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 1671: In the British parliamentary system, if parliament passes a vote of no confidence on the government, the Prime Minister Options:
  A) must change some ministers
  B) can ask the Queen to resign
  C) can dismiss some top civil servants
  D) and his cabinet may feel obliged to resign
  E) can Dissolve the opposition party
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1672: Delegated legislation Options:
  A) means sharing responibility between central and local goverment on a fifty fifty basis
  B) decentralizes responsibility for law making subject to agreed controls from the centre
  C) has advantages and disadvantages
  D) once permitted is almost impossible to control
  E) decentralizes problems without providing suitable solutions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1673: One challenge associated with presidential system of Government Options:
  A) Aim of government
  B) separation of power
  C) The Senate president
  D) Fusion of power
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1674: The power of a head of state to dissolve the legislature and order a general election is usually associated with the Options:
  A) presidential system of government
  B) monarchical system of government
  C) parliamentary system of government
  D) unitary system of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1675: In a modern democracy the ultimate source of sovereignty is the Options:
  A) legislature
  B) people
  C) supreme court
  D) armed forces
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1676: Under the 1979 Constitution, statutory allocation of revenue to local government councils is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) House of Assembly
  B) National Economic Council
  C) Federal Legislature
  D) Council of State
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1677: Which of the following electoral bodies in Nigeria conducted elections from 1979 to 1983? Options:
  A) National Electoral Commission
  B) Independent Electoral Commission
  C) Federal Electoral Commission
  D) National Electoral Commission of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1678: An electoral system that apportions legislative seats to a group relative to its actual voting strength is referred to as Options:
  A) franchise
  B) simple plurality
  C) proportional representation
  D) discriminatory majority
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1679: The resignation of the cabinet after a defeat in parliament, is an expression of the principle of Options:
  A) political accountability
  B) collective responsibility
  C) checks and balances
  D) rule of law
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1680: Serfs are the dominated class under Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) socialism
  C) fascism
  D) feudalism
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  The correct answer is D .