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 1591: Which of the following is the commonest means of expressing public opinion? Options:
  A) Handbill
  B) Newspaper
  C) Radio
  D) Television
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1592: 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 1593: Under the Presidential system of government in Nigeria Options:
  A) there is no formal opposition in the national legislature
  B) the Majority that of the President
  C) State governments do not have any powers except those allowed by the Central Government
  D) the President has absolute power
  E) the personal staff of the President are civil servants
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1594: In the Igbo political system, authority was shared among Options:
  A) men and women with OZo titles
  B) all age groups and warrant Chiefs
  C) elders of the community and Ofo title holders
  D) title holders and age groups
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1595: Laws made by the attorney - general and minister of justice are called Options:
  A) temporary laws
  B) bills of attainder
  C) case laws
  D) ex post facto laws
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1596: Unicameral legislatures are popular in Options:
  A) unitary system
  B) federal system
  C) confederal system
  D) rigid system
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1597: A state is admitted into the United Nations on the Options:
  A) recommendation of the secretary general to the security council
  B) concurrent vote of the security council and the general assembly
  C) enabling action of the general assembly
  D) sponsorship of any member of the organization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1598: The 1976 Reforms have been most beneficial to the Options:
  A) Nigerian police
  B) federal government
  C) local government
  D) civil service
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1599: The officer in charge of the administration of the palace in the Yoruba political structure is the Options:
  A) baale
  B) oluwo
  C) ilari
  D) iwarefa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1600: In which of the following Nigerian pre- colonial political units was the principle of separation of powers institutionalized? Options:
  A) Oyo Empire
  B) Benin Empire
  C) Hausa states
  D) Bornu Empire
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  The correct answer is A .