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 2381: In a parliamentary system,the functions of the head of state and the head of government are vested in Options:
  A) the inner cabinet
  B) an indidvidual
  C) two different individuals
  D) the ministerial council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2382: The Native Authority system was most effective and successful in Options:
  A) Eastern Nigeria
  B) Northern Nigeria
  C) Mid-Western Nigeria
  D) Western Nigeria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2383: A non-monarchical state can best be described as a Options:
  A) republic
  B) confederation
  C) nation
  D) federation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2384:

  When did Nigeria gain her Independence?

  Options:
  A) 1st October, 1963
  B) 31st October, 1690
  C) 1st October, 2012
  D) 1st October, 1960
  E) 12th October, 1992
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2385: Delegated legislation Options:
  A) means sharing responibility between central and local goverment on a fifty fifty basis
  B) decentralizes responsibility for law making subject to agreed controls from the centre
  C) has advantages and disadvantages
  D) once permitted is almost impossible to control
  E) decentralizes problems without providing suitable solutions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2386:

  NEPADwas adopted during the OAU summit held in _________

  Options:
  A) Tunis
  B) Lusaka
  C) Cairo
  D) Abuja
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2387: Which of the following sets of factors contributed to the development of nationalism in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Racial discrimination and oppression
  B) corruption and ethnicity
  C) paternalism and indirect rule
  D) election malpractices and party differences
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2388: In terms of administrative structure, which of the following sets of pre-cotonial Nigerian political systems do NOT match? Options:
  A) Igbo and Tiv
  B) Benin and Igbo
  C) Sokoto and OYO
  D) Benin and Sokoto
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2389: A dominant two -party system is operated in Options:
  A) the United kingdom and United States
  B) India and Pakistan
  C) France and Germany
  D) South African and Senegal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2390: During the second republic in Nigeria, the branch of the legislature responsible for ratifying presidential nominees for appointments was the Options:
  A) Senate
  B) Council of states
  C) House of Representatives
  D) public service commission
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  The correct answer is A .