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 1931: Voting first started in Nigeria in 1923 because the Clifford Constitution of 1922 because Options:
  A) independence
  B) self-government
  C) dominion status
  D) elective principle
  E) decolonization
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1932: In Nigeria, the function of Council of States is Options:
  A) judicial
  B) investigative
  C) legislative
  D) advisory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1933: The adoption of non-alignment as a principle of Nigerian foreign policy is aimed at Options:
  A) promoting Nigeria's leadership aspiration in Africa
  B) placing Nigeria on a comfortable position to contribute to international peace and morality
  C) enabling Nigeria assume equal status with the world powers
  D) fulfilling a basic requirement for her acceptance into the security council of the UN
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1934: The military administration that attempted to tackle the problem of inefficiency in the public sector by mass retirement of public officers was the Options:
  A) Gowon administration
  B) Murtala administration
  C) Obasanjo administration
  D) Buhari administration
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1935: The arm of government mainly responsible for the implementing of law in Nigeria is the Options:
  A) judiciary
  B) police
  C) legislature
  D) executive
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1936: The administrative headquarters of ECOWAS is in Options:
  A) Lome
  B) Cotonou
  C) Dakar
  D) Lagos
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1937: A feature common to the 1963, 1979 and 1989 constitutions of Nigeria was that they provided for a Options:
  A) republican system
  B) prime minister
  C) ceremonial head of state
  D) president has head of government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1938: A form of oligarchy in which gifted people are at the helm of affairs is Options:
  A) aristocracy
  B) theocracy
  C) plutocracy
  D) gerontocracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1939: 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 1940:

  Under the 1999 constitution, the Chief Law Officer and the Supreme Court Judge respectively are the_______ 

  Options:
  A) Chief Justice, Chief Judge
  B) Minister of Justice, Chief Judge
  C) Attorney-General, Chief Justice
  D) Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice
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  The correct answer is C .