary System of government executive powers are vested in Options:
  A) The President
  B) Parliament
  C) the Party in government
  D) the Cabinet
  E) a few powerful men in the country
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 100: Under the 1963 Republican Constitution, the power of judicial review was vested in the Options:
  A) supreme court
  B) parliament
  C) president
  D) the Chief justice of the federation
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  The correct answer is A .