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 1901: A major objective of the public Complaints Commission is Options:
  A) Training and promotion of public servants
  B) Settlement of disputes among individuals
  C) Addressing the grievances of individuals and groups
  D) Fighting corruption and indiscipline
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1902: Free and fair elections do NOT accommodate Options:
  A) obedience to the rules of the game
  B) equality of all votes
  C) freedom of choice by voters
  D) partial electoral administration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1903: The body whose responsibility it is to recruit the senior staff of local government councils in Nigeria is the Options:
  A) Public Service Commission
  B) State Ministry of Local Governmnet
  C) Emirate or Council of Chiefs
  D) President
  E) Local Government Council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1904: The administration of the capital of the emirate under the pre-colonial Hausa Fulani political system was entrusted to the Options:
  A) galadima
  B) waziri
  C) saekin fada
  D) sarkin pawa
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1905: An economic system in which the major means of production are owned and controlled by a few individuals is called Options:
  A) socialism
  B) communism
  C) communalism
  D) capitalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1906: Which of the following parties formed the opposition in the House of Representatives during Nigeria's First Republic? Options:
  A) AG and UMBC
  B) NCNC and NEPU
  C) NPC and NNDP
  D) NCNC and AG
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1907: The permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations are Options:
  A) Germany,France,Poland,Hungary and China
  B) Britain,Japan,Australia,Germany and the United States
  C) the United States,Russia,France,Britain and Japan
  D) the United States,Russia,France,Britain and China
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1908: In a unitary system of government, power is concentrated at the center Options:
  A) with devolution
  B) without residual functions
  C) without devolution
  D) with residual functions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1909: The leading agent in the expansion of British influence in Northern Nigeria in the 1890s was the Options:
  A) British Consul in Calabar
  B) Royal West African Frontier Force
  C) British Consul in Lagos
  D) Royal Niger Company
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1910: In the First Republic,the official opposition party was the Options:
  A) Action Group
  B) Northern People's Congress
  C) Northern Elements Progressive Union
  D) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
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  The correct answer is A .