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 1301: The needs of the citizen are made known to the government through ____? Options:
  A) judiciary
  B) political party
  C) civil service
  D) public opinion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1302: The main representative body of the United Nations is the Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) General Assembly
  C) Trusteeship Council
  D) Secretariat
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1303: In the segmented Tiv society,governance was usually confined to Options:
  A) age grade
  B) chiefdom
  C) family
  D) clan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1304: When Nigeria achieved independence in 1960, the head of state was the Options:
  A) president
  B) prime minister
  C) Governor-General
  D) Queen of England.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1305: To be elected President of Nigeria, the 1979 Constitution state that one must have attained the age of Options:
  A) 21 years
  B) 35 years
  C) 50 years
  D) 60 years
  E) 65 years
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1306: Public corporations are set up to Options:
  A) make profit
  B) compete with private sector
  C) cater for those businesses that cannot be left entirely to private enterprise
  D) enhance the prestige of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1307: A right enjoyed by citizens but denied non-citizens is the right to Options:
  A) freedom of worship
  B) life,liberty and security
  C) vote and be voted for
  D) equality before the law
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1308:

  The arm of government responsible for budget approval and oversight is the

  Options:
  A) judiciary
  B) executive
  C) administrative
  D) legislative
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1309: A popular principle of colonial administration in British West Africa was Options:
  A) Association
  B) Indirect rule
  C) Paternalism
  D) Westernization
  E) Assimilation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1310: The first political party properly so-called was formed in Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1916
  B) 1923
  C) 1944
  D) 1948
  E) 1951
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  The correct answer is B .