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 991: Public Commission established under the 1979 constitution were expected to be Options:
  A) independence of the executive
  B) part of the executive
  C) advisory to the executive
  D) advisory to the legislature
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 992:

  The theory of separation of powers was first time clearly formulated by __________

  Options:
  A) Jean Bodin
  B) Jean Austin
  C) Baron de Montesquieu
  D) Lord Bryce
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 993: Before Nigeria became a republic, the highest body charged with the administrator of justice was the Options:
  A) Privy council
  B) High court
  C) Supreme court
  D) Court of appeal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 994: The citizenship of a country may be acquired by an individual through Options:
  A) Decolonization
  B) Nomination
  C) Nationalization
  D) Neutralization
  E) Naturalization
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 995: In the 1976 reforms and the local government generally, which regime constitutes the Ibrahim panel of 1984? Options:
  A) Major General Muhammadu Buhari Administration
  B) Olusegun Obasanjo Administration
  C) Goodluck Jonathan Administration
  D) Ernest Shonekan Administration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 996: Which of the following performs oversight functions? Options:
  A) Judiciary
  B) Civil service
  C) Executive
  D) Bureaucracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 997:

  The second ballot is based on the principle that a successful candidate must obtain

  Options:
  A) absolute majority
  B) simple majority
  C) forty percent of the votes
  D) fifty percent of the votes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 998: Shadow Cabinet is associated with the Options:
  A) communist system
  B) fascist system
  C) parliamentary system
  D) fascist system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 999: The development of attitudes and beliefs about a political system is Options:
  A) political emancipation
  B) political socialization
  C) political participation
  D) political orientation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1000: The fundamental rights of citizens include rights to Options:
  A) free education, employment and freedom of thought
  B) life, speech and association
  C) life, liberty and property
  D) association,property and social security.
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  The correct answer is B .