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 1771: Under a parliamentary system of government,the cabinet holds office at the pleasure of the Options:
  A) opposition
  B) electorate
  C) head of state
  D) legislature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1772: The Nigeria National Alliance of the First Republic was made up of Options:
  A) NCNC and NDP
  B) NPC an AG
  C) NPC and NNDP
  D) NCNC and AG
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1773: The ideology that advocates the complete control of the sources of power is Options:
  A) totalitariansim
  B) socialism
  C) liberalism
  D) democracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1774: Franchise in an electoral process means the Options:
  A) right to vote
  B) ownership of means of production
  C) the sovereignty of a nation
  D) rights and duties of a citizen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1775: Traditional rulers in Nigeria exercised the greatest political powers under Options:
  A) the military administrations
  B) the second republic
  C) the first republic
  D) indirect rule
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1776: Which of the following did not take part in the early nationalist movement of Nigeria? Options:
  A) the Lagos weekly record
  B) macaulay's National democratic party
  C) the Nigerian youth movement
  D) the Democatic party of Nigeria and the Camerouns
  E) the west African pilot
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1777: Which of the following is a hindrance to the democratization of the United Nations? Options:
  A) Resistance of the big powers
  B) Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
  C) The multiplicity of official languages
  D) Delayed payment of annual dues by members
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1778:

  The cultural organisation which metamorphosed into the Northern People's Congress (NPC) was__________

  Options:
  A) Arewa Consultative Forum
  B) Jamiyyar Mutanem Arewa
  C) Borno Youth Movement
  D) Northern Elders Forum
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1779: The OAU is founded on the principle of Options:
  A) settlement of international disputes by armed struggles
  B) justifiable interference in the domestic affairs of member states
  C) soverign equality of member states
  D) equal cvontribution by member states
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1780: Nigeria's voting at the United Nations is guided primarily by Options:
  A) her concern for Africa
  B) her national interests
  C) the cold war
  D) world peace
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  The correct answer is B .