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: One judicial function performed by the executive is Options:
  A) Granting of amnesty
  B) Implementing judicial orders
  C) Ensuring obedience to the law
  D) Appointing judges
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 482: Socialism is a mode of production based on Options:
  A) state state ownership of the means of production
  B) collective ownership of the means of production
  C) national ownership of the means of productions
  D) mixed ownership of means of production
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 483: When a bill passed by legislature is vetoed by the executive, the action underscores the principle of Options:
  A) collective responsibility
  B) probity and accountability
  C) checks and balances
  D) separation of powers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 484: Before the O.A.U. was formed in 1963, Nigeria was a member of the Options:
  A) Monrovia Bloc
  B) Afro-Arab Bloc
  C) Casablanca Powers
  D) Brazzavile Group
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 485: COWAS represents Options:
  A) the English- speaking equivalent of the Franco phone economic community in West Africa
  B) an attempt to progressively eliminate obstacles to free movement of goods, services and people throughout West Africa
  C) the West African regional arm of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  D) a continent- wide economic dimension of pan-Africanism
  E) a concrate achievement by the Economic Commission for Africa (EGA)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 486: 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 487:

  One of the following reasons is unlikely to necessitate the emergence of a federal system?

  Options:
  A) social factors
  B) geographical factors
  C) cultural diversity
  D) political sovereignty
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 488: An election conducted to fill a vacant post in a legislature is known as Options:
  A) a primary election
  B) a general election
  C) a by -election
  D) a referendum
  E) an indirect election
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 489: 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 .
• Question 490: In the pre-colonial Yoruba society, the power of the Oyo Mesi were checked by Options:
  A) Baale
  B) Ogboni
  C) Are Ona Kankafo
  D) Bashorun
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  The correct answer is D .