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 2361:

  In the Second Republic, the ruling National Party of Nigeria formed an alliance with the

  Options:
  A) Great Nigeria People's Party
  B) Nigeria Advance Party
  C) Unity Party of Nigeria
  D) Nigeria People's Party
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2362: Traditional rulers were restricted to ceremonial rules by the Local Government Reforms of Options:
  A) 1966
  B) 1976
  C) 1984
  D) 1987
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2363:

  In the Oyo empire, the Alaafin was

  Options:
  A) an absolute monarch
  B) popularly elected
  C) a constitutional monarch
  D) worshipped as a deity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2364: Nationalist activities were earlier in British than in French West Africa because the Options:
  A) French West Africans were not interested in having self government
  B) British colonialists were no longer interested in governing their acquired territories
  C) French addministrative polices did not allow for poltical agitation
  D) nationalists their french counterparts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2365: Which of the following justifies the Afro-centric foreign policy of Nigeria? Options:
  A) Her location in the West African sub-region
  B) Her colonization by a foriegn power
  C) Her physical size, population and resource endowments
  D) Her ability to contribute to peace keeping missions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2366: A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed a Options:
  A) nation
  B) state
  C) dominion
  D) leviathan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2367: Citizenship refers to the Options:
  A) indigenous member of a state
  B) social status of a person in a state
  C) highest position in a state
  D) legal status of a member of a state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2368: Lagos was first amalgamated with the Western Region as a result of the Options:
  A) Clifford Constitution 1922
  B) Richard Constitution 1946
  C) Macpherson Constitution 1951
  D) Lyttleton Constitution 1954
  E) Independence Constitution 1960
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2369: Which of the following organs control the Civil Service? Options:
  A) parliament and the courts
  B) trade unions and the courts
  C) the police and parliament
  D) tribunals and interest groups
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2370: The office of the prime minister of Nigeria was first created by the Options:
  A) lbadan Constutional conference of 1950
  B) London Constutional conference of 1953
  C) London Constutional conference of 1957
  D) London Constutional conference of 1958
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  The correct answer is C .