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 501: A thorny issue during the 1957/58 Nigerian constitutional conferences was the Options:
  A) leadership of the first post-independence government
  B) problem of ethnic minorities
  C) control of the mid - west by the western region
  D) status of Lagos
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 502: Which of the following organs control the Civil Service? Options:
  A) parliament and the courts
  B) trade unions and the courts
  C) the police and parliament
  D) tribunals and interest groups
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 503: The first political party in Nigeria was the Options:
  A) Nigerian National Democratic party
  B) Nigerian Youth Movement
  C) Action Group
  D) National Council of Nigeria and the Carneroons
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 504: Which of the following types of citizenship cannot be withdrawn? Options:
  A) Citizenship by conquest
  B) Citizenship by birth
  C) Honorary citizenship
  D) Citizenship by naturalization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 505: Which of the following is NOT usually associated with the activities of political parties? Options:
  A) providing political education
  B) selecting and supporting candidates for public office
  C) forming the government
  D) controlling the judiciary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 506: An advantage of flexible constitution is that it allows for Options:
  A) political awareness
  B) constitutional stability
  C) reduction of ambiguities
  D) ease of amendment
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 507: Which of the following was NOT the responsibility of the Federal Electoral Commission in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Supervision of polling
  B) Compilation of electoral register
  C) Delimitation of Constituencies
  D) Counting and publication of election results
  E) Swearing in of members of the Houses of Assembly
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 508: The review of Nigeria foreign policy under the Murtala-Obasanjo regime was done by Options:
  A) Adedeji Commission
  B) Phillips Commission
  C) Udoji Commitee
  D) Aboyade Commitee
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 509: Pressure groups harmonize different individual concerns through Options:
  A) interest formulation
  B) interest manipulation
  C) interest mobilisation
  D) interest aggregation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 510: Under the 1979 Constitution, the function of the Civil Service Commission includes the Options:
  A) appointment of Civil Service Commissioners
  B) appointment, promotion and discipline of civil servants
  C) negotiating better conditions of service for civil servants
  D) negotiating worse conditions of service for civil servants
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  The correct answer is A .