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 2191:

  A major event in Nigerian history that led to the suspension of Nigeria's constitution and the declaration of a state of emergency by the colonial authorities in 1953 was the ________.

  Options:
  A) Aba women's riot
  B) Zikist movement
  C) Kano riots
  D) Action group crisis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2192: Ceremonial and executive powers are usually fused in a Options:
  A) unitary system of government
  B) Federal government
  C) democratic system of government
  D) presidential system of government
  E) parliamentary system of government
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2193: Following the 1976 Local Government reforms in Nigeria,the Local governments were empowered to Options:
  A) promulgate edicts
  B) promulgate and enforce bye-laws
  C) appoint and dismiss chairmen
  D) appoint and dismiss directors of personnel
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2194: Which of the following advocates equitable distribution of wealth? Options:
  A) Capitalism
  B) Aristocracy
  C) Socialism
  D) Plutocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2195: Judicial administrations in respect of National Code of Conduct lies with the Options:
  A) Pulic Complaints Commission
  B) Judicial Service Commission
  C) Code of Conduct Bureau
  D) Code of Conduct Tribunal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2196: A by -law is made by Options:
  A) parliament
  B) congress
  C) an electoral college
  D) the local government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2197: The inalienable rights of the citizen are best protected through Options:
  A) an elected government
  B) a human head of state
  C) a constitution
  D) a fearless judiciary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2198: In 1978,the Obasanjo Administration nationalized the assets of the British Petroleum and Barclays Bank in Nigeria in reaction to the British Options:
  A) monopoly of Nigeria;s oil market
  B) Occupation of the Falkland Islands
  C) continued trade links with South Africa
  D) reluctance to write off Nigeria's debts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2199: Unlike the British, the United States constitution is Options:
  A) rigid, federal and written
  B) flexible, unitary and unwritten
  C) rigid written and confederal
  D) flexible, federal and unwritten
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2200: A form of oligarchy in which gifted people are at the helm of affairs is Options:
  A) aristocracy
  B) plutocracy
  C) theocracy
  D) gerentocracy
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  The correct answer is A .