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 331: Under the 1979 Constitution, statutory allocation of revenue to local government councils is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) House of Assembly
  B) National Economic Council
  C) Federal Legislature
  D) Council of State
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 332: In the First Republic,the official opposition party was the Options:
  A) Action Group
  B) Northern People's Congress
  C) Northern Elements Progressive Union
  D) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 333:

  A major event in Nigerian history that led to the suspension of Nigeria's constitution and the declaration of a state of emergency by the colonial authorities in 1953 was the ________.

  Options:
  A) Aba women's riot
  B) Zikist movement
  C) Kano riots
  D) Action group crisis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 334: A distinguishing feature of the 1979 Constitution was the Options:
  A) introduction of federal structure
  B) introduction of unicameralism into Nigeria
  C) departure from the parliamentary to the presidential system of government
  D) preservation and entrenchment of republicanism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 335: Public opinion is the view expressed by a Options:
  A) few members of the society
  B) majority of the members in a society
  C) majority of the members of a society
  D) group of individuals in a society
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 336: The most important aspect of the 1976 Local Government Reforms was the Options:
  A) introduction of a uniform system of local government
  B) introduction of party politics at the local levels
  C) sbordination of local governments to the federal and state governments
  D) recognition of local government as autonomus and sovereign government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 337: The first Head of Government in Nigeria after independence was__________ Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) Ahmadu Bello
  C) Tafawa Balewa
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 338: Traditional rulers were restricted to ceremonial rules by the Local Government Reforms of Options:
  A) 1966
  B) 1976
  C) 1984
  D) 1987
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 339: Individual as opposed to collective responsibility is a basic feature of the Options:
  A) monarchical system of government
  B) soialist system of government
  C) presidential system of government
  D) arliamentary system of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 340: The Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission is statutorily empowered to determine the remuneration of Options:
  A) Only elected representatives
  B) Political office holders
  C) Employees of public corporations
  D) All civil servants
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  The correct answer is B .