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 611: Nigeria supports the South-South cooperation as a foreign policy objective for mutual understanding among Options:
  A) nations south of the equator
  B) sub-saharan African countries
  C) developing countries
  D) Asian and sub-saharan African countries
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 612: In the Igbo political system, authority was shared among Options:
  A) men and women with OZo titles
  B) all age groups and warrant Chiefs
  C) elders of the community and Ofo title holders
  D) title holders and age groups
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 613:

  Rates are generally collected in Nigeria by ________

  Options:
  A) the State Ministry of Finance
  B) the Department of inland Revenue
  C) the Emirate of Traditional Council
  D) the Local Government Council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 614: One of the principal objectives of the OPEC is to Options:
  A) harmonize the oil policies of member countries
  B) discipline erring oil - producing countries
  C) determine oil prices in the international market
  D) Assist non -oil producing developing states
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 615: The Secretary General of the OAU is appointed by the Options:
  A) Council upon the recommendation of the Assembly
  B) Council upon the recommendation of the Secretariat
  C) Assembly upon the recommendation of the council
  D) Defence Commission upon the recommendation of the secretariat
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 616: When a bill passed by legislature is vetoed by the executive, the action underscores the principle of Options:
  A) collective responsibility
  B) probity and accountability
  C) checks and balances
  D) separation of powers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 617: Nigeria adopted a republican constitution on Options:
  A) October, 1960
  B) October, 1, 1963
  C) October, 1, 1966
  D) May 1 1967
  E) October, 1, 1979
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 618: A group of people who live together under a common law within a definite territory is a Options:
  A) Community
  B) Nation - State
  C) Nation
  D) State
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 619: The first leader of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons was Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) Michael Okpara
  C) Samuel Ikoku
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 620: The Minorities Commission appointed in 1957 in Nigeria was headed by Options:
  A) justice Udo Udoma
  B) Sir Henry Willink
  C) Sir Allan Lennox Boyd
  D) Justice Darnley Alexander
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  The correct answer is B .