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: The Barclay's Bank and the British Petroleum Company in Nigeria were nationalized in the late 1970's for transacting business with Options:
  A) France
  B) South Africa
  C) Portugal
  D) Libya
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12: A government controlled by a few people for their own interests is said to be ____________ Options:
  A) Autocracy
  B) a tyranny
  C) Oligarchy
  D) Monarchy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 13: Which of the following bodies is the most representive organ of the United Nations Organization? Options:
  A) The Security Council
  B) the Trusteeship Council
  C) the General Assembly
  D) the International Court of Justice
  E) the Economic and Social Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 14: Nigeria's support for the South-South Cooperation is based on her desire to Options:
  A) assert her leadership role in Africa
  B) promote her non-aligned policy
  C) promote economic understanding in the Third World
  D) counter the political and military domination by major powers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15: Which of the following would act for the Head of state when he is out of the country? Options:
  A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  B) the Chief of Staff, Army
  C) the Chief of staff, supreme Military Head Quarters
  D) the Chief of Staff, Air Force
  E) the General Officer Commanding, First Division
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 16: Which of these constitutions recognized local government as a third tier of government in Nigeria? Options:
  A) 1960 Constitution
  B) 1963 Constitution
  C) 1979 Constitution
  D) 1946 Constitution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 17: In their deliberations on the Sharia issue, the Constituent Assembly in Nigeria Options:
  A) threw out the entire issue from the proposed constition
  B) accepted the recommendationsof the constitution Drafting Committee (CDC)
  C) United the country over the issue of sharia
  D) accepted the principle of sharia law and justice but modified the provision in the Draft Constitution
  E) through its debate clearly educated the majority of the people of Nigeria on the principles of Sharia law and Justice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 18: The legislative in Nigeria under the 1999 Constitution is composed of Options:
  A) 108 senators and 350 members of the House of Representatives
  B) 109 senators and 350 members of the House of Representatives
  C) 100 senators and 250 members of the House of Representatives
  D) 109 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 19:

  Twelve States creation is a reknown achievement of the ... regime

  Options:
  A) Abdulsalam Abubakar's
  B) Ibrahim Babaginda's
  C) Yakubu Gowon's
  D) Murtala Mohammed's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 20: Before it became effective, the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was finally approved by Options:
  A) The Nigeria Labour Congress
  B) the National Assembly
  C) the Supreme Military Council
  D) a referendum
  E) all adult voters in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .