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 2561:

  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 2562: The current Executive Secretary of the ECOWAS is Options:
  A) Mohammed Ibn Chambers
  B) Lansana Kouyate
  C) Abbas Bundu
  D) Abubakar Qattara
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2563: Judicial independence in a modern democracy can be ensured by Options:
  A) the confirmation of the appointment of judges by the legislature
  B) the provision that judges can only be removed from office by the president - in - councl
  C) making judges independent of the ministry of justice
  D) safeguarding the security of tenure of judges
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2564: Nigeria's commitment to the liberation of Africa could best be seen in her policy towards Options:
  A) Namibia and Mozambique
  B) the Congo and Zimbabwe
  C) Sierra Leone and Chad
  D) South Africa and Angola
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2565: The goal of the theory of separation of powers is to Options:
  A) make the executive dependent on the legislature
  B) give more powers to the legislature
  C) protect individual liberty
  D) create efficiency in the judicary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2566: Which of the following was done during the Gowon administration to reduce regional structural inbalance in the federation? Options:
  A) increase in revenue allocation
  B) formation of political parties
  C) apointment of minister
  D) creation of states
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2567: 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 2568: The first leader of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons was Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) Michael Okpara
  C) Samuel Ikoku
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2569:

  A moral or legal conviction for the observance of the constitution may be described as________

  Options:
  A) the rule of law
  B) constitutionalism
  C) immunity
  D) political obligation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2570: In a monarchical form of government sovereignty resides with Options:
  A) the council of ministers
  B) royalty
  C) peasantry
  D) the entire citizenry
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  The correct answer is B .