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 main function of the Legislative Council in British Colonial West Africa was to Options:
  A) advise the Governor on policy
  B) make the law
  C) execute the law
  D) interpret the law
  E) act as a disciplinary body for the civil servants
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1412: The organ of the United Nations Organization responsible for the former colonies of defeated world war ll powers is the Options:
  A) General Assembly
  B) Security Council
  C) Economic and Social Council
  D) Trusteeship Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1413: Which former Head of State of Ghana was executed during the rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC)? Options:
  A) General J.A Ankrah
  B) General A.A Afrifah
  C) Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings
  D) Dr. Kwarne Nkrumah
  E) Dr Kofi Busia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1414: Which of the following ethnic groups had centralized administration in pre-colonial Nigeria? Options:
  A) lbibio
  B) Ijaw
  C) Tiv
  D) Hausa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1415: An attribute that Nigeria shares with most non-aligned countries is Options:
  A) her large population
  B) the state of her economy
  C) her heterogenous population
  D) her large size
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1416: A state is said to be fascist when Options:
  A) its leader is partriotic but the citizens are not
  B) all rights and liberties are subordinated to state interest
  C) its citizens are fanatically in love with their leader
  D) all fights and liberties are placed above state interests
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1417: The head of the palace in the pre-colonial hausa system is ? Options:
  A) Sarkin dawaki
  B) sarkin gida
  C) sarkin fada
  D) sarkin ruwa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1418:

  In most recent times, a seemingly workable solution to the Nigerian federal question is that of_______

  Options:
  A) state police
  B) restructuring
  C) terrorism
  D) revenue allocation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1419: The Independence Constitution Options:
  A) provided for republican status for the country
  B) created a unitary state
  C) was negotiated by Nigerians
  D) was imposed on Nigerians by the British
  E) introduced the military into Nigerian politics
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1420: A problem of Nigeria federalism that was resolved by the supreme court between the federal government and littoral states centered on resource Options:
  A) maximization
  B) generation
  C) derivation
  D) control
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  The correct answer is D .