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 tenure of non-permanent members of the Security Council is Options:
  A) 5 years
  B) 4 years
  C) 2 years
  D) 6 years
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12: An example of a country that operates a bicameral legislature is Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Sierra Leone
  C) Kenya
  D) Libya
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13: An election conducted to fill a vacant post in a legislature is known as Options:
  A) a primary election
  B) a general election
  C) a by -election
  D) a referendum
  E) an indirect election
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 14: The World Health Organization is an agency of Options:
  A) the EEC
  B) NATO
  C) ECOWAS
  D) THE UNO
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15: The policy of assimilation was the colonial policy of the Options:
  A) French
  B) British
  C) Portuguese
  D) German
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16: During the struggle for Angolan independence Nigeria supported Options:
  A) UNITA
  B) MPLA
  C) FNLA
  D) SWAPO
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17: Nigeria is the major shareholder in the Options:
  A) OPEC fund for Development
  B) African Development Bank
  C) World Bank
  D) international monetary fund
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 18: 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 19: The doctrine of the Dual Mandate was put forward to justify Options:
  A) apartheid in South Africa
  B) Necolonialism
  C) the introduction of Islam in Africa
  D) slavery
  E) colonialism
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 20: During the 1957 constitutional conference the Willink Commission was set up to Options:
  A) Recommend a date for independence
  B) suggest an equitable revenue allocation formula
  C) create new regions in Nigeria
  D) recommend solutions to the problem of the minorities
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  The correct answer is D .