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 1761: The emirate system of administration can be likened to Options:
  A) confederal system of government
  B) unitary system of government
  C) federal system of government
  D) constitutional monarchy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1762: The fundamental rights of citizens include Options:
  A) social security and free speech
  B) religious freedom and collective aggression
  C) immunity from libel and right to employment
  D) right to life and liberty
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1763: A bill becomes an ACT of Parliament after it has been Options:
  A) passed by the parliament
  B) signed by the head of state
  C) processed through the committee of the house
  D) debated in the house
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1764: The western zone of the Sokoto caliphate was administered from Options:
  A) kebbi
  B) Ilorin
  C) Bida
  D) Gwandu.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1765: The major strategy used by OPEC to influence oil price is by Options:
  A) determining the quality of oil to be produced at any given period
  B) influencing buyers at the international market to buy at high prices
  C) allowing member countries to produce at their discretion
  D) increasing the supply of the commodity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1766:

  The Brussel conference in 1889/90 was based on______

  Options:
  A) putting an end to slave trade
  B) the scramble for Africa
  C) furthering the decision on colonialism as previously discussed in the Berlin conference
  D) deciding on how to penetrate Africa for economic adventurism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1767:

  __________ was a major factor that contributed to the rise of the Sokoto Caliphate.

  Options:
  A) Agricultural revolution.
  B) Slave trade
  C) European colonization
  D) Islamic Jihad
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1768: In 1879, four British companies were merged to form the United African Company by Options:
  A) Frederick Lugard
  B) Jhon Beecroft
  C) Tubman Goldie
  D) Macgregor Laird
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1769: A device for controlling prolonged debates in parliament is called Options:
  A) an adjournment
  B) a prorogation
  C) a dissolution
  D) a guillotine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1770: The head of the executive branch in a parliamentary system is called the Options:
  A) prime minister
  B) president
  C) majority leader
  D) senate president
  E) governor general
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  The correct answer is A .