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 431: The Nigeria National Alliance of the First Republic was made up of Options:
  A) NCNC and NDP
  B) NPC an AG
  C) NPC and NNDP
  D) NCNC and AG
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 432: In a unitary state, power is concentrated in the Options:
  A) local governments
  B) constituent units of the state
  C) major ethnic groups
  D) national government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 433: A group of people who live together under a common law within a definite territory is a Options:
  A) Community
  B) Nation - State
  C) Nation
  D) State
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 434: 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 435: 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 436: With whom is fascism associated ? Options:
  A) Adolf Hitler
  B) Karl Marx
  C) John Locke
  D) Benito Mussolini
  E) Joseph Stalin
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 437: One instrument for safeguarding the rights of citizens is Options:
  A) judicial interpretation
  B) presidential pardon
  C) legislative intervention
  D) writ of habeas corpus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 438:

  Which of the following was a significant trade commodity in the pre-colonial Kingdom of Benin?

  Options:
  A) Ivory
  B) Gold
  C) Rubber
  D) Salt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 439: The leader of the Northern people's Congress was Options:
  A) Yusuf Maitama Sule
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
  C) Aminu Kano
  D) Ahmadu Bello
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 440: An important function of the legislature is Options:
  A) judicial review
  B) review of executive
  C) defending government policies
  D) lobbying
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  The correct answer is B .