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 1491: Under the independence Constitution of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was Options:
  A) Head of state
  B) Governor General
  C) Prime Minister
  D) Lieutenant Governor
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1492: Political power is naked force when it is exercised without Options:
  A) set objectives
  B) state apparatus
  C) governmental legitimacy
  D) soverignty
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1493: In a socialist economy, private accumulation of wealth is Options:
  A) prohibited
  B) regulated
  C) limited
  D) encouraged
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1494:

  Deconcentration of power means the_______

  Options:
  A) sharing of powers among tiers of government
  B) creation of semi autonomous units to govern other parts of a state
  C) process of setting strategies or policies for the subsidiary territories in the state by putting recognized personnel in place
  D) act of delegating powers and authority to component units that exist in a state
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1495:

  __________ was a major factor that contributed to the rise of the Sokoto Caliphate.

  Options:
  A) Agricultural revolution.
  B) Slave trade
  C) European colonization
  D) Islamic Jihad
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1496: One of the earliest political institutions set up in the colonial period to allow for local participation in politics was the Options:
  A) Supreme Military Council
  B) Legislative Council
  C) Federal Executive Council
  D) Willink's Commission
  E) Public Service Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1497: Which of the following is a guiding principle of Nigeria's foreign policy? Options:
  A) interference in the affairs of African Countries
  B) decolonisation of all African Countries
  C) total opposition to the cold war
  D) posting of only carrier diplomats as envoys
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1498:

  Under the 1999 Constitution, the appointment of Ministers and Ambassadors must be ratified by the ........

  Options:
  A) Senate
  B) House of Representatives
  C) National Council of States
  D) Presidency
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1499: The option A4 model was used in the conduct of the Options:
  A) 1993 elections
  B) 1999 elections
  C) 2007 elections
  D) 1988 elections
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1500:

  The first Nigerian constitution to provide for the Fundamental objectives and directive principles of the state policy was the _________

  Options:
  A) 1999 Constitution
  B) 1979 Constitution
  C) 1960 Constitution
  D) 1989 Constitution
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  The correct answer is B .