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 201: After the botched coup of January 1966, power was handed over to General Johnson Aguiy Nronsi by the Options:
  A) senate
  B) president
  C) house of representatives
  D) council of ministers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 202: In the 1976 reforms and the local government generally, which regime constitutes the Ibrahim panel of 1984? Options:
  A) Major General Muhammadu Buhari Administration
  B) Olusegun Obasanjo Administration
  C) Goodluck Jonathan Administration
  D) Ernest Shonekan Administration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 203: In which order, did the various European groups penetrate into the interior of present day Nigeria ? Options:
  A) Explorers, missionaries, traders and imperialists
  B) Explorers , traders missionaries and imperialists
  C) Explorers traders, imperialists and missionaries
  D) Explorers, imperialists, traders and missionaries
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 204: Which of the following is saddled with the conduct of the general elections in Nigeria's Fourth Republic? Options:
  A) National Electoral Commission of Nigeria
  B) Independent National Elctoral Commission
  C) National Electoral Commission
  D) Federal Electoral Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 205: A major drawback to the NEPAD initiative is its Options:
  A) Articulation by few African leaders
  B) Affiliation by few African union
  C) Inability to empower the youth
  D) Reliance on Western donors for funds
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 206: Government means the machinery established by a state to manage the affairs of the Options:
  A) rulers
  B) aliens
  C) civil servants
  D) workers and peasants
  E) people
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 207:

  Which of the following is a concurrent power in the Nigerian federal system?

  Options:
  A) Currency and coinage
  B) Education and Healthcare
  C) Foreign affairs and international relations
  D) Defense and National security
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 208: In the parliamentary system of government, formal legislation can take the following forms except Options:
  A) royal proclamations
  B) order in council
  C) acts of parliament
  D) ministerial pronouncement
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 209: Non - alignment is no longer relevant in Nigerian foreign policy because Options:
  A) she is seen as the leader of Africa
  B) her focus is now on Africa
  C) of the formation of the ECOWAS
  D) the cold war has ended
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 210: Dual mandate was proposed by Options:
  A) Hugh Clapperton
  B) Hugh Clifford
  C) Lord Lugard
  D) George Goldie
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  The correct answer is C .