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 61:

  In which system of government is the executive and legislature fused?

  Options:
  A) Cabinet
  B) Presidential
  C) Unitary
  D) Federal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 62: In Nigeria, functions shared by the central and state governments include Options:
  A) external representation, education and provision of water
  B) construction of roads, defence and health
  C) control of ports, health and education
  D) education, provision of water and construction of roads
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 63: In the Hausa pre- colonial political system, a district was headed by Options:
  A) A hakimi
  B) a dagaci
  C) an alkali
  D) a waziri
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 64: Public opinion is commonly referred to as the composite reaction of the citizenry on Options:
  A) matters relating to association
  B) legal rights of foreigners
  C) matters affecting government
  D) key issues that affect them
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 65: Delegated legislation Options:
  A) means sharing responibility between central and local goverment on a fifty fifty basis
  B) decentralizes responsibility for law making subject to agreed controls from the centre
  C) has advantages and disadvantages
  D) once permitted is almost impossible to control
  E) decentralizes problems without providing suitable solutions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 66: One of the duties of the legislature is to Options:
  A) implement laws
  B) adjudicate disputes
  C) promulgate decrees
  D) exercise oversight
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 67: Which of the following was a great military and political power before the colonization of Nigeria? Options:
  A) the idoma kingdom
  B) the nupe kingdom
  C) the kwararafa empire
  D) the lgala empire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 68: 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 69: One of the sources of a constitution is Options:
  A) common law
  B) corporate law
  C) statutory law
  D) constitutional law
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 70: Which of the following countries has the right to veto the decision of the Security Council Options:
  A) Australia
  B) Switzerland
  C) China
  D) Canada
  E) Japan
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  The correct answer is C .