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 631: Under the 1979 Constitution, statutory allocation of revenue to local government councils is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) House of Assembly
  B) National Economic Council
  C) Federal Legislature
  D) Council of State
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 632: If the central government has less powers than the component units, the constitution is said to be Options:
  A) federal
  B) unitary
  C) confederal
  D) unwritten
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 633: The annual budget of the OAU is approved by the Options:
  A) Council of Ministers
  B) Secretary General
  C) Assembly of Heads of State and Governement
  D) General Assembly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 634: Educated elite did not like the system of Indirect Rule in Nigeria because it Options:
  A) did not make provisions for them
  B) was exploitative and cumbersome
  C) made traditional ruiers too powerful
  D) was undemocratic and oppressive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 635: One of the general tenets of fascists doctrine is that a leader is Options:
  A) supreme relative to the constitution
  B) surbodinate to the laws of the state
  C) weak relative to the constitution
  D) surbodinate to the norms of the society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 636: Iran, Iraq and which countries first created OPEC? Options:
  A) Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  B) Venezuela, Dubai, Greece
  C) Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
  D) Venezuela, Vienna.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 637: A system of government which emphasizes co-ordinate status of component units is referred to as Options:
  A) unitary
  B) federal
  C) confederal
  D) communal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 638: In 1947, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe led a delegation to the British Colonial Office in London to protest against the Options:
  A) provisions of the Richards Constitution
  B) appointment of Bernard Bourdillon as Governor - General
  C) appointment of Oliver Lyttelton as colonial secretary
  D) provision of the Macpherson Constitution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 639: A virile foreign policy is one characterized by Options:
  A) a vibrant press,vibrant public opinion and a dynamic civil society
  B) propaganda, espionage and economic embargoes
  C) a stable polity, bouyant economy and visionary leadership
  D) the nature and dynamics of the international system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 640: Which organ of the UNO can impose mandatory sanctions on any of its members? Options:
  A) the General Assembly
  B) The Security Council
  C) The Secretariate
  D) The Economic and Social Council
  E) The International Court of Justice
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  The correct answer is B .