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 1411: The organs of government which are normally fused in a military regime are the Options:
  A) Civil Service and Parastatals
  B) Legislature and the Executive
  C) Excutive and the Judiciary
  D) Judiciary and the Legislature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1412: The executive is mainly concerned with the Options:
  A) confirmation of appointments
  B) approval of treaties
  C) approval of budgets
  D) implementation of policies
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1413: The type of government in which an individual wields absolute power is called Options:
  A) autocracy
  B) theocracy
  C) oligarchy
  D) plutocracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1414: The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is the Options:
  A) chairman of the Conference of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments
  B) QUEEN of Great Brtian
  C) prime minister of Great Brrtain
  D) secretary - general of the commonwealth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1415: Public opinion is the view expressed by a Options:
  A) few members of the society
  B) majority of the members in a society
  C) majority of the members of a society
  D) group of individuals in a society
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1416: A human community that is usually cohesive and homogeneous is a Options:
  A) clan
  B) state
  C) nation
  D) kingship
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1417:

  A vote of confidence means______

  Options:
  A) the same as impeachment in a presidential system
  B) the ability of the head of state to dissolve the parliament when collective responsibility fails to hold
  C) the act of showing disapproval to the prime minister having breached the collective responsibility doctrine
  D) the disapproval with dismissal in effect, the ministers and its head
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1418: Which of these sets represents the disadvantages of colonialism? Options:
  A) exposure to western education, culture imperialism and external trade relations
  B) cultural imperialism, external manipulations and foreign control of domestic economy
  C) external manipulation, civil service evolution and liberal democracy
  D) liberal democracy, foreign domination and cultural imperialism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1419:

  When did Nigeria gain her Independence?

  Options:
  A) 1st October, 1963
  B) 31st October, 1690
  C) 1st October, 2012
  D) 1st October, 1960
  E) 12th October, 1992
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1420: Bye- laws made by the Minister of Transport for funning the Nigerian Railway Corporation is an exercise of Options:
  A) delegated power
  B) parliamentary power
  C) statutory power
  D) residua power
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  The correct answer is A .