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 181: Nigeria declared that she would not attend the OAU summit in Tripoli in 1982 unless Options:
  A) Colnel Gaddafi resigned as the Libyan Head of State
  B) Libya withdrew her troops from Chad
  C) President Shehu Shagari became the chairman of OAU
  D) Cameroon was suspended for killing Nigerian soldiers at Bakassi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 182: Public opinion helps a government to Options:
  A) monitor its socio-cultural policy
  B) develop the country inline with the people's aspirations
  C) identify those that are opposed to its policies
  D) monitor the economic situation the country
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 183: The order used by the court against unnecessary detention is Options:
  A) interlocutory injunction
  B) habeas corpus
  C) that of extradition
  D) mandamus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 184: In a democracy, ultimate authority resides in the Options:
  A) Electorate
  B) People
  C) Head of state
  D) armed forces
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 185: A system in which a few powerful and rich nobles own land which is hired out to the poor people to farm is called Options:
  A) Feudalism
  B) co-operatives
  C) socialism
  D) communism
  E) communalism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 186:

  A one-party system helps to prevent

  Options:
  A) quick decısion
  B) strong leadership
  C) stable leadership
  D) economic waste
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 187: The court that has unlimited power to interpreted the constitution is the Options:
  A) High Court
  B) Court of Appeal
  C) Supreme Court
  D) Magistrate court
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 188: Equality before the law is a component of Options:
  A) separation of powers
  B) checks and balances
  C) the rule of law
  D) constitutional law
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 189: In a one party State Options:
  A) there are no free citizens
  B) communism is banned
  C) the communist party is the only legal party
  D) the ruling party the only only legal party
  E) elections to the legislature are held at the party's conferences
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 190: The executive checks the excesses of the legislature through Options:
  A) assent to bills
  B) the use of veto power
  C) the ratification of treaties
  D) issuance of orders
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  The correct answer is B .