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 1201: Decree No, 34 of May 1966 is also known as the Options:
  A) State Security Decree
  B) Suspension and Modification Decree
  C) Public Order Decree
  D) Unification Decree
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1202: Under the pre-colonial Sokoto Caliphate system, the next in command to the sultan was the Options:
  A) Alkali
  B) Galadima
  C) Madaki
  D) Waziri
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1203: The committee that recommended Abuja as the new Federal Capital was headed by Options:
  A) Graham Douglas
  B) Mamman Nasir
  C) Rotimi Williams
  D) Akinola Aguda
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1204: The organ responsible for the general administration of ECOWAS is the Options:
  A) Executive Secretariat
  B) Council of Ministers
  C) Authority of Heads of State and Government
  D) Tribunal of the Community
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1205: The foreign affairs minister who introduced economic diplomacy as a foreign policy initiative was Options:
  A) Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi
  B) Major - General Ike Nwachukwu
  C) Prof Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Major -General Joseph Garba
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1206: Which of the following is the least democratic selection process? Options:
  A) First past the post system
  B) Proportional representation
  C) indirect election
  D) Co-option
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1207: A sovereign state is one Options:
  A) whose constitution can only be changed by a military government
  B) where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
  C) in which sovereignty is invested in the military
  D) whose citizens are free to evade responsibility
  E) whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1208:

  The ultimate goal of the nationalists was to

  Options:
  A) secure political independence
  B) encourage western education
  C) promote African unity
  D) promote African education
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1209: Laws enacted by the legislature are known as ___ ? Options:
  A) Legislation
  B) Legislature
  C) Budget
  D) Executive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1210: Which of the following ensured the practice of democracy in the pre-colonial Yoruba political system? Options:
  A) Checks and balances
  B) Fusion of power
  C) individual responsibility
  D) the rule of law
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  The correct answer is A .