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 131:

  A policy formulated to guide relationswithothernations is called

  Options:
  A) international policy
  B) state policy
  C) national policy
  D) foreign policy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 132: A state is admitted into the United Nations on the Options:
  A) recommendation of the secretary general to the security council
  B) concurrent vote of the security council and the general assembly
  C) enabling action of the general assembly
  D) sponsorship of any member of the organization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 133: The main function of the National Assembly is to Options:
  A) fix salaries for all the the state governors
  B) make laws for the country
  C) pass motions on the welfare of the legislators
  D) direct public attention to the excesses of public officials
  E) condemn the south african government for its policy of apartheid
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 134: On what is charismatic authority based? Options:
  A) Inherited wealth and power
  B) Tyrannical tendencies
  C) Institutional processes
  D) Personal ability and influence
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 135: In Nigeria, the Council of State was first created by Options:
  A) General Murtala Muhammed
  B) General Olusegun Obasanjo
  C) Major-General Aguiyi Ironsi
  D) General Yakubu Gowon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 136: The system of indirect rule failed in the former Eastern Nigeria primary because Options:
  A) of the fragmented political structures
  B) the Chief refused to cooperate with colonial officers
  C) the of the high incidence of taxation Chief refused to cooperate with colonial officers
  D) the colonial officers imposed warrant chiefs on the people
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 137: An example of a country with a flexible constitution is Options:
  A) South Africa
  B) Britain
  C) Benin Republic
  D) the United States of America
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 138: In local government administration ,Chief and Council implies that Options:
  A) the council operates independently of the chief authority
  B) members of the local council appoints the chief to the office
  C) all members of the local council are appointed and controlled by the chief
  D) the chief is a member of the local council but he does not exercise veto power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 139:

  The 1963 constitution created a list of powers exclusively reserved for the

  Options:
  A) Federal government
  B) State governments
  C) Regional governments
  D) Local governments
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 140: Public opinion is the view expressed by a_________ Options:
  A) few members of the society
  B) few articulate members in the society
  C) majority of the members of a society
  D) group of individuals in the society
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  The correct answer is C .