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 1961: An important feature of the federal system of government is the existence of a Options:
  A) strong national legislature
  B) president with veto power
  C) court system with impartial judges
  D) multiple tiers of government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1962: 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 1963: A thorny issue during the 1957/58 Nigerian constitutional conferences was the Options:
  A) leadership of the first post-independence government
  B) problem of ethnic minorities
  C) control of the mid - west by the western region
  D) status of Lagos
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1964:

  A moral or legal conviction for the observance of the constitution may be described as________

  Options:
  A) the rule of law
  B) constitutionalism
  C) immunity
  D) political obligation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1965: The state legislatures of the second republic in NIGERIA had the following EXCEPT Options:
  A) speaker
  B) senate leader
  C) deputy speaker
  D) clerk of the house
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1966: The Nigerian Youth Movement was formed to Options:
  A) fight for greater participation of Nigerians in colonial politics
  B) enable the educated elite seize power from the chiefs
  C) establish more schools throughout the country
  D) fight for the free movement of youths
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1967: Pressure groups harmonize different individual concerns through Options:
  A) interest formulation
  B) interest manipulation
  C) interest mobilisation
  D) interest aggregation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1968: 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 1969:

  A distinguishing feature of a federal state is

  Options:
  A) a written constitution
  B) resource control
  C) separation of powers
  D) cultural diversity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1970: Which of the following was NOT a feature of colonial administration in Nigera? Options:
  A) forced labour
  B) low prices for exports
  C) taxes on the population
  D) education levy
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  The correct answer is D .