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 71: Bye- laws made by the Minister of Transport for funning the Nigerian Railway Corporation is an exercise of Options:
  A) delegated power
  B) parliamentary power
  C) statutory power
  D) residua power
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 72: Public opinion is the view expressed by a_________ Options:
  A) few members of the society
  B) few articulate members in the society
  C) majority of the members of a society
  D) group of individuals in the society
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 73: A major consequence of proportional representation is that it Options:
  A) reduces the chances of political instability
  B) favours the development of a two-party system
  C) discourages voting along ethnic lines
  D) encourages the proliferation of parties
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 74: In their deliberations on the Sharia issue, the Constituent Assembly in Nigeria Options:
  A) threw out the entire issue from the proposed constition
  B) accepted the recommendationsof the constitution Drafting Committee (CDC)
  C) United the country over the issue of sharia
  D) accepted the principle of sharia law and justice but modified the provision in the Draft Constitution
  E) through its debate clearly educated the majority of the people of Nigeria on the principles of Sharia law and Justice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 75: Nationalism in West Africa aimed at Options:
  A) working out an alliance with the colonial regimes
  B) bringing all the educatied elite together
  C) the attainment of political independence from Britain
  D) the attainment of political independence from the colonisers
  E) founding an economic union like ECOWAS
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 76: Lagos was first amalgamated with the Western Region as a result of the Options:
  A) Clifford Constitution 1922
  B) Richard Constitution 1946
  C) Macpherson Constitution 1951
  D) Lyttleton Constitution 1954
  E) Independence Constitution 1960
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 77: The appointment of the Secretary -General of the OAU is made by the Options:
  A) Economic Commission for Africa
  B) OAU Secretariat
  C) Council of Foreign Ministers
  D) Assembly of Heads of State and Government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 78: Which of the following is a feature of democracy? Options:
  A) interdependence of states
  B) state responsibilities to society
  C) power vested in minority parties
  D) popular consultation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 79: The Igbo political system was based on Options:
  A) Age Grades
  B) Umunna
  C) Family ties
  D) Umuada
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 80:

  The Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) is attributable to the ____ regime

  Options:
  A) Ibrahim Babangida's
  B) Murtala/Obasanjo's
  C) Yakubu Gowon's
  D) Abdulsalam Abubakar's
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  The correct answer is A .