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 721: Which of these constitutions recognised local government as the third tier of government Options:
  A) the 1963 constitution
  B) the 1960 constitution
  C) the 1963 constitution
  D) the 1979 constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 722: One of the non-permanent members of the united nations Security Council is Options:
  A) Britain
  B) USSR
  C) USA
  D) China
  E) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 723: The local government reforms of 1976 in Nigeria were designed to Options:
  A) decentralize authority
  B) increase political socialization
  C) enlist grassroot support
  D) achieve even developenmet
  E) all of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 724: The elective principle was introduced by which constitution? Options:
  A) Macpherson Constitution of 1951
  B) Clifford Constitution of 1922
  C) Richard Constitution of 1946
  D) Lyttleton Constitution of 1954
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 725: Privatization and commercialization of public enterprises in Nigeria will lead to further entrenchment of Options:
  A) socialism
  B) capitalism
  C) welfarism
  D) fascism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 726: Which of the following bodies is the most representive organ of the United Nations Organization? Options:
  A) The Security Council
  B) the Trusteeship Council
  C) the General Assembly
  D) the International Court of Justice
  E) the Economic and Social Council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 727: Nigeria's first law-making body after the amalgamation was known as the Options:
  A) Nigerian Council
  B) National Assembly
  C) Nigeria National Assembly
  D) Legislative Council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 728: Which of the following is not a dimension of public opinion? Options:
  A) intensity
  B) substance
  C) polling
  D) orientation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 729: In Nigeria, the function of Council of States is Options:
  A) judicial
  B) investigative
  C) legislative
  D) advisory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 730: 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 .