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 1461: Nation-state is synonymous with Options:
  A) self-actualization
  B) liberation
  C) sovereignty
  D) nationalism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1462: Which of these groups of Africa leaders in closely associated with the formation of the OAU Options:
  A) Haiie Selassie, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, William Tubman
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Belewa, Jean Bokassa, Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jorno Kenyatta
  D) Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1463: A permanent civil service Options:
  A) makes continuity in government possible
  B) makes civil servants arrogant
  C) promotes ethnic domination
  D) is undemocratic
  E) undermines the authority of government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1464:

  The simple plurality electoral system is often criticized because _________

  Options:
  A) the ruling party may lose the election
  B) the winner may not poll an absolute majority
  C) it works against all opposition parties
  D) it is easy to rig
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1465: 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 1466: 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 1467: A political party is different from a pressure group in its Options:
  A) Objective
  B) Organization
  C) Strategy
  D) Source of finance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1468: One of the demerits of the privatization of public corporations in Nigeria is ? Options:
  A) scarcity of goods and services
  B) higher cost of goods and services
  C) creation of unemployment
  D) inefficient service delivery
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1469: A common provision in the 1963 and 1979 Constitution is the Options:
  A) registration political parties by FEDECO
  B) financing local government
  C) judicial service commission
  D) bicameral legislature for the central government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1470: Privatization of public corporations in Nigeria implies Options:
  A) Government diverstment from the companies
  B) the public take - over of companies
  C) the autonomy of government companies
  D) the commercialization of public corporations
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  The correct answer is D .