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 2141: In Nigeria, the Local Government Service Commission is set up by the Options:
  A) local government councils
  B) federal government
  C) state government
  D) local government chairman
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2142: A state is said to be fascist when Options:
  A) its leader is partriotic but the citizens are not
  B) all rights and liberties are subordinated to state interest
  C) its citizens are fanatically in love with their leader
  D) all fights and liberties are placed above state interests
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2143: The administration of the capital of the emirate under the pre-colonial Hausa Fulani political system was entrusted to the Options:
  A) galadima
  B) waziri
  C) saekin fada
  D) sarkin pawa
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2144: Under whose regime were Akwa Ibom and Katsina States created? Options:
  A) Gen Murtala Muhammed
  B) Gen Ibrahim Babangida
  C) Gen Sani Abacha
  D) Gen Yakubu Gowon
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2145: The leading agent in the expansion of British influence in Northern Nigeria in the 1890s was the Options:
  A) British Consul in Calabar
  B) Royal West African Frontier Force
  C) British Consul in Lagos
  D) Royal Niger Company
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2146: The local government is an example of Options:
  A) concentration of power
  B) separation of power
  C) devolution of power
  D) delegation of power
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2147: A flexible constitution is one which is Options:
  A) known to all the citizens
  B) written by the parliament
  C) easily amended
  D) porpular with the legislators
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2148: Citizens legally qualified to vote for parliamentary candidates from Options:
  A) a ward
  B) the electorate
  C) members of the House of Assembly
  D) a Trade Union Congress
  E) Political parties
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2149: Before Nigeria became a republic, the highest body charged with the administrator of justice was the Options:
  A) Privy council
  B) High court
  C) Supreme court
  D) Court of appeal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2150: A principal defect of the Commonwealth is Options:
  A) lack of commitment among member states
  B) lack of a quorom at annual summits
  C) poverty among member states
  D) lack of a democratic head
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  The correct answer is A .