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 1631: Public corporations are established mainly to Options:
  A) offer free services
  B) make profit for government
  C) provide jobs for the unemployed
  D) provide services at subsidized rates
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1632:

  Popular political participation means________

  Options:
  A) having majority of the people partaking in politics
  B) having a good number of voters in the electoral process
  C) the aggregate efforts of more than half of the citizens to partake in public debate and politics
  D) the sum total of all activities exerted by the majority with enthusiasm actively involving in all aspects of their political sphere
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1633: Pressure groups harmonize different individual concerns through Options:
  A) interest formulation
  B) interest manipulation
  C) interest mobilisation
  D) interest aggregation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1634: The franchise is Options:
  A) the receipt given to tax payer
  B) an order of the court
  C) the paperwhich a voter casts at elections
  D) the right to vote
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1635: An electoral system which restricts voting rights to only male adults is termed Options:
  A) popular franchise
  B) male suffrage
  C) adult suffrage
  D) limited franchise
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1636: In which of the following is the ceremonial and executive powers fused? Options:
  A) Presidential system of government
  B) Federal system of government
  C) Parliamentary system of government
  D) Unitary system of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1637: OPEC has strong influence with the Options:
  A) EU
  B) ADB
  C) AU
  D) IMF
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1638:

  The Barclay's Bank and the British Petroleum Company in Nigeria were nationalized in the late1970s for transacting business with ...

  Options:
  A) Libya
  B) South Africa
  C) France
  D) Portugal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1639: The motion for self-government in Niger was proposed by Chief Anthony Enahoro in Options:
  A) 1950
  B) 1953
  C) 1956
  D) 1958
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1640: The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the Options:
  A) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
  B) judicary and the civil service
  C) trustee and the presidium
  D) civil service and the senate
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  The correct answer is A .