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 2301: The fundamental rights of citizens include rights to Options:
  A) free education, employment and freedom of thought
  B) life, speech and association
  C) life, liberty and property
  D) association,property and social security.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2302: The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called Options:
  A) decolonization
  B) independence
  C) nationalism
  D) sovereighty
  E) enfranchisement
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2303: The Nigerian Military Government launched the Second National Development Plan in 1970 purposely Options:
  A) to develop all the disadvantaged states
  B) to accelerate the development of the country
  C) for rapid economic and social development of the cuntry after the civil war
  D) to further the cause of a united, strong and self reliant nation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2304: The founding members of OPEC are Options:
  A) Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
  B) Nigeria, Libya, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
  C) Venezuela, Nigeria, Libya, Iran and Iraq
  D) Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Venezuela
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2305: The crisis in the....contributed to the breakdown of the Macpherson Constitution Options:
  A) Action Group
  B) National Council of Nigeria and the
  C) Cameroons Northern Elements Progressive Union
  D) Northern People's Congress
  E) United Middle Belt Congress
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2306: Constitutional disputes in states with written constitutions are resolved by Options:
  A) ombudsman
  B) judiciary
  C) electorate
  D) legislature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2307: A major drawback to the NEPAD initiative is its Options:
  A) Articulation by few African leaders
  B) Affiliation by few African union
  C) Inability to empower the youth
  D) Reliance on Western donors for funds
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2308: After the defeat of Germany in World War 1, her former colonies were administered under the League of Nations as Options:
  A) trust territories
  B) occupied territories
  C) protectorates
  D) crown colonies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2309: Government means the machinery established by a state to manage the affairs of the Options:
  A) rulers
  B) aliens
  C) civil servants
  D) workers and peasants
  E) people
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2310:

  The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association was ________

  Options:
  A) Casey Hayford
  B) Herbert Macaulay
  C) Marcus Garvey
  D) W. E. B, DuBois
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  The correct answer is C .