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 141: The crucial check on an autocratic Oba in the pre-Colonial Yoruba political system was Options:
  A) presnting to him a suicide sysmbol
  B) avoiding the palace
  C) sending him on exite
  D) refusing to carry out his orders
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 142: Political authority is vested in the_________ Options:
  A) state
  B) judiciary
  C) government
  D) armed forces
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 143:

  A policy formulated to guide relationswithothernations is called

  Options:
  A) international policy
  B) state policy
  C) national policy
  D) foreign policy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 144: Bye-laws are usually made and enforced by Options:
  A) state governments
  B) trade union
  C) local authorities
  D) the Chief Inspector of police
  E) the Senate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 145: A key characteristic of the civil service is Options:
  A) transparency
  B) patriotism
  C) merit system
  D) quota system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 146: 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 147: In a unitary system of government Options:
  A) political power is dffused
  B) there is a high degree of centralization
  C) there is no separation of powers
  D) parliament is very weak
  E) legislative powers cannot be delegated to local councils
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 148: Nigeria declared that she would not attend the OAU summit in Tripoli in 1982 unless Options:
  A) Colnel Gaddafi resigned as the Libyan Head of State
  B) Libya withdrew her troops from Chad
  C) President Shehu Shagari became the chairman of OAU
  D) Cameroon was suspended for killing Nigerian soldiers at Bakassi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 149: Nigeria's voting at the United Nations is guided primarily by Options:
  A) her concern for Africa
  B) her national interests
  C) the cold war
  D) world peace
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 150: At the formation of the OAU, Nigeria belonged to the Options:
  A) Monrovia Group
  B) Casablanca Group
  C) Lagos Group
  D) Brazzaville Group
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  The correct answer is A .