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• Question 1321: The rights of a citizen can be withdrawn by the state if the person Options:
  A) opposes the government violently
  B) leave the country permanently
  C) is convicted of a serious crime
  D) is pronounced dead
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1322: Which of the following was NOT the responsibility of the Federal Electoral Commission in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Supervision of polling
  B) Compilation of electoral register
  C) Delimitation of Constituencies
  D) Counting and publication of election results
  E) Swearing in of members of the Houses of Assembly
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1323:

  The policy of 'indigenization' was introduced under the regime of?

  Options:
  A) General Yakubu Gowon
  B) General Olusegun Obasanjo
  C) General Ibrahim Babangida
  D) General Sani Abacha
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1324: The Ogboni cult in the pre-colonial Yoruba political system played the role of the Options:
  A) judiciary
  B) executive
  C) police
  D) legislature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1325: 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 1326: The first black African State to gain political independence from a colonial power was Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Liberia
  C) Ghana
  D) Ethiopia
  E) Guinea
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1327: The Nigeria Police is an agency of the Options:
  A) judicial arm of government
  B) Ministry of Defence
  C) executive arm of government
  D) Ministry of Interior
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1328: An unwritten constitution is one which Options:
  A) is not subject to judicial review
  B) is only partially written
  C) is not written at all
  D) is made up solely of a set of conventions
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1329: The major innovation of the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that Options:
  A) the Prime Minister ceased to be Head of State
  B) The Governor's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
  C) the Cabinet was no longer responsible to the legislature
  D) it introduced the Executive Prsidential system
  E) the Prime Minister was nominated by the Executive Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1330: The highest court in Nigeria before 1963 was the Options:
  A) supreme court
  B) high court
  C) judicial committees of the privy council
  D) court of appeal
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  The correct answer is C .