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 41: One of the basic differences between ministries and public corporations is that while ministries are not Options:
  A) run on rules, public corporations are not
  B) wholly owned by the government, public corporations are owned by both government and individual
  C) not established with specific statutes public corporations are
  D) not important in developmental process, public corporations are
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 42: One of the functions of pressure groups is to Options:
  A) Nominate the president
  B) Prepare the budget
  C) Articulate the opinion of their members
  D) Contest elections to serve the people
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 43: 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 44: The 1976 Local government reforms was embarked upon by the central government under the leadership of ______? Options:
  A) General Olusegun Obasanjo
  B) General Sanni Abacha
  C) General Mohammed Buhari
  D) Goodluck Jonathan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 45: The judiciary assigns clear meaning to the laws by Options:
  A) interpretation
  B) enforcement
  C) adjudication
  D) revision
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 46: 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 47: The land use decree of 1978 vested the ownership of land in Nigeria in the Options:
  A) local chiefs
  B) local govrnments
  C) state governments
  D) federal governments
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 48: A dominant two -party system is operated in Options:
  A) the United kingdom and United States
  B) India and Pakistan
  C) France and Germany
  D) South African and Senegal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 49:

  The constitutional amendment process in Nigeria requires the approval of

  Options:
  A) The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC)
  B) The National Assembly
  C) The President
  D) The Supreme Court
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 50:

  In the Second Republic, the ruling National Party of Nigeria formed an alliance with the

  Options:
  A) Great Nigeria People's Party
  B) Nigeria Advance Party
  C) Unity Party of Nigeria
  D) Nigeria People's Party
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  The correct answer is D .