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 481:

  The main function of the Code of Conduct Bureau is to......

  Options:
  A) Give the police more powers to make arrests.
  B) Ensure accountability in government business.
  C) Give the judiciary more powers to discipline erring judges.
  D) Protect public officers from the press
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 482: Which of the following led to the introduction of indirect rule in Nigeria by the British? Options:
  A) Need for adequate financial resources
  B) Manpower and personnel shortages
  C) Speedy transition to independence
  D) Desire for rapid development
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 483: The main achievement of the nationalists in Nigeria was Options:
  A) registeration of political parties
  B) economic liberation of the nation
  C) political liberation of the nation
  D) building the nation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 484: Citizens exercise their sovereignty by Options:
  A) attending political rallies
  B) voting at elections
  C) registration to vote
  D) their right to sue the state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 485: In a democratic government, political sovereignty is vested in the Options:
  A) legislature
  B) elite
  C) executive
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 486: The following are international organization except Options:
  A) pressure group
  B) O.A.U
  C) U.N.O.
  D) Commonwealth of nations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 487: The Nigerian-Cameroon crisis over the Bakassi Peninsula occurred owing to the interpretation of the treaty of 1913 and the Options:
  A) resolution of the OAU
  B) Maroua Accord
  C) decision of the ECOWAS Tribunal
  D) decision of the International Court of Justice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 488: The major innovation of the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that Options:
  A) the Prime Minister ceased to be Head of State
  B) The Governor's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
  C) the Cabinet was no longer responsible to the legislature
  D) it introduced the Executive Prsidential system
  E) the Prime Minister was nominated by the Executive Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 489: In the parliamentary system of government, formal legislation can take the following forms except Options:
  A) royal proclamations
  B) order in council
  C) acts of parliament
  D) ministerial pronouncement
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 490: A member of the Commonwealth that was not colonized by Britain is Options:
  A) Malaysia
  B) Uganda
  C) Mozambique
  D) Jamaica
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  The correct answer is A .