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 2081: Nigeria’s withdrawal from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British Options:
  A) supply of arms of Rhodesia
  B) failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
  C) negative utterances on Nigeria
  D) support for UNITA rebels in Angola
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2082: Three of the principles used in revenue allocation in Nigeria are Options:
  A) national interest cultural ethnocentrism and national unity
  B) land mass, primary school enrolment and Geographical location
  C) derivation, equality and even development
  D) needs, derivation and relative stability
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2083: The civil service cadre responsible for the general supervision and control of ministries is the Options:
  A) administrative
  B) professional
  C) executive
  D) clerical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2084:

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) is the result of a coalition of the following parties except the___________

  Options:
  A) All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
  B) Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
  C) United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA)
  D) Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2085: Vote of confidence is basically a feature of Options:
  A) the parliamentary system
  B) a coalition government
  C) an aristrocatic government
  D) the presidential system
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2086: The fusion of the executive and legislative organs of government is associated with Options:
  A) monarchy
  B) the presidential system
  C) fascism
  D) the parliamentary system
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2087: 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 2088: In a federal system of government, the central is Options:
  A) superior to the other components
  B) inferior to the other components
  C) equal to the other cmponents
  D) of unlimited jurisdiction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2089:

  The dwindling and market falls in oil prices are prime indicators for Nigeria politico-economic consideration for________

  Options:
  A) indigenization policy
  B) diversification
  C) the adoption of the United Nations' Vision 2030
  D) nationalisation policy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2090:

  The electoral system used in Nigeria is primarily based on __________

  Options:
  A) mixed-member proportional
  B) preferential voting
  C) first-past-the-post
  D) proportional representation
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  The correct answer is C .