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 1581: In a parliamentary system,the functions of the head of state and the head of government are vested in Options:
  A) the inner cabinet
  B) an indidvidual
  C) two different individuals
  D) the ministerial council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1582: The nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the Options:
  A) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
  B) Nigerian National Democratic Party
  C) Nigerian Youth Movement
  D) Action Group
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1583: A political manifesto is a document which outlines Options:
  A) a country's development
  B) a party's programme
  C) the national policy
  D) an ethnic interest
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1584: The exclusive list is reserved for legislation by the Options:
  A) regional government
  B) state government
  C) local government
  D) federal government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1585:

  In a communist system, who owns and controls the means of production?

  Options:
  A) corporations
  B) The government
  C) private individuals
  D) non-profit organizations
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1586:

  The central legislature of Nigeria became bicameral in

  Options:
  A) 1960
  B) 1951
  C) 1959
  D) 1963
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1587: In the First Republic, Nigeria was very reluctant to have meaningful interaction with Options:
  A) Italy
  B) The Soviet Union
  C) the United States of America
  D) Germany
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1588: The body responsible for exercising the functions of local governments in the 1976 reforms was the Options:
  A) local government commission
  B) local government council
  C) local government committee
  D) committee of chairmen and supervisory councillors
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1589: The Babangida administration's transition to civil rule programme officially started in Options:
  A) 1992
  B) 1990
  C) 1987
  D) 1985
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1590: Under the 1999 Constitution, the power to declare war is vested in the Options:
  A) National Security Council
  B) legislature
  C) executive
  D) National Council of States
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  The correct answer is C .