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 151: The Code of Conduct Bureau was essentially established to Options:
  A) reduce corruption in public life
  B) protect the rights of public servants
  C) enhance probity and accountability in public service
  D) ensure the independence of the public service
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 152: A referendum is a device to ensure that Options:
  A) elections are free and fair
  B) legislators vote to resolve contentious issues
  C) decisions are effected with the consent of citizens
  D) bye-elections are held to fill vacant positions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 153: One major flaw of the British Indirect Rule in Nigeria was that the system Options:
  A) made use of traditional institution
  B) championed ethnocentrism
  C) encouraged the use of European administrators
  D) was not centralized
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 154: The presidential system of government was introduced in Nigeria with the Constitution of Options:
  A) 1989
  B) 1999
  C) 1960
  D) 1979
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 155: The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the ___________ Options:
  A) trustee and the presidium
  B) judiciary and the civil service
  C) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
  D) civil service and the senate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 156: An electoral district for a local government election is a Options:
  A) Constituency
  B) Local government area
  C) polling booth
  D) Ward
  E) Market
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 157: The idea of putting everyone under two levels of government at the same time is called Options:
  A) dual policy
  B) dual mandate
  C) dual citizenship
  D) federalism
  E) nationalism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 158: An unwritten Constitution is Options:
  A) entirely based on case laws
  B) completely sourced from parliamentary law
  C) partially written and based on convention
  D) completely unwritten and based on convention
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 159: The structure of government implies the Options:
  A) law making process of government
  B) law enforcement process of government
  C) organization of powers and functions of government
  D) method of revenue allocation by government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 160:

  The basis of the Nigerian foreign policy thrust particularly during the Independence Constitution era was ... in nature

  Options:
  A) afrocentric
  B) eurocentric
  C) neo-colonialistic
  D) anti-apartheid
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  The correct answer is A .