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 111: Public corporations are established mainly to Options:
  A) offer free services
  B) make profit for government
  C) provide jobs for the unemployed
  D) provide services at subsidized rates
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 112: Which of the following principle does NOT govern Nigeria's foreign policy? Options:
  A) National interest
  B) Non-alignment
  C) African interest
  D) International terrorism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 113: Nigerian foreign policy implementation is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) Department of Immigration
  B) Ministry of External Affairs
  C) Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
  D) Ministry of Budget and Planning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 114: The first African Secretary-General of the United Nations is Options:
  A) Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali
  B) Joe Garba
  C) Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Kofi Annan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 115: The 1976 Local government reforms was embarked upon by the central government under the leadership of ______? Options:
  A) General Olusegun Obasanjo
  B) General Sanni Abacha
  C) General Mohammed Buhari
  D) Goodluck Jonathan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 116: The main function of the judiciary is to Options:
  A) serve as the watch-dog of the executive
  B) enact laws
  C) execute the laws of the land
  D) interpret the laws
  E) protect the interest of accused persons
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 117:

  The Nigeria's head of government in 1963 was _____

  Options:
  A) Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) General Yakubu Gowon
  C) Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa
  D) Major Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 118: The method used to determine the possible outcome of an electoral contest is Options:
  A) press review
  B) plebiscite
  C) opinion poll
  D) referendum
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 119: The three principal organs of government are the Options:
  A) Legislature the Public Service and Judiciary
  B) Political Parties, the Executive and the Judiciary
  C) Executive, the Legislature and the Public Corporation
  D) Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary
  E) Judiciary the Local Government and the Legislature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 120: The Nigeria 1981 Revenue Allocation Act entitled the local governments to? Options:
  A) 20 percent
  B) 12 percent
  C) 31 percent
  D) 58.5 percent
  E) 10 percent
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  The correct answer is E .