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 11: In a democracy, political power is exercised by Options:
  A) the majority
  B) the literate public
  C) the few wealthy
  D) one person
  E) the monarchy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 12: A common provision in the 1963 and 1979 Constitution is the Options:
  A) registration political parties by FEDECO
  B) financing local government
  C) judicial service commission
  D) bicameral legislature for the central government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 13: Which of the following sets of factors contributed to the development of nationalism in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Racial discrimination and oppression
  B) corruption and ethnicity
  C) paternalism and indirect rule
  D) election malpractices and party differences
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 14:

  Which one of these served as secretary general of the League of nations?

  Options:
  A) Joseph Avenol
  B) Trygve Lie
  C) Javier Perez de Cuellar
  D) Kurt Waldheim
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 15:

  Nigeria's withdrawal from the Edinburg Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British.....

  Options:
  A) Failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
  B) Negative utterances on Nigeria
  C) Supply of arms to Rhodesia
  D) Support for UNITArebels in Angola.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16: Which of the following best defines democracy? Options:
  A) Government based on virtuous principles and laws
  B) government based on the spirit and letter of the constitution
  C) government based on the free consent of the governed
  D) government which recognizes and respects human rights as enshrined in the constitution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 17: Which of the following countries has the right to veto the decision of the Security Council Options:
  A) Australia
  B) Switzerland
  C) China
  D) Canada
  E) Japan
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18: The principle of separation of powers is intimately related to Options:
  A) democratic rule
  B) the bureaucratic process
  C) the rule of law
  D) checks and balances
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 19: All members of the newly constituted local government councils in Nigeria were Options:
  A) Directly elected
  B) indirectly elected
  C) appointed by the State Governors
  D) appointed by the Head of State
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 20: The general election in Nigeria was held in Options:
  A) 1933
  B) 1955
  C) 1952
  D) 1959
  E) 1964
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  The correct answer is D .