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 261: Which of the following defines the concept of government? Options:
  A) the process of administering justice in a country
  B) the process of supervising the activities of the legislature
  C) the orderly management and control of the affairs of a country
  D) the orderly transfer of power to duly elected politicians
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 262: 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 .
• Question 263: One major democratic innovation in local government administration introduced by the Babangida regime was the Options:
  A) appointment of protfolio councillors
  B) appointment of retired military officers as sole administrators
  C) selection of heads of personnel management departments from the councillors
  D) separation of powers between the executive and legislative arms of the councils
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 264: An economic system in which the major means of production are owned and controlled by a few individuals is called Options:
  A) socialism
  B) communism
  C) communalism
  D) capitalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 265: Local government in Nigeria receive the bulk of their finiacial resources from Options:
  A) the state government
  B) the federal government
  C) rates and taxes
  D) local investment projects
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 266:

  The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________

  Options:
  A) dissolution
  B) prorogation
  C) gerrymandering
  D) delimitation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 267: Decree 34 of 1966 was unacceptable to many Nigerians because it was Options:
  A) seen as an instrument of impoverishment
  B) promulgated without consultation with the people
  C) perceived to abolish the federal system
  D) considered as alien
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 268: 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 269:

  An electoral systemin whichthe winner must secure more than 50% of the vote is described as a/an

  Options:
  A) plurality system
  B) proportional representation
  C) an absolute majority
  D) electoral oblıgation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 270: The National Assembly in Nigeria is primarily responsible for Options:
  A) Executing laws
  B) interpreting laws
  C) Ratifying appointments
  D) Making laws
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  The correct answer is D .