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: Under the 1979 Constitution, statutory allocation of revenue to local government councils is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) House of Assembly
  B) National Economic Council
  C) Federal Legislature
  D) Council of State
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 92: The African country that was not colonized is ______? Options:
  A) Sudana
  B) Botswana
  C) Gambia
  D) Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 93: Which of the following was not established under the 1979 Nigerian constitution? Options:
  A) National Economic Council
  B) National Security Council
  C) National Council on Education
  D) National Defence Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 94: The highest Court in Nigeria is called the Options:
  A) Federal Court of Appeal
  B) High Court
  C) Upper Area Court
  D) Supreme Court
  E) Sharia Court of Appeal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 95: ________ is the art of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling centre with the intent of influencing voters? Options:
  A) polling centre
  B) candidate
  C) passive electioneering
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 96: The exclusion of Africans from colonial administration is associated with Options:
  A) policy of assimilation
  B) indirect rule system
  C) policy of association
  D) indignant policy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 97: The most important function of the executive organ of government is to Options:
  A) formulate policies
  B) give assent to bills
  C) control foreign policy
  D) enforce laws
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 98: An acephalous, pre - colonial political system is best represented by the Options:
  A) Oyo empire
  B) Igbo political organization
  C) Ijo polictical organization
  D) Benin empire
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 99: Nationalist activities were earlier in British than in French West Africa because the Options:
  A) French West Africans were not interested in having self government
  B) British colonialists were no longer interested in governing their acquired territories
  C) French addministrative polices did not allow for poltical agitation
  D) nationalists their french counterparts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 100: According to the 1976 local government reforms, the chief executive of a local government council is the Options:
  A) supervisory councillor
  B) chairman of the local government council
  C) governor of the state
  D) secretary of the local government council
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  The correct answer is B .