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 1941: Laws made by the attorney - general and minister of justice are called Options:
  A) temporary laws
  B) bills of attainder
  C) case laws
  D) ex post facto laws
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1942: The idea of collective responsibility in the Executive branch of government means that Options:
  A) no single member of the executive can take any responsible decision
  B) a member of the executive has no way out of decisions made in that body
  C) a member executive cannot publicly criticise decisions collectively made without first resigning
  D) responibility within the executive is not unilateral
  E) parliament must ratify executive decision collectively reached
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1943: The premier of Western Region immediately after independence was Options:
  A) Chief Obafemi Awolowo
  B) Chief Ladoke Akintola
  C) Dr. M.A Majekodunmi
  D) Alhaji D.S Adegbenro
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1944: The empowerment of the police service commission to make rules for the appointment, promotion and dismissal of its personnel, is an example of Options:
  A) a decree
  B) a penal law
  C) a delegated legislature
  D) an executive order
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1945:

  The type of government operated in Nigeria between October 1st 1979 to December 3 1983 is called a __________

  Options:
  A) Collegial system of government
  B) Presidential system of government
  C) Unitary system of government
  D) Parliamentary system of government
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1946:

  The last measure used by the pressure groups issuing a condition to be satisfied within a stipulated time is called_______

  Options:
  A) Lobbying
  B) Ultimatum
  C) Dialogue
  D) Strike
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1947: Federalism was adopted in Nigeria as a constitutional response to the problem of Options:
  A) educational imbalance
  B) national identity
  C) ethnic pluralism
  D) manpower and resources
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1948: The fundamental assumption on which the idea of the rule of law is based is Options:
  A) supremacy of the constitution
  B) rationality of human beings
  C) equality of human beings
  D) love for social justice
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1949: Which of the following was a great military and political power before the colonization of Nigeria? Options:
  A) the idoma kingdom
  B) the nupe kingdom
  C) the kwararafa empire
  D) the lgala empire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1950: Which of the following defines the concept of government? Options:
  A) the process of administering justice in a country
  B) the process of supervising the activities of the legislature
  C) the orderly management and control of the affairs of a country
  D) the orderly transfer of power to duly elected politicians
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  The correct answer is C .