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 2421: The determination of issues before the courts in a accordance with the body of rules backed by the organized force of the community, refers essentially to Options:
  A) judicial revision
  B) human rights
  C) the rule of law
  D) habeas corpus
  E) certiorari
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2422: The responsibility for admitting new members to the OPEC rests with the Options:
  A) Summit
  B) Secretariate
  C) Conference
  D) Board of Governors
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2423:

  Which of the following African leaders played a significant role in the formation of NEPAD?

  Options:
  A) Julius Nyerere
  B) Nelson Mandela
  C) Muammar Gaddafi
  D) Robert Mugabe
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2424: Between 1966 and 1975, the highest legislative body in Nigeria was the Options:
  A) Armed Force Revolutionary Council
  B) Supreme Military Council
  C) Armed Forces Ruling Council
  D) Provisional Ruling Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2425: A form of government in which the nobles rule for the benefit of all is Options:
  A) monarchy
  B) gerontocracy
  C) aristocracy
  D) plutocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2426: The rights of a citizen can be withdrawn by the state if the person Options:
  A) opposes the government violently
  B) is convicted of a serious crime
  C) leaves the country permanently
  D) is pronounced dead
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2427: Laws made by the attorney - general and minister of justice are called Options:
  A) temporary laws
  B) bills of attainder
  C) case laws
  D) ex post facto laws
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2428: 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 2429: The first political party properly so-called was formed in Nigeria in Options:
  A) 1916
  B) 1923
  C) 1944
  D) 1948
  E) 1951
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2430: The approval of treaties and agreements of the Economic Community of West African States is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) Secretariate
  B) Council of Minisiters
  C) ECOWAS Tribunal
  D) Assembly of Heads of State and Government
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  The correct answer is D .