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 1471: Which of the following formalized colonial penetration into Africa? Options:
  A) Paris Treaty
  B) Treaty of Wesphalia
  C) Berlin Conference
  D) Treaty of Versaile
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1472: A person who is disenfranchised is Options:
  A) allowed to be voted for
  B) allowed to exercised his voting right
  C) not perfmitted to vote
  D) allowed to nominate a candidate
  E) a prohibited immigrant
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1473: The 1976 local government reforms provide for a...term of office Options:
  A) 4-year
  B) 5-year
  C) 2-year
  D) permanent
  E) 3-year
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1474: Colonization of Africa was mainly motivated by Options:
  A) security considerations
  B) economic reasons
  C) religious reasons
  D) cultural factors
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1475: The 1963 Constitution of Nigeria was Options:
  A) written and flexible
  B) written and rigid
  C) flexible and unwritten
  D) unitary and rigid
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1476: Government exercises political power on behalf of the Options:
  A) elite
  B) citizens
  C) party caucus
  D) vocal few
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1477: Which of the following was the main organ of the defunct OAU? Options:
  A) The Liberation Commitee
  B) The Council of Ministers
  C) The Commission for Meditation, Conciliation and Arbitration
  D) The Assembly of Heads of State and Government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1478: In a cabinet system, the executive is appointed from the Options:
  A) Legislature
  B) Oppointed from
  C) Upper house
  D) Weaker party in the coalition
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1479: The expenditure of public funds by the executive in Nigeria is controlled by the Options:
  A) judiciary
  B) ministry of finance
  C) legislature
  D) president
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1480: The Richards Constitution in Nigeria provided for the Options:
  A) unofficial majority in the Legislative Council
  B) appointment of Nigerians as Chief Judges
  C) House of Chiefs in the Western Region
  D) House of Chiefs in the Eastern Region
  E) banning of the Trade Union Movement
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  The correct answer is A .