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 2281: Power is understood to mean the Options:
  A) right to compel obedience
  B) capacity to compel obedience
  C) relationship between the government and the people
  D) desire to sue the state apparatus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2282:

  Popular political participation means________

  Options:
  A) having majority of the people partaking in politics
  B) having a good number of voters in the electoral process
  C) the aggregate efforts of more than half of the citizens to partake in public debate and politics
  D) the sum total of all activities exerted by the majority with enthusiasm actively involving in all aspects of their political sphere
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2283: Following the reform of the Native Authority system in Northern Nigeria ,traditional rulers became Options:
  A) Council
  B) Chief-and-Council
  C) Prefects
  D) Chief-in-Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2284: An example of promotional pressure group is the Options:
  A) Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs
  B) Nigerian Medical Association
  C) Civil Liberties Organisation
  D) Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2285: Before the 1976 reforms, the three-tier local government system was practiced by Options:
  A) Northern and Eastern Nigeria
  B) Eastern and Western Nigeria
  C) Western and Northern Nigeria
  D) Mid-Western and Eastern Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2286: The legislative functions of the government of Benin Kingdom were performed by the Oba and a council of Chiefs known as the Options:
  A) Esama
  B) Ndichfe
  C) Uzama
  D) Enigie
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2287: The following are members of the Commonwealth EXCEPT Options:
  A) Lesotho
  B) Jamaica
  C) Kenya
  D) Gabon
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2288: The Independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of Options:
  A) Political parties
  B) Constituencies
  C) Voters
  D) Electoral candidates.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2289:

  In which system of government is the executive and legislature fused?

  Options:
  A) Cabinet
  B) Presidential
  C) Unitary
  D) Federal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2290: In federal state, powers are shared Options:
  A) between the central government and local governments
  B) between the centre and other co-ordinate units of the state
  C) among the major regions of the country
  D) among the federal ministers
  E) equally among the ethnic groups in the country
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  The correct answer is B .