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 1111:

  The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1979 constitution donotinclude _________

  Options:
  A) democracy and social justice
  B) federal character and inequality
  C) concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
  D) national integration and ethnic loyalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1112: A typical form of delegated legislation is Options:
  A) acts of parliament
  B) decree
  C) bye - law
  D) gazette
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1113: Judicial independence in a modern democracy can be ensured by Options:
  A) the confirmation of the appointment of judges by the legislature
  B) the provision that judges can only be removed from office by the president - in - councl
  C) making judges independent of the ministry of justice
  D) safeguarding the security of tenure of judges
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1114: The Quorum in the OPEC conference is formed with the attendance of ? Options:
  A) one third of the member state
  B) half of member states
  C) member states
  D) three quarter of the member state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1115: In the 1963 Constitution, there was separation of powers between the Options:
  A) president and the commander in chief of the armed forces
  B) executive and the legislature
  C) head of state and the president
  D) head of government and the head of state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1116: An economic system in which the major means of production are owned and controlled by a few individuals is called Options:
  A) socialism
  B) communism
  C) communalism
  D) capitalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1117: A major function of the warrant chiefs was to Options:
  A) prevent tribal wars
  B) supervise native courts and markets
  C) stop ritual killings
  D) take charge of local administration.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1118:

  Before the emergence of OAU as a regional body, Nigeria belonged to

  Options:
  A) Casablanca group
  B) Monrovia group
  C) Casablanca/Brazzavılle group
  D) Brazzaville group
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1119:

  The simple plurality electoral system is often criticized because _________

  Options:
  A) the ruling party may lose the election
  B) the winner may not poll an absolute majority
  C) it works against all opposition parties
  D) it is easy to rig
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1120: The foreign policy principle that informed Nigeria's position in the liberation of African states is Options:
  A) economic diplomacy
  B) Afrocentrism
  C) non-alignment
  D) non-interference
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  The correct answer is B .