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 1621: ECOWAS is a aimed at uniting the West African states Options:
  A) politically
  B) socially
  C) culturally
  D) econmically
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1622: Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were Options:
  A) cocoa, groundnut and ginger
  B) cocoa , rubber and benniseed
  C) cocoa, palm oil and groundnut
  D) rubber, kolanut and cotton
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1623: One main feature of government in many pre-colonial societies in Nigeria was Options:
  A) age-grade organization
  B) grade union movement
  C) student's organization
  D) council of obas
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1624: An electoral district is a Options:
  A) polling booth
  B) constituency
  C) ward
  D) local government area
  E) subdivision of the state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1625: Which of the following are pressure groups? Options:
  A) the Nigeria Chamber of Commerce
  B) the Nigeria Union of Teacher
  C) the National Union of Nigerian Students
  D) all of the above
  E) A and C
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1626: The Lagos Colony and Protectorate was amalgamated with The Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1886
  B) 1893
  C) 1906
  D) 1922
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1627: Constitutional disputes in states with written constitutions are resolved by Options:
  A) ombudsman
  B) judiciary
  C) electorate
  D) legislature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1628: A constitution is federal if Options:
  A) it provides for a presidential system
  B) it is unwritten
  C) it is not unitary
  D) the central ad component units or authorities are co-ordinate and equal
  E) there is a division of powers between a central and a division of powers between a central and a number of other component authorities
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1629: A major difference between a pressure group and a political party is that whereas the latter aims at winning power the former__________? Options:
  A) execute government policies
  B) aims at winning election
  C) influencing government policies
  D) nominates potential leaders for government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1630: A key characteristic of the civil service is Options:
  A) transparency
  B) patriotism
  C) merit system
  D) quota system
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  The correct answer is C .