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 51: The two parties which foremd the coalition government in 1959 were the Options:
  A) NCNC and the AG
  B) NPC and the NCNC
  C) NPC and the AG
  D) PRP and the UPA
  E) NPC and the NNA
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 52: Ceremonial and executive powers are usually fused in a Options:
  A) unitary system of government
  B) Federal government
  C) democratic system of government
  D) presidential system of government
  E) parliamentary system of government
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 53: Lord Lugard is widely regarded as Options:
  A) The most imaginative governor in the British colonies
  B) The originator of the durbar ceremony in Northern Nigeria
  C) The best friend which Southern Nigerian nationalist leaders ever had
  D) the father of indirect rule
  E) an anti-imperialist
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 54: Which of the following was once Nigeria's permanent representative at the United Nations? Options:
  A) Professor Bolaji Akinyemi
  B) Major General Ike Nwachukwu
  C) Professor Jibril Aminu
  D) Major General Joseph Garba
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 55:

  One of the duties of the legislature is to_______

  Options:
  A) Exercise oversight
  B) Implement law
  C) Promulgate decrees
  D) Adjudicate disputes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 56:

  Which constitutional amendment introduced the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) Sixth Amendment
  B) Fourth Amendment
  C) Fifth Amendment
  D) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 57: The office of the prime minister of Nigeria was first created by the Options:
  A) lbadan Constutional conference of 1950
  B) London Constutional conference of 1953
  C) London Constutional conference of 1957
  D) London Constutional conference of 1958
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 58: In the British parliamentary system, if parliament passes a vote of no confidence on the government, the Prime Minister Options:
  A) must change some ministers
  B) can ask the Queen to resign
  C) can dismiss some top civil servants
  D) and his cabinet may feel obliged to resign
  E) can Dissolve the opposition party
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 59: The principle by which both the governors and the governed are bound by the laws is called Options:
  A) constitutionalism
  B) constitutional supremacy
  C) rule by decree
  D) rule of law
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 60: The major objective of the manifesto of the People's Redemption Party in the Second Republic was Options:
  A) housing for all
  B) welfare of the nation
  C) emancipation of the masses
  D) free education
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  The correct answer is C .