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 1191: Under the United States Constitution Options:
  A) Congress is supreme
  B) the Supreme Court is dominant
  C) the presidency is clearly superior in practice to the other two branches of government
  D) Black Americans enjoy preferential treatment to compensate for past injustices
  E) no branch of government can function without co-operating with the others
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1192: Public opinion is a view that is Options:
  A) held by the majority
  B) active in the public realm
  C) widely publicized
  D) no longer a secret
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1193: Citizenship in a modern state expresses the status of a person who possesses Options:
  A) full political rights
  B) some religious rights
  C) social right only
  D) exclusive economic rights
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1194: The colonial administration in Nigeria was Options:
  A) authoritarian
  B) Democratic
  C) Development oriented
  D) dominated by Nigerians
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1195: The Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission is statutorily empowered to determine the remuneration of Options:
  A) Only elected representatives
  B) Political office holders
  C) Employees of public corporations
  D) All civil servants
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1196: A party system can be defined by the Options:
  A) structures of political parties
  B) manner the gvernment and the parties operate
  C) relationship between the parties and the voters
  D) number of political parties in a country
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1197: Which of the following is a feature of checks and balances? Options:
  A) judicial review
  B) code of conduct
  C) judicial precedent
  D) judicial immunity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1198: In a democracy,sovereign authority is exercised by the Options:
  A) legislature
  B) people
  C) executive
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1199: The application of the principle of separation of powers seems impracticable because powers is Options:
  A) delegated
  B) centralized
  C) fused
  D) separated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1200: In 1993, Nigerian troops were on peace-keeping assignment to Options:
  A) Liberia and Burundi
  B) Rwanda and Liberia
  C) Chad and Liberia
  D) Liberia and Somalia
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  The correct answer is D .