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 31:

  The theory of separation of powers was first time clearly formulated by __________

  Options:
  A) Jean Bodin
  B) Jean Austin
  C) Baron de Montesquieu
  D) Lord Bryce
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 32: A network of groups of people in an institution expressing human association is Options:
  A) community
  B) society
  C) nation
  D) state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 33: An advantage of delegated legislation is Options:
  A) supremacy
  B) convenience
  C) effectiveness
  D) efficiency
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 34: The process of dividing a country into electoral districts is known as Options:
  A) delimitation
  B) demarcation
  C) delineation
  D) distribution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35: The Barclay's Bank and the British Petroleum Company in Nigeria were nationalized in the late 1970's for transacting business with Options:
  A) France
  B) South Africa
  C) Portugal
  D) Libya
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 36: The empowerment of the police service commission to make rules for the appointment, promotion and dismissal of its personnel, is an example of Options:
  A) a decree
  B) a penal law
  C) a delegated legislature
  D) an executive order
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 37: The principle of separation of powers was made popular by Options:
  A) Thomas Hobbes
  B) John Locke
  C) Niccolo Machiavelli
  D) Baron de Montesquieu
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38: The pre-colonial Yoruba political system as a whole can best be described as a Options:
  A) federation of cheifdoms and localities
  B) confederation of chiefdoms and localities
  C) confederation of monarchies and chiefdoms
  D) highly centralized kingdom
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 39: When a state is subject to no other authority it is said to be Options:
  A) powerful
  B) legitimate
  C) authoritative
  D) sovereign
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 40: Residual powers in the 1979 Constitution of Nigeria were vested in the Options:
  A) local and state governments
  B) state government
  C) federal government
  D) local government
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  The correct answer is B .