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 1081:

  Who re-organised the Nigeria's four regions into twelve states in May 1967?

  Options:
  A) General Yakubu Gowon
  B) Lieutenant-Colonel Ojukwu
  C) Philip Effiong
  D) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1082: The designation of ministers as chief executives and accounting officers was recommended by a commission headed by Options:
  A) Jerome Udoji
  B) Simeon Adebo
  C) S.J Cookey
  D) Dotun Phillips
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1083: Diplomatic missions among the Commonwealth member states are referred to as Options:
  A) legations
  B) high commissions
  C) embassies
  D) consulates
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1084: The premier of Western Region immediately after independence was Options:
  A) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
  B) Chief Ladoke Akintola
  C) Dr. M.A Majekodunmi
  D) Alhaji D.S Adegbenro
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1085: The court that has unlimited power to interpreted the constitution is the Options:
  A) High Court
  B) Court of Appeal
  C) Supreme Court
  D) Magistrate court
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1086: An unwritten Constitution is Options:
  A) entirely based on case laws
  B) completely sourced from parliamentary law
  C) partially written and based on convention
  D) completely unwritten and based on convention
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1087: A main feature of the parliamentary system is that Options:
  A) the executive consists of all party members
  B) judges are drawn from the ruling party
  C) electoral commissioners leave at the end of their tenure
  D) the executive is appointed by the legislature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1088: 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 1089: In which of these organs of the United Nations Organization is veto power exercised by some countries Options:
  A) the world health organisation
  B) the security council
  C) the general assembly
  D) the UN committee against apartheid
  E) the international court of justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1090: Before the O.A.U. was formed in 1963, Nigeria was a member of the Options:
  A) Monrovia Bloc
  B) Afro-Arab Bloc
  C) Casablanca Powers
  D) Brazzavile Group
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  The correct answer is A .