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 2251: How many countries constitute the Economic Community of West African States? Options:
  A) 16
  B) 15
  C) 13
  D) 11
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2252: The OAU was formed in Options:
  A) 1946
  B) 1956
  C) 1960
  D) 1963
  E) 1965
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2253: The right of citizens to vote is Options:
  A) Universal suffrage
  B) Nationality suffrage
  C) Electoral suffrage
  D) Adult suffrage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2254: Local governments have been stripped of one of their important functions through the establishment of the Options:
  A) National Health Education Commission
  B) National Board for Local Care Commission
  C) National Board for Local Governments
  D) National Orientation Agency
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2255: The four British colonial territories in West Africa were Options:
  A) Ivory Coast, Gambia, Nigeria and Senegal
  B) Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Sierra Leone
  C) Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria and Gambia
  D) Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ghana
  E) Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Senegal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2256: Nigerian's relations with other nations is determined by her Options:
  A) political culture
  B) political socialization
  C) national interest
  D) national consciousness
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2257: The general Strike of 1945 was caused primarily by the Options:
  A) persistent implementation of discriminatory laws
  B) disparity in the criteria for employment
  C) harshness in trade laws as it concerns the Africans
  D) government's rejection of a demand for an increase of 50 percent in the cost of living allowances
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2258: The goal of the theory of separation of powers is to Options:
  A) make the executive dependent on the legislature
  B) give more powers to the legislature
  C) protect individual liberty
  D) create efficiency in the judicary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2259: In Nigeria, the agency mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal peace and security is the Options:
  A) army
  B) navy
  C) civil defence corps
  D) police
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2260: In a monarchical form of government sovereignty resides with Options:
  A) the council of ministers
  B) royalty
  C) peasantry
  D) the entire citizenry
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  The correct answer is B .