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 101: An unwritten constitution is one which Options:
  A) embodies only tradition and customs
  B) relies on the memories of elders and priests
  C) codifies the basic laws in one document
  D) embodies the basic laws in more than one document
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 102: In a unitary system of government, power is concentrated at the center Options:
  A) with devolution
  B) without residual functions
  C) without devolution
  D) with residual functions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 103: 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 104: The body whose responsibility it is to recruit the senior staff of local government councils in Nigeria is the Options:
  A) Public Service Commission
  B) State Ministry of Local Governmnet
  C) Emirate or Council of Chiefs
  D) President
  E) Local Government Council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 105: A non-monarchical state can best be described as a Options:
  A) republic
  B) confederation
  C) nation
  D) federation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 106: The right to direct and command people is Options:
  A) authority
  B) power
  C) opinion
  D) obedience
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 107: The style of government in the Sokoto caliphate was Options:
  A) democratic
  B) authoritarian
  C) populist
  D) totalitarian
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 108: Which of the following countries voted 'no' in the referendum conducted by france in 1958? Options:
  A) Ivory Coast
  B) Togo
  C) Cameroon
  D) Republic of Benin
  E) Guinea
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 109:

  Which one of these served as secretary general of the League of nations?

  Options:
  A) Joseph Avenol
  B) Trygve Lie
  C) Javier Perez de Cuellar
  D) Kurt Waldheim
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 110: The foreign affairs minister who introduced economic diplomacy as a foreign policy initiative was Options:
  A) Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi
  B) Major - General Ike Nwachukwu
  C) Prof Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Major -General Joseph Garba
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  The correct answer is B .