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 1071: Franchise can be described as the right to Options:
  A) vote at elections
  B) form political parties
  C) vote and be voted for
  D) contest in elections
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1072: One of the earliest political institutions set up in the colonial period to allow for local participation in politics was the Options:
  A) Supreme Military Council
  B) Legislative Council
  C) Federal Executive Council
  D) Willink's Commission
  E) Public Service Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1073:

  The Barclay's Bank and the British Petroleum Company in Nigeria were nationalized in the late1970s for transacting business with ...

  Options:
  A) Libya
  B) South Africa
  C) France
  D) Portugal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1074:

  Under the 1979 constitution of Nigeria, each State was allowed to elect________

  Options:
  A) three senators
  B) from two to five senators depending on the population
  C) five senators
  D) as many senators as the state could finance.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1075: The rights of a citizen can be withdrawn by the state if the person Options:
  A) opposes the government violently
  B) leave the country permanently
  C) is convicted of a serious crime
  D) is pronounced dead
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1076: At the formation of the OAU, Nigeria belonged to the Options:
  A) Monrovia Group
  B) Casablanca Group
  C) Lagos Group
  D) Brazzaville Group
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1077: The four British colonial territories in West Africa were Options:
  A) Ivory Coast, Gambia, Nigeria and Senegal
  B) Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Sierra Leone
  C) Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria and Gambia
  D) Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ghana
  E) Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Senegal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1078: The first leader of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons was Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) Michael Okpara
  C) Samuel Ikoku
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1079:

  Lobbying is often a strategy adopted by________

  Options:
  A) political parties
  B) public corporations
  C) public authorities
  D) pressure groups
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1080: Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic feature of a state? Options:
  A) A territory
  B) An army
  C) A government
  D) A system of laws
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  The correct answer is B .