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 121: Political power is naked force when it is exercised without Options:
  A) set objectives
  B) state apparatus
  C) governmental legitimacy
  D) soverignty
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 122: Nigeria adopted the federal system of government because of Options:
  A) Uneven development
  B) The availability of limited resources
  C) The adoption of a stat religion
  D) The fear of domination of minorities
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 123: The major organization through which Nigeria, pursues her economic, political and social interests' in West Africa is Options:
  A) ECOWAS
  B) ADB
  C) EGA
  D) OAU
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 124: Decree 34 of 1966 was unacceptable to many Nigerians because it was Options:
  A) seen as an instrument of impoverishment
  B) perceived to abolish the federal system
  C) promulgated without consultation with the people
  D) considered as alien
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 125:

  A predominant feature of the Precolonial governance system was that_________

  Options:
  A) the British Indirect rule system penetrated it largely
  B) the governance structures were largely undefined
  C) the customary laws were prevalent
  D) theocratic system was widely embraced
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 126: Between 1966 and 1975, the highest legislative body in Nigeria was the Options:
  A) Armed Force Revolutionary Council
  B) Supreme Military Council
  C) Armed Forces Ruling Council
  D) Provisional Ruling Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 127: Elections among candidates from the same party before the final elections are called Options:
  A) running mates
  B) electoral colleges
  C) party conventions
  D) primaries
  E) second ballots
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 128: One of the factors that led to the decline of feudalism is Options:
  A) opposition to the system by the wealthy
  B) industrialization
  C) opposition
  D) the discovery of new lands
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 129:

  Which document serves as the constitution of the United Nations?

  Options:
  A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  B) Geneva conventions
  C) Treaty of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  D) Charter of the United Nations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 130: In the pre-colonial Igbo political system, which of the following was the most democratic organ of government ? Options:
  A) the Umuada
  B) Eze
  C) Izu
  D) Oha-na Eze
  E) Otu-Ebiri
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  The correct answer is D .