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 2571: A group of people who live together under a common law within a definite territory is a Options:
  A) Community
  B) Nation - State
  C) Nation
  D) State
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2572: Nigeria's first participation in a United Nations peace-keeping operation was in Options:
  A) Angola
  B) Lebanon
  C) Chad
  D) Congo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2573: Aristocracy is the system of government in which the few rule for Options:
  A) their own benefit
  B) the benefit of all
  C) the benefit of their friends
  D) the benefit of a few
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2574:

  Government by the wealthy is known as _________

  Options:
  A) Democracy
  B) Plutocracy
  C) Oligarchy
  D) Aristocracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2575: An electoral system is the system which governs Options:
  A) the appointment of the Pope elections
  B) how people vote
  C) the conduct of elections
  D) the appointment of cabinet ministers
  E) the appointment of judges
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2576: Before it became effective, the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was finally approved by Options:
  A) The Nigeria Labour Congress
  B) the National Assembly
  C) the Supreme Military Council
  D) a referendum
  E) all adult voters in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2577: In a federal system of government the centre is Options:
  A) superior to the other components
  B) inferior to the other components
  C) equal to the other components
  D) of-unlimited jurisdiction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2578: The set of policies on the basis of which countries interact with one another is called Options:
  A) constructive engagement policy
  B) socio-economic policy
  C) national policy
  D) foreign policy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2579:

  The theory of separation of powers was first time clearly formulated by __________

  Options:
  A) Jean Bodin
  B) Jean Austin
  C) Baron de Montesquieu
  D) Lord Bryce
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2580: Constitutions are useful documents because they Options:
  A) suppress individual rights and liberties
  B) provide ammunition to fifferent sides in ideological disputes
  C) reward the patriotic and punish traitors
  D) lay down broad guidelines for national political interaction
  E) highlight the procedures for the creation of new states
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  The correct answer is D .