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 211: The standing committee of a legislature is one Options:
  A) whose member stand while delibrating
  B) that has statutory responsibities
  C) that perform adhoc functions
  D) that has legislators as members.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 212:

  The highest court in Nigeria before 1963 was the _________

  Options:
  A) Supreme Court
  B) High Court
  C) Judicial Committees of the Privy Council
  D) Court of Appeal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 213: A major feature of authoritarianism is that government is Options:
  A) consensual
  B) personalized
  C) centralized
  D) decentralized.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 214: A crucial requirement for the successful conduct of elections is Options:
  A) an independent electoral commission
  B) the existence of organized political parties
  C) a highly mobilized electorate
  D) the adequate funding of political parties
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 215: In the First Republic,politics in the Northern region was dominated by the Options:
  A) NEPU
  B) UMBC
  C) NCNC
  D) NPC
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 216: Nazism as a doctrine was proposed by Options:
  A) Benito Mussolini
  B) Adolf Hitler
  C) Karl Mark
  D) Josef Stalin
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 217: In terms of administrative structure, which of the following sets of pre-cotonial Nigerian political systems do NOT match? Options:
  A) Igbo and Tiv
  B) Benin and Igbo
  C) Sokoto and OYO
  D) Benin and Sokoto
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 218: The United Nations charter is an instrument that Options:
  A) sets out the rights and obligations of member states
  B) provides for funding of memeber states
  C) facilitates the resolution of disputes among member states
  D) determines the admission of member states
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 219: A one party system of government Options:
  A) is found only in Africa
  B) allows no official opposition
  C) does not provide for a legislature
  D) is practised only where the citizens share identical views about policy
  E) does not accept the doctrine of separation of powers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 220: Nigeria's first participation in a United Nations peace-keeping operation was in Options:
  A) Angola
  B) Lebanon
  C) Chad
  D) Congo
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  The correct answer is D .