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 2021: Under the Presidential system of government the legislature and the executive are Options:
  A) elected separately to a fixed term
  B) elected separately to an unfixed term
  C) appointed by the judiciary to a fixed term
  D) apponited at the same time to an unfixed term
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2022: Which of the following is a form of delegated legislation? Options:
  A) Case law
  B) Convention
  C) Edict
  D) Acts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2023: The highest organ of the state during Babangida Regime was the Options:
  A) Provisional Ruling Council
  B) Armed Forces Ruling Council
  C) Supreme Military Council
  D) Federal Executive Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2024: The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) came into being Options:
  A) through the combined efforts of Gambia Ivory Cost and Liberia
  B) to promote economic growth and development through freer and expanded trade between its members
  C) to enable the sixteen member states surrender their sovereignties to a supranational regional community
  D) to help the poorest countries in the region catch up with the richer one
  E) to establish mutual defence and security arrangements between members
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2025: Which of the following is NOT a function of the Police Force in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Traffic control
  B) Arrest of criminals
  C) Making of laws
  D) Prosecution of criminals
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2026: Under the Technical Aid Corps, Nigerian experts are deployed to Options:
  A) African, the pacific and the Caribbean
  B) Europe, South America and Asia
  C) The pacific, the Caribbean and Europe
  D) Asia, Africa and the pacific
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2027: Which of the following is a unitary state? Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) India
  C) United States of America
  D) Ghana
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2028: A bye-law is made by Options:
  A) parliament
  B) congress
  C) an electoral college
  D) the local government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2029:

  The French colonial policy aimed at changing Africans into French men was the policy of

  Options:
  A) assimilation
  B) accommodation
  C) communes
  D) association
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2030: The three principal organs of government are the Options:
  A) Legislature the Public Service and Judiciary
  B) Political Parties, the Executive and the Judiciary
  C) Executive, the Legislature and the Public Corporation
  D) Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary
  E) Judiciary the Local Government and the Legislature
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  The correct answer is D .