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 1881: The judicial organ of the United Nations is the Options:
  A) Security council
  B) Trusteeship council
  C) International court of justice
  D) General Assembly
  E) European court
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1882: Apart from discussing the draft of the 1979 constitution, what was the major pre- occupation of the constituent assembly in 1978? Options:
  A) revenue allocation
  B) sharia issue
  C) formation of political parties
  D) election of a president
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1883: NEPAD was adopted during the OAU summit held in Options:
  A) Tunis
  B) Lusaka
  C) Cairo
  D) Abuja
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1884: Nationalist activities were earlier in British than in French West Africa because the Options:
  A) French West Africans were not interested in having self government
  B) British colonialists were no longer interested in governing their acquired territories
  C) French addministrative polices did not allow for poltical agitation
  D) nationalists their french counterparts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1885: The system of Indirect Rule failed in the former Eastern Nigeria Primary because Options:
  A) of the fragmented political structure
  B) the Chiefs refused to co-operate with colonial officers
  C) of the high incidence of taxation
  D) the colonial officers imposed warrant chiefs on the people
  E) of the forced labour
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1886: An attribute that makes a state to be recognized as independent is Options:
  A) government
  B) population
  C) sovereignty
  D) territory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1887: Which of the following was not established under the 1979 Nigerian constitution? Options:
  A) National Economic Council
  B) National Security Council
  C) National Council on Education
  D) National Defence Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1888: A body of people and institutions that make and enforce laws for a particular society is called Options:
  A) government
  B) dictatorship
  C) anarchy
  D) totalitariansim
  E) democracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1889: In the 18th century, a new wind of development blow over Europe and the development was referred to__________? Options:
  A) Labour Revolution
  B) Doctrine Revolution
  C) Industrial Revolution
  D) Economic Revolution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1890: The geographical entity in which the traditional ruler was both the religious and political head was the Options:
  A) Tiv society
  B) Efik kingdom
  C) Jukun kingdom
  D) Sokoto Caliphate
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  The correct answer is D .