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 2451: Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were Options:
  A) cocoa, groundnut and ginger
  B) cocoa , rubber and benniseed
  C) cocoa, palm oil and groundnut
  D) rubber, kolanut and cotton
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2452:

  The highest court in Nigeria before 1963 was the _________

  Options:
  A) Supreme Court
  B) High Court
  C) Judicial Committees of the Privy Council
  D) Court of Appeal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2453:

  The Oputa panel was established in Nigeria to

  Options:
  A) monitor military spending
  B) Facilitate arms trades regulations
  C) investigate human rights abuses during the military rule
  D) promote military intervention in politics
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2454: The major organization through which Nigeria, pursues her economic, political and social interests' in West Africa is Options:
  A) ECOWAS
  B) ADB
  C) EGA
  D) OAU
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2455:

  In the all-Nigerian constitutional conference of 1950________

  Options:
  A) all official members of the legislative council participated
  B) it was resolved that the Nigerians federation be organized on ethnic basis
  C) it was concluded that a quasi-federal structure should be developed for colonial Nigeria
  D) all unofficial members of the legislative council participated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2456: The notion of equality before the law is the same as the principle of Options:
  A) supremacy of the constitution
  B) rule of law
  C) independence of the judiciary
  D) social equality
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2457: Which of the following is a feature of democracy? Options:
  A) interdependence of states
  B) state responsibilities to society
  C) power vested in minority parties
  D) popular consultation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2458: If the central government has less powers than the component units, the constitution is said to be Options:
  A) federal
  B) unitary
  C) confederal
  D) unwritten
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2459: Which of the following is a unitary state? Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) India
  C) United States of America
  D) Ghana
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2460: An ideology is essentially Options:
  A) a gude to political action
  B) a manual for revolution
  C) a curse on political actors
  D) a non-political concept
  E) negative in connotation
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  The correct answer is A .