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 2101: The crucial check on an autocratic Oba in the pre-Colonial Yoruba political system was Options:
  A) presnting to him a suicide sysmbol
  B) avoiding the palace
  C) sending him on exite
  D) refusing to carry out his orders
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2102: Separation of power is primarily a Options:
  A) means of ensuring parliamentary supremacy
  B) Restriction on the powers of the executive
  C) device to limit the powers of the executive to enhance individual freedom
  D) means of guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary
  E) means of institutionalizing opposition
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2103: The headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa is located in Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Kenya
  C) Nigeria
  D) Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2104:

  A set of internalized norms which guides political action is called

  Options:
  A) power
  B) value
  C) law
  D) symbol
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2105: The first Governor General of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Lord Lugard
  B) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
  C) Sir James Robertson
  D) the late Major Genery Aguiyi Irosi
  E) the Oni of ife
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2106: Regional consciousness in Nigeria was introduced by the Options:
  A) Lyttleton Constitution
  B) Clifford Constitution
  C) Macpherson Constitution
  D) Richards Constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2107: 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 2108: Which of the following countries pioneered the idea of ECOWAS alongside Nigeria? Options:
  A) Liberia
  B) Togo
  C) Cote d'Ivoire
  D) Mali
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2109:

  The electoral commission that organized the 1979 general elections was

  Options:
  A) FEDECO
  B) INEC
  C) ECN
  D) NECON
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2110: In a federal system such as Nigeria the local governments are directly responsible Options:
  A) to the federal or central government
  B) to the state government
  C) to no other level of government
  D) to the federal and state governments
  E) to any level of government which can provide money for its programmes
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  The correct answer is B .