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 1121: The AU's right to intervene in a member country in crisis portrays it as Options:
  A) an international organization
  B) a regional organization
  C) a supranational organization
  D) a continental organization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1122: The doctrine of the separation of powers is based on the assumption that Options:
  A) those who hold power many encroach on the liberties of the powerless
  B) power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely
  C) man is a political animal
  D) man has inalienable rights
  E) A and B
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1123: An important aspect of an unwritten constitution is that it Options:
  A) is easy to understand by everbody
  B) safequards the monarchy
  C) contains customary laws and conventions
  D) is not easily ameneded
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1124: Which of the parties listed below was founded by Herbert Macaulay in 1923? Options:
  A) The Nigerian Youth Movement
  B) The Action Group
  C) The Northern People's Congress
  D) The Nigerian National Democratic Party
  E) The National Council of Nigerian Citizens
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1125: Ultimate power in a confederal state is Options:
  A) concentrated in the central government
  B) constitutionally divided between the centre and the units
  C) exercised by the larger units
  D) vested in the constituent units
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1126: When Nigeria achieved independence in 1960, the head of state was the Options:
  A) president
  B) prime minister
  C) Governor-General
  D) Queen of England.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1127: Which of the following international organizations were in existence before the Second World War? Options:
  A) The UNO
  B) The OAU
  C) The League of Nations
  D) The ECOWAS
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1128: The principle objective of British colonial policy in Nigeria was to Options:
  A) lay a solid fundation for Nigerian independence
  B) help build a virile Nigerian economy
  C) promote missionary activities
  D) exploit and expropriate Nigerian resources for Bristh interests
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1129:

  The judicial organ of government is the body which _________

  Options:
  A) implements the law
  B) makes the law
  C) punishes lawbreakers
  D) interprets the law
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1130:

  A major event in Nigerian history that led to the suspension of Nigeria's constitution and the declaration of a state of emergency by the colonial authorities in 1953 was the ________.

  Options:
  A) Aba women's riot
  B) Zikist movement
  C) Kano riots
  D) Action group crisis
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  The correct answer is C .