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 241:

  A common feature of government is________

  Options:
  A) The making of public policy
  B) The separation of powers
  C) The independence of the judiciary
  D) A written constitution.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 242: The distinctive attribute of a state is the monopoly of Options:
  A) control
  B) power
  C) violence
  D) justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 243: The party system practiced in Nigeria's Third Republic was Options:
  A) Two-party
  B) Zero-party
  C) One-party
  D) Multi-party
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 244: The headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa is located in Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Kenya
  C) Nigeria
  D) Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 245: One of the reasons advanced for the overthrow of the Gowon Regime was its failure to Options:
  A) honour the promise to hand over power
  B) promote some officers by the armed forces
  C) try politicians in detention
  D) create new states
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 246: The term 'franchise' refers to Options:
  A) French speaking people
  B) property owners
  C) the right to choose representatives to the legislature
  D) the educted electorate
  E) the voting card
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 247: In Nigeria the office of Prime Minister was first created in Options:
  A) 1954
  B) 1957
  C) 1958
  D) 1959
  E) 1960
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 248: The civil service cadre responsible for the general supervision and control of ministries is the Options:
  A) administrative
  B) professional
  C) executive
  D) clerical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 249: Lord Lugard is widely regarded as Options:
  A) The most imaginative governor in the British colonies
  B) The originator of the durbar ceremony in Northern Nigeria
  C) The best friend which Southern Nigerian nationalist leaders ever had
  D) the father of indirect rule
  E) an anti-imperialist
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 250: The term federal character was popularised by the Options:
  A) 1975 Contitution Drafting Committee
  B) 1979 Constitution
  C) Murtala / Obasanjo regime
  D) Buhari regime
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  The correct answer is B .