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 2271:

  Which of these is not a major characteristic of the rule of law?

  Options:
  A) Judicial independence
  B) Separation of powers
  C) Equality before the law
  D) Supremacy of the law
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2272: A representative of a Commonwealth country in another member state is known as Options:
  A) Consul-General
  B) Ambassador
  C) Attache
  D) High Commissioner
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2273: The ancient Greeks practised Options:
  A) direct democracy
  B) representative democracy
  C) liberal democracy
  D) benevolent dictatorship
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2274: The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the Options:
  A) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
  B) judicary and the civil service
  C) trustee and the presidium
  D) civil service and the senate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2275: According to Marxist theory, those who own and control the means of production in a capitalist society are Options:
  A) Explotiters
  B) Colonialists
  C) Workers
  D) Shareholders
  E) Bourgeoisie
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2276: The 1979 Nigeria Constitution provides for presidential elections every Options:
  A) four years
  B) eight years
  C) time the military hands over the reins of government
  D) time the incumbent is impeached or dies
  E) time the Vice-President is impeached
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2277: Which of the following is a hindrance to the democratization of the United Nations? Options:
  A) Resistance of the big powers
  B) Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
  C) The multiplicity of official languages
  D) Delayed payment of annual dues by members
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2278:

  When Africa is the centrepiece of Nigeria's foreign policy, it is said to be _________

  Options:
  A) Afrocentric
  B) regional
  C) Concentric
  D) Pan-African
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2279: The major strategy used by OPEC to influence oil price is by Options:
  A) allocating production quotas to members
  B) influencing buyers at the international market to buy at high prices
  C) allowing member countries to produce at their discretion
  D) increasing the supply of the commodity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2280: One of the general tenets of fascists doctrine is that a leader is Options:
  A) supreme relative to the constitution
  B) surbodinate to the laws of the state
  C) weak relative to the constitution
  D) surbodinate to the norms of the society
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  The correct answer is A .