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 states were created in 1996? Options:
  A) Akwa Ibom and Kogi
  B) Gombe and Zamfara
  C) Adamawa and Ekiti
  D) Ebonyi and Osun
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 22: Nigeria declared that she would not attend the OAU summit in Tripoli in 1982 unless Options:
  A) Colnel Gaddafi resigned as the Libyan Head of State
  B) Libya withdrew her troops from Chad
  C) President Shehu Shagari became the chairman of OAU
  D) Cameroon was suspended for killing Nigerian soldiers at Bakassi
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23: An electoral process in which candidates for elective offices are selected by party members is known as Options:
  A) primary election
  B) electoral college
  C) direct election
  D) preferential voting
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 24:

  The lbadan Conference of 1950 was convened to discuss the provisions of the ....

  Options:
  A) Richards Constitution
  B) Macpherson Constitution
  C) Clifford Constitution
  D) Lyttleton Constitution
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 25: Fundamental human rights of citizens are provided for in Options:
  A) the United Nations Charter
  B) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  C) the OAU Charter
  D) Amnesty International Edict
  E) the constitutions of states
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 26:

  The current constitution of Nigeria is based on the model of which country?

  Options:
  A) Germany
  B) United States
  C) France
  D) United Kingdom
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27:

  The newspaper established by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe to project the interest of nationalists was__________

  Options:
  A) West African Pilot
  B) Lagos Weekly Record
  C) Daily Times
  D) The Comet
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 28: The main attributes of a state are Options:
  A) government, the police and the armed forces
  B) population, territory, government and sovereignty
  C) federal state and local governments
  D) the press, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 29: The primary function of the Economic and social council of the UN is to Options:
  A) improve thw social relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union
  B) maintain world peace and security
  C) assist in the development of member states
  D) lift customs barriers betwen petroleum producing and non-petroleum producing countries
  E) encourage trade between Third World and European countries
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 30: The first international organization Nigeria joined after independence is the Options:
  A) United Nations Organization
  B) Cmmonwealth of Nations African Unity
  C) Commonwealth of Nations
  D) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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  The correct answer is C .