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 2531: The Inspector General of Police is appointed by the executive on the advice of the Options:
  A) Nigerian Police Council
  B) Police Service Commission
  C) House of Representatives
  D) Senate of the Federal Republic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2532: Nigeria's relations with Britain was at a very low ebb under the Options:
  A) Shagari Regime
  B) Buhari Regime
  C) Gowon Regime
  D) Babangida Regime
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2533: Nigeria's support for the South-South Cooperation is based on her desire to Options:
  A) assert her leadership role in Africa
  B) promote her non-aligned policy
  C) promote economic understanding in the Third World
  D) counter the political and military domination by major powers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2534: The Executive is the body that Options:
  A) exectes armed robbers
  B) interprets laws
  C) implements laws
  D) enacts laws
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2535: Which of these sets represents the disadvantages of colonialism? Options:
  A) exposure to western education, culture imperialism and external trade relations
  B) cultural imperialism, external manipulations and foreign control of domestic economy
  C) external manipulation, civil service evolution and liberal democracy
  D) liberal democracy, foreign domination and cultural imperialism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2536: Nigeria declared that she would not attend the OAU summit in Tripoli in 1982 unless Options:
  A) Colnel Gaddafi resigned as the Libyan Head of State
  B) Libya withdrew her troops from Chad
  C) President Shehu Shagari became the chairman of OAU
  D) Cameroon was suspended for killing Nigerian soldiers at Bakassi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2537:

  One of the following political parties produced Nigeria's first Prime Minister_______

  Options:
  A) Northern People's Congress (NPC)
  B) National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC)
  C) Action Group (AG)
  D) Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2538: Another name for delegated legislation is Options:
  A) Administrative legislation
  B) Executive legislation
  C) Subordinate legislation
  D) all of the above
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2539: The head of the Judiciary in every state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is called Options:
  A) Honourable Chief Justice
  B) Head of Judicial Service
  C) Grand Khadi
  D) President Customary Court of Appeal
  E) Chief Judge
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2540:

  __________ was a major factor that contributed to the rise of the Sokoto Caliphate.

  Options:
  A) Agricultural revolution.
  B) Slave trade
  C) European colonization
  D) Islamic Jihad
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  The correct answer is D .