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 2511: Quota system and federal character principles were entrenched in the 1979 constitution to ensure Options:
  A) loyalty
  B) Economic empowerment
  C) Equity
  D) Even development
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2512: Some pre-colonial Nigerian societies are described as stateless because Options:
  A) they had no formal governmental institutions
  B) they had no definite political boundaries
  C) their population was too small
  D) they were not independent.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2513: A political party is different from a pressure group in its Options:
  A) Objective
  B) Organization
  C) Strategy
  D) Source of finance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2514: In the Parliamentary System of government executive powers are vested in Options:
  A) The President
  B) Parliament
  C) the Party in government
  D) the Cabinet
  E) a few powerful men in the country
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2515: At the formation of the OAU, Nigeria belonged to the Options:
  A) Monrovia Group
  B) Casablanca Group
  C) Lagos Group
  D) Brazzaville Group
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2516: The 1963 Constitution of Nigeria was Options:
  A) written and flexible
  B) written and rigid
  C) flexible and unwritten
  D) unitary and rigid
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2517: A state with a hegemonic political party is one in which Options:
  A) there is one dominant party
  B) there is no opposition party
  C) there is only one party
  D) other parties are officially recognized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2518: The head of the Nigerian judiciary is the Options:
  A) Solicitor-Genral of the Federation
  B) President of the Court of Appeal
  C) Chief Justice of the Federation
  D) Attorney-General and Minister of Justice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2519: The Independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of Options:
  A) electoral candidates
  B) voters
  C) political parties
  D) constituencies
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2520: A thorny issue during the 1957/58 Nigerian constitutional conferences was the Options:
  A) leadership of the first post-independence government
  B) problem of ethnic minorities
  C) control of the mid - west by the western region
  D) status of Lagos
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  The correct answer is B .