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 21:

  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 22: In international relations, countries have a right to Options:
  A) export oil
  B) create more states
  C) diplomatic immunity of their envoys
  D) own a police force
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 23: The nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the Options:
  A) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
  B) Nigerian National Democratic Party
  C) Nigerian Youth Movement
  D) Action Group
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 24: In the botched Third Republic, the unit of representation in the House of Representative was the Options:
  A) local government
  B) electoral ward
  C) senatorial district
  D) entire state
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 25: Traditional rulers under the 1976 local Government Reforms had Options:
  A) executive powers
  B) Chief-in-council status
  C) limitee powers
  D) legislative powers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 26: In the old OYO empire, the Ajele Options:
  A) was the head of the army
  B) ensured the safety of all trade routes
  C) ensured good governance of the districts
  D) mobilized the army
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 27: The application of the rule of law may be constrained by Options:
  A) securing the tenure of office of juges
  B) insulating judges from partisan politics
  C) employing men of proven integrity as judges
  D) invoking emergency powers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 28:

  Deconcentration of power means the_______

  Options:
  A) sharing of powers among tiers of government
  B) creation of semi autonomous units to govern other parts of a state
  C) process of setting strategies or policies for the subsidiary territories in the state by putting recognized personnel in place
  D) act of delegating powers and authority to component units that exist in a state
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 29: After the defeat of Germany in World War 1, her former colonies were administered under the League of Nations as Options:
  A) trust territories
  B) occupied territories
  C) protectorates
  D) crown colonies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 30: A hereditary system of government is Options:
  A) an oligarchy
  B) a gerontocracy
  C) an aristocracy
  D) a monarchy
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  The correct answer is D .