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 constitution of any country is basically Options:
  A) a mere piece of paper
  B) a guide to how the country should be governed
  C) a document stating what the leaders should do
  D) a document stating how to acquire power
  E) C and D
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 502: Which of the following traditional Nigerian societies practiced the system of checks and balances? Options:
  A) Tiv
  B) Yoruba
  C) Hausa
  D) Igbo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 503: The resignation of the cabinet after a defeat in parliament, is an expression of the principle of Options:
  A) political accountability
  B) collective responsibility
  C) checks and balances
  D) rule of law
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 504: The geographical entity in which the traditional ruler was both the religious and political head was the Options:
  A) Tiv society
  B) Efik kingdom
  C) Jukun kingdom
  D) Sokoto Caliphate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 505: A right enjoyed by citizens but denied non-citizens is the right to Options:
  A) freedom of worship
  B) life,liberty and security
  C) vote and be voted for
  D) equality before the law
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 506: Government by the best citizens is referred to as Options:
  A) aristocracy
  B) democracy
  C) oligarchy
  D) plutocracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 507: The nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the Options:
  A) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
  B) Nigerian National Democratic Party
  C) Nigerian Youth Movement
  D) Action Group
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 508: A person who is disenfranchised is Options:
  A) allowed to be voted for
  B) allowed to exercised his voting right
  C) not perfmitted to vote
  D) allowed to nominate a candidate
  E) a prohibited immigrant
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 509: The ideology that advocates the complete control of the sources of power is Options:
  A) totalitariansim
  B) socialism
  C) liberalism
  D) democracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 510: An electoral system is the system which governs Options:
  A) the appointment of the Pope elections
  B) how people vote
  C) the conduct of elections
  D) the appointment of cabinet ministers
  E) the appointment of judges
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  The correct answer is C .