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 1131: The most important challenge facing the Fourth Republic is Options:
  A) the need to develop Nigeria culturally
  B) the successful conduct of the 2003 election
  C) how to develop Nigeria's social institutions
  D) how to deal with the military
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1132: The African leader mostly credited for spearheading the formation of the African Union is Options:
  A) Muammar Ghaddafi
  B) Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  C) Abdoulaye Wade
  D) Thabo Mbeki
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1133: Under whose regime were Akwa Ibom and Katsina States created? Options:
  A) Gen Murtala Muhammed
  B) Gen Ibrahim Babangida
  C) Gen Sani Abacha
  D) Gen Yakubu Gowon
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1134: One outstanding action for which the GOWON administration will be remembered in Nigeria's political history is the Options:
  A) organizatin of FESTAC
  B) construction of roads
  C) creation of twelve states
  D) civil service purge
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1135: Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were Options:
  A) cocoa, groundnut and ginger
  B) cocoa , rubber and benniseed
  C) cocoa, palm oil and groundnut
  D) rubber, kolanut and cotton
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1136: Franchise in an electoral process means the Options:
  A) right to vote
  B) ownership of means of production
  C) the sovereignty of a nation
  D) rights and duties of a citizen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1137: OPEC has strong influence with the__________ Options:
  A) IMF
  B) EU
  C) ADB
  D) AU
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1138: The highest court in Nigeria before 1963 was the Options:
  A) supreme court
  B) high court
  C) judicial committees of the privy council
  D) court of appeal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1139: A major shortcoming of the Ombudsman is Options:
  A) lack of adequate resources
  B) its inability to restrain bureaucratic excesses
  C) lack of clear-cut mandate
  D) lack of executive power to enforce decisions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1140: A human community that is usually cohesive and homogeneous is a Options:
  A) clan
  B) state
  C) nation
  D) kingship
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  The correct answer is C .