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 221: Which of the following governors of Nigeria opposed the demands of the National Congress of British West Africa? Options:
  A) Lord Frederick Lugard
  B) Sir Arthur Richards
  C) Sir Hugh Clifford
  D) Sir Alan Burns
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 222:

  What is the term for a system of government in which power is held by a small group of people?

  Options:
  A) Oligarchy
  B) Monarchy
  C) Theocracy
  D) Democracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 223: 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 224: Colonialism was successfully imposed on West Africa because Options:
  A) the colonial people thought colonialism was divinely inspired and therefore readily welcomed the imperial power with open arms
  B) the colonial people believed the witeman to be superior to the blaceman and they were in Africa on a civilizing mission
  C) the colonial people believed they were being liberated from the autocratic rule of the indigenous ruling elite
  D) all of the above
  E) the colonial people could not withstand the technologyical superiority of the colonial power
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 225:

  While pressure groups aim at influencing government decisions, the primary aim of political parties is to ______

  Options:
  A) promote the welfare of their members
  B) execute particular programmes
  C) influence legislation in order to benefit their members
  D) control political power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 226: Which of the following is NOT a unique feature of federal constitution? Options:
  A) Division of powers
  B) at least two levels of government
  C) Supremacy of the constitution
  D) Independence of the constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 227: Which of these is an attribute of government? Options:
  A) Political Power
  B) Sovereignty
  C) Constitution
  D) Definite territory
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 228: The term rule of law is applicable only Options:
  A) in western-type democracies
  B) in socialist countries
  C) in developing countries
  D) in state where laws are supreme
  E) if the regime is not military
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 229: A type of political association that brings the rich and the poor together is Options:
  A) Broker party
  B) Charismatic party
  C) Elite party
  D) Mass party
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 230: A constitution is a document Options:
  A) drafted by the Constituent Assembly
  B) which states in written form the basic laws governing a country
  C) which spells out how the president is to elected
  D) which forms the basic upon which a government rules a given state
  E) which states that the central government is superior to state governments
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  The correct answer is D .