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 671: The major problems that confront public corporations in Nigeria included Options:
  A) Management problems corruption and ethnic loyalty
  B) excessive government directives and lack of funds
  C) red tape and manpower shortage
  D) lack of public patronage and excessive competition from the private sector
  E) A,B and C
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 672: In a parliamentary system, who ensures that members are in the House to vote on major issues? The Options:
  A) party leader
  B) speaker of the House
  C) clerk of the House
  D) Whip
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 673: Case-laws are made by the Options:
  A) legislatures
  B) council of ministers
  C) judiciary
  D) president
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 674: A good example of a country with a largely unwritten constitution is Options:
  A) the United States of America
  B) the Soviet Union
  C) Nigeria
  D) the United Kingdom
  E) Sierra Leone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 675:

  A recurring principal objective of Nigerian foreign policy is

  Options:
  A) defending Nigeria's friends in Africa
  B) cementing Nigeria's foreign relations
  C) promoting world peace with justice
  D) Justıfyıng Nıgeria's supremacy in Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 676: A distinctive feature of a democratic system of government is the Options:
  A) existence of periodic competitive elections
  B) absence of strong pressure groups
  C) existence of a single political party
  D) centralization of all powers in the exeecutive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 677: The Yoruba traditional governmental system was Options:
  A) Egalitarian
  B) Republican
  C) democratic
  D) monarchical
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 678: The sovereignty of a state is determined by Options:
  A) economic and legal aspects
  B) social and political aspects
  C) political and legal aspects
  D) economic and political aspects
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 679: In the Oyo empire, the Alaafin was Options:
  A) an absolute monarch
  B) popularly elected
  C) a constitutional monarch
  D) worshipped as a deity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 680: The principle of two levels of government in a country is called Options:
  A) the parliamentary system
  B) dictatorship
  C) Nationalism
  D) Federalism
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  The correct answer is D .