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 1851: Before the 1963 Constitution, the highest court of appeal for Nigeria was the Options:
  A) Supreme Court
  B) Federal Court of Appeal
  C) Privy Council
  D) Federal High Court
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1852: Which of these institutions make bye-laws? Options:
  A) Council of State
  B) National Assembly
  C) Local Government Council
  D) State House of Assembly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1853: Which of the following is NOT a statutory function of an embassy? Options:
  A) issuance of visas
  B) collection of information
  C) espionage
  D) welfare of her citizens
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1854: One of the distinctive features of democracy is that it Options:
  A) connotes civil rule
  B) facilitates popular participation
  C) provides for a unicameral legislature
  D) is not associated with one - part system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1855: The Economic Community of West African States has made progress in the area of Options:
  A) free movement of persons and right of residence
  B) increased trade among members
  C) political integretion of the region
  D) providing financial aid to members
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1856: A feature unique to General Murtala Muhammed's Supreme Military Council as compared to that of General Yakubu Gowon was the Options:
  A) inclusion of civilians as members
  B) exculsion of military governors from the council
  C) inclusion of the chief justice as a member
  D) exclusion of the Inspector General of Plice from the council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1857: The Nigeria 1979 Constitution gives the right to vote to Options:
  A) every resident alien in Nigeria
  B) every Nigerian child
  C) all secondary school children
  D) all Nigerians below the age of seventeen
  E) all Nigerians of eighteen years and above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1858: A bill could become law without the president's assent if Options:
  A) necessitated by a state of emergency
  B) overruled by the Supreme Court
  C) supported by a two-thirds majority of the legislature
  D) assented to by the Cheif Justice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1859: The main focus of Nigeria's foreign policy since independence centers on Options:
  A) South- south cooperation
  B) Sub-regionalism
  C) Globalism
  D) Afrocentrism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1860: 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 .