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 1221: After the botched coup of January 1966, power was handed over to General Johnson Aguiy Nronsi by the Options:
  A) senate
  B) president
  C) house of representatives
  D) council of ministers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1222: Capitalism often encourages Options:
  A) public
  B) a centrally planned economy
  C) private ownership of the means of production
  D) anarchy
  E) Deconcentration of political and economic powers in the same hands
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1223: The principle of anonymity of civil servants means that they Options:
  A) have a career
  B) are not the servants of a particular government
  C) are trained for the duties they perform
  D) are not credited or blamed for anything they do
  E) are entitled to pension and gratuity when they retire
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1224: The 1946 constitutions in Nigeria and the Gold Coast (Ghana were the results of Options:
  A) pressures from nationalists within the colonies
  B) pressures by united states of America
  C) pressures from the British government
  D) pressures from within and from outside these colonies
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1225: Political authority refers to the Options:
  A) ability to effect political action
  B) capacity to produce desired political results
  C) capacity to reshape the political behaviour of citizens
  D) recognized right to exercise political power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1226: The component units of the Nigerian Federation comprises Options:
  A) national assemblt,military,police and civil service
  B) onstituency,ward,emirate and chiefdom
  C) federal,state,local government and federal capital territory
  D) federal capital territory,national assembly,supreme court and civil service
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1227: Accountability in public office means that officers shall Options:
  A) keep proper account of state finances
  B) render good account of their activities
  C) not accept bribes and gratification
  D) declare their assets periodically
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1228: The government of Nigeria from 1960 to 1964 was formed by the Options:
  A) NCNC (National Council of Nigerian Citizens)
  B) NPC (Northern People's Congress)
  C) Action Group
  D) NCNC/NEPU (Northern Elements Progressive Union) alliance
  E) B and D above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1229:

  The French colonial policy aimed at changing Africans into French men was the policy of

  Options:
  A) assimilation
  B) accommodation
  C) communes
  D) association
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1230: 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 .