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 281:

  The cultural organisation which metamorphosed into the Northern People's Congress (NPC) was__________

  Options:
  A) Arewa Consultative Forum
  B) Jamiyyar Mutanem Arewa
  C) Borno Youth Movement
  D) Northern Elders Forum
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 282: The main attributes of a state are Options:
  A) Population, territory, government and soverignty
  B) the press, the legislature, the executive and the judicary
  C) federal, state and loca\l governments
  D) government, the police and the armed forces
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 283: The standing committee of a legislature is one Options:
  A) whose member stand while delibrating
  B) that has statutory responsibities
  C) that perform adhoc functions
  D) that has legislators as members.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 284: The principle of separation of powers ensures Options:
  A) the erosion of executive power
  B) that the legislature is supreme
  C) the preservation of the fundamental liberties of the citizens
  D) that all the branches of government have equal powers and functions
  E) that the rights of the ethnic minoroties are safeguarded
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 285: The legislative functions of the government of Benin Kingdom were performed by the Oba and a council of Chiefs known as the Options:
  A) Esama
  B) Ndichfe
  C) Uzama
  D) Enigie
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 286: The Technical Aids Corps was established during the regime of Options:
  A) Ibrahim Babangida
  B) Muhammadu Buhari
  C) Olusegun obasanjo
  D) Sani Abacha
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 287: Until her independence, Namibia was a Options:
  A) German colony
  B) South African province
  C) United Nations trusteeship
  D) British protectorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 288: The political structure of Nigeria under the first military regime was Options:
  A) confederal
  B) quasi-federal
  C) federal
  D) unitary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 289: The second military coup d'etat in Nigeria took place on Options:
  A) January 15,1966
  B) october 1, 1966
  C) July 29,1966
  D) July 29, 1975
  E) February 13, 1976
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 290: The Richards Constitution Options:
  A) abolished the elective principle in choosing members of the Legislative Council
  B) amalgamated the northern and southern groups of provinces
  C) established a central legislative council
  D) abolished regional assemlies
  E) abolished the system of Indirect Rule
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  The correct answer is C .