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 1501: The Nigeria 1979 Constitution gives the right to vote to Options:
  A) every resident alien in Nigeria
  B) every Nigerian child
  C) all secondary school children
  D) all Nigerians below the age of seventeen
  E) all Nigerians of eighteen years and above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1502: 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 .
• Question 1503: Which of these institutions make bye-laws? Options:
  A) Council of State
  B) National Assembly
  C) Local Government Council
  D) State House of Assembly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1504: The six African members of the Nigerian Council were nominated by the Options:
  A) Queen
  B) district officers
  C) natives
  D) governors
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1505: Rule by the old people is known as Options:
  A) Monarchy
  B) Gerontocracy
  C) Feudalism
  D) Theocracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1506: In the Parliamentary System of government executive powers are vested in Options:
  A) The President
  B) Parliament
  C) the Party in government
  D) the Cabinet
  E) a few powerful men in the country
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1507: The Nigerian Council was created by Options:
  A) Hugh Clifford
  B) Arthur Richards
  C) Frederick Lugard
  D) Bernard Bourdillon
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1508: A distinctive feature of a democratic system of government is the Options:
  A) existence of periodic competitive elections
  B) absence of strong pressure groups
  C) existence of a single political party
  D) centralization of all powers in the exeecutive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1509: A human community that is usually cohesive and homogeneous is a Options:
  A) clan
  B) state
  C) nation
  D) kingship
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1510: Pre-colonial Igbo society was Options:
  A) centralized
  B) acephalous
  C) feudal
  D) capitalist
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  The correct answer is B .