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 1171:

  Nigeria's withdrawal from the Edinburg Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British.....

  Options:
  A) Failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
  B) Negative utterances on Nigeria
  C) Supply of arms to Rhodesia
  D) Support for UNITArebels in Angola.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1172:

  In a parliamentary system of government, the head of government is typically ___________.

  Options:
  A) elected directly by the people
  B) the leader of the majority party in the legislature
  C) appointed by the judiciary
  D) chosen by the head of state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1173: Which of the following statements is true about the 1963 and 1979 constitutions? Options:
  A) both had provisions for the office of the president
  B) both had provisions for the office of a constitutional presient
  C) both provided for the offices of prime minister and president
  D) both had provisions for the office of an executive president
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1174: Prorogation is the bringing of a session of a parliament to an end through Options:
  A) royal proclamation
  B) final reading
  C) guillotine
  D) impeachment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1175: One of the major functions of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS is Options:
  A) organizing international conference
  B) appointing staff of the Secretariate
  C) appointing the Executive Secretary
  D) preparing the bugdet of the Community
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1176: The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are Options:
  A) Chna, UK USSR, USA and France
  B) USSR, gERMANY,Canada, India and China
  C) UK, France, USA bRAZIL and Ethiopia
  D) USA , China , Liberia USSR and Iltaly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1177: The head of state in the first republic of Nigeria was Options:
  A) an executive president
  B) a nominee of the whole country
  C) a nominal president
  D) a party leader
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1178: Under colonial administration, what was the status of the inhabitants of the Lagos Crown Colony Options:
  A) British servants
  B) British settlers
  C) British subjects
  D) British citizens
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1179: 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 1180: The Northern People's Congress stand during the nationalist struggle for Nigeria's independence was for Options:
  A) immediate independence for Nigeria
  B) gradual evolution towards independence
  C) the continuation of British rule
  D) independence in 1956
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  The correct answer is B .