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 271: The author of the famous book Renascent Africa which inspired African nationalism is Options:
  A) Obafemi Awolowo
  B) Duse Mohammed AN
  C) Ernest Okoli
  D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 272: An unwritten Constitution is Options:
  A) entirely based on case laws
  B) completely sourced from parliamentary law
  C) partially written and based on convention
  D) completely unwritten and based on convention
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 273: An indication that Africa is still the center-peice of Nigeria's foreign policy was the creation of the Options:
  A) Ministry of Integration and Cooperation in Africa
  B) National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies
  C) Ministry of Foriegn Affairs
  D) Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 274: Constitutions originate from a belief that there i need for Options:
  A) limited government
  B) freedom of worship
  C) full employment
  D) judicial independence
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 275: Nigeria is NOT a member of Options:
  A) the Common wealth
  B) OPEC
  C) ECOWAS
  D) NATO
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 276: Educated elite did not like the system of Indirect Rule in Nigeria because it Options:
  A) did not make provisions for them
  B) was exploitative and cumbersome
  C) made traditional ruiers too powerful
  D) was undemocratic and oppressive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 277:

  ____was the first Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

  Options:
  A) Chief Samuel Adebo
  B) Professor Ibrahim Gambari
  C) Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule
  D) General Joseph Garba
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 278: The main duty of the Local Government Service is to Options:
  A) supervise and manage the affairs of local governments
  B) create job opportunities at the local level
  C) handle requests for the creation of more local governments
  D) coduct elections into local councils
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 279: The idea of collective responsibility in the Executive branch of government means that Options:
  A) no single member of the executive can take any responsible decision
  B) a member of the executive has no way out of decisions made in that body
  C) a member executive cannot publicly criticise decisions collectively made without first resigning
  D) responibility within the executive is not unilateral
  E) parliament must ratify executive decision collectively reached
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 280: A permanent structure that facilitates continuity and guarantees orderly conduct in governance is Options:
  A) Bureaucracy
  B) public corporation
  C) ombudsman
  D) political party
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  The correct answer is D .