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 2111: The organ of the United Nations responsible for the approval of its annual budget is the Options:
  A) Secretariate
  B) Security Council
  C) General Assembly
  D) Economic and Social Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2112: The British Government revoked the Charter of the Royal Niger Company and took over the ministration of Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1885
  C) 1900
  D) 1914
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2113: An example of promotional pressure group is the Options:
  A) Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs
  B) Nigerian Medical Association
  C) Civil Liberties Organisation
  D) Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2114: The system of indirect rule failed in the former Eastern Nigeria primary because Options:
  A) of the fragmented political structures
  B) the Chief refused to cooperate with colonial officers
  C) the of the high incidence of taxation Chief refused to cooperate with colonial officers
  D) the colonial officers imposed warrant chiefs on the people
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2115:

  The agent through which the state undertakes political socialization is the

  Options:
  A) pressure group
  B) peer group
  C) family
  D) school
  E) pressure group and school
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2116: Nigeria adopted a republican constitution on Options:
  A) October, 1960
  B) October, 1, 1963
  C) October, 1, 1966
  D) May 1 1967
  E) October, 1, 1979
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2117: The most important function of the executive organ of government is to Options:
  A) formulate policies
  B) give assent to bills
  C) control foreign policy
  D) enforce laws
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2118: Nigeria's role in the African Union was most prominent during the regime of Options:
  A) President Olusegun Obasanjo
  B) President Shehu Shagari
  C) President Umaru Yar'adua
  D) President Ibrahim Babangida
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2119: In 1993, Nigerian troops were on peace-keeping assignment to Options:
  A) Liberia and Burundi
  B) Rwanda and Liberia
  C) Chad and Liberia
  D) Liberia and Somalia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2120: One main advantage of bicameral legislature is that it Options:
  A) is less cumbersome to pass bills
  B) is not easy to manipulate bills
  C) makes for quick deliberation during emergencies
  D) makes passage of bills easy
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  The correct answer is B .