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: Which of the following defines a constitution? Options:
  A) Any written legal document
  B) Basic laws for the conduct of modern government
  C) Rules adopted in legislative proceedings
  D) The doctrine that limits the powers of government
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 52:

  ____________was the method used by the British to facilitate the administration of Southern Nigeria.

  Options:
  A) Trade association
  B) Divide and rule
  C) Dialogue
  D) Persuasion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 53: The number of permanent members of the UN Security council is Options:
  A) six
  B) seven
  C) eight
  D) five
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 54: Freedom of speech in a democratic state is limited by Options:
  A) law of sedition
  B) law of trespass
  C) press censorship
  D) martial law
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 55: In 1964, the National Council of Nigerian Citizens and the Action Group formed the Options:
  A) Coalition Government
  B) Nigerian Advance Prty
  C) Nigerian National Alliance
  D) United Progressive Grand Alliance
  E) National Emergency Committee
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 56: 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 57: Which of these groups of Africa leaders in closely associated with the formation of the OAU Options:
  A) Haiie Selassie, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, William Tubman
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Belewa, Jean Bokassa, Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jorno Kenyatta
  D) Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 58: Under the Presidential system of government the legislature and the executive are Options:
  A) elected separately to a fixed term
  B) elected separately to an unfixed term
  C) appointed by the judiciary to a fixed term
  D) apponited at the same time to an unfixed term
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 59: The most critical debates on a bill and amendments to it take place during the Options:
  A) first reading
  B) second reading
  C) third reading
  D) assent
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 60: In a federal state, power is shared Options:
  A) between the central government and the local authorities
  B) among the states of the federation
  C) among the major regions of the country
  D) between the central government and other co-ordinate units
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  The correct answer is D .