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: One of the main functions of a political party is Options:
  A) political evaluation
  B) interest aggregation
  C) political accountability
  D) interest determination
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 122: The political structure of Nigeria under the first military regime was Options:
  A) confederal
  B) quasi-federal
  C) federal
  D) unitary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 123: 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 124: The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the Options:
  A) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
  B) judicary and the civil service
  C) trustee and the presidium
  D) civil service and the senate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 125: The one-time president of the United Nations General Assembly was Options:
  A) Joseph Garba
  B) Ibrahim Gambari
  C) Arthur Mbanefo
  D) Maitama Sule
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 126: In the pre-colonial Yoruba society, the power of the Oyo Mesi were checked by Options:
  A) Baale
  B) Ogboni
  C) Are Ona Kankafo
  D) Bashorun
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 127: In the Hausa pre- colonial political system, a district was headed by Options:
  A) A hakimi
  B) a dagaci
  C) an alkali
  D) a waziri
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 128: The major difference between a state and a nation is that the latter presupposes a Options:
  A) heterogenous population
  B) homogenous population
  C) well defined territory
  D) more organized system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 129:

  The basis of the Nigerian foreign policy thrust particularly during the Independence Constitution era was ... in nature

  Options:
  A) afrocentric
  B) eurocentric
  C) neo-colonialistic
  D) anti-apartheid
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 130: Fascism developed in Options:
  A) France
  B) Germany
  C) Italy
  D) Soviet Union
  E) China
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  The correct answer is C .