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 1261: A major feature of the presidential system of government is that the Options:
  A) President is not responsible for his ministers mistakes
  B) ministers are not collectively responsible to the president
  C) president doe not need the legislature to pass laws
  D) president is not a member of the legislature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1262:

  What is the primary source of revenue for the local government in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) taxes
  B) grants from foreign countries
  C) oil revenue
  D) Federal government allocations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1263: Three important concepts associated with a well organized civil service are Options:
  A) meritocracy, neutrality and bureaucracy
  B) general orders. confidentialism and red-tapism
  C) neutrality, anonymity and impartiality
  D) bureaucracy, confidentialism and general orders
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1264: The upper house in most federal systems is created to Options:
  A) ensure equality of federating units
  B) oversee and check the lower house
  C) prevent excesses of the executive
  D) enable experienced elders make inputs to governance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1265: Which of the following is NOT associated with local government elections? Options:
  A) Constituency
  B) Ballot box
  C) Electoral officer
  D) Ward
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1266: The power of a head of state to dissolve the legislature and order a general election is usually associated with the Options:
  A) presidential system of government
  B) monarchical system of government
  C) parliamentary system of government
  D) unitary system of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1267: The 1976 Local Government Reforms declared that traditional rulers should Options:
  A) perform executive functions
  B) preside over local government councils
  C) perform advisory roles
  D) enact laws
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1268: ECOMOG at the initial stage of its intervention in Liberia was perceived as Options:
  A) Nentral
  B) Incompetent
  C) Partisan
  D) Invaders
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1269: A problem of Nigeria federalism that was resolved by the supreme court between the federal government and littoral states centered on resource Options:
  A) maximization
  B) generation
  C) derivation
  D) control
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1270:

  What is the term for a system of government in which power is held by a small group of people?

  Options:
  A) Oligarchy
  B) Monarchy
  C) Theocracy
  D) Democracy
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  The correct answer is A .