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 1401: The highest policy making body of the OAU is the Options:
  A) Economic and Social Commission
  B) Council of Ministers
  C) General Secretariat
  D) Assembly of Heads of State and Government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1402: The power to exercise overall control of the executive functions of ECOWAS is vested in the Options:
  A) Authority of Heads of State and Government
  B) Secretary-General
  C) Council of Ministers
  D) Technical and Special Commissions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1403: The highest organ of the state during the Babangida Regime was the Options:
  A) Provisional Ruling Council
  B) Supreme Military Council
  C) Armed Forces Ruling Council
  D) Federal Executive Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1404: The citizen's obligations are Options:
  A) what the government orders
  B) duties the individual imposes on himself
  C) what the law requires of the individual
  D) what the military decrees
  E) what political parties demand of their members
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1405: Legislative control of public corporation in Nigeria is effected through Options:
  A) the dissolution of their management
  B) the reorganization of their boards
  C) acts of the National Assembly
  D) bye-laws
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1406: A characteristic feature of communism is Options:
  A) free enterprise
  B) liberal democracy
  C) dictatorship
  D) multi-party system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1407: Nigeria was regarded as a Frontline State because she Options:
  A) assisted liberation struggles in Southern Africa
  B) Assisted ECOMOG troops in liberia
  C) sent troops for peace keeping in Somalia
  D) sent policemen to Namibia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1408: The rights of a citizen can be withdrawn by the state if the person Options:
  A) opposes the government violently
  B) is convicted of a serious crime
  C) leaves the country permanently
  D) is pronounced dead
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1409: The Obasanjo administration nationlized the assets of the British Petroleum over the British government's policy in Options:
  A) Kenya
  B) Zimbabwe
  C) Angola
  D) Botswana
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1410: Which of the following world power was the first to come to Nigeria's aid during the civil war? Options:
  A) Britain
  B) U S A
  C) Germany
  D) USSR
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  The correct answer is A .