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 791:

  A predominant feature of the Precolonial governance system was that_________

  Options:
  A) the British Indirect rule system penetrated it largely
  B) the governance structures were largely undefined
  C) the customary laws were prevalent
  D) theocratic system was widely embraced
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 792: The head of the first military government in Nigeria was Options:
  A) General Murtala Muhammed
  B) General Yakubu Gowon
  C) General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi
  D) General Olusegun Obasnjo
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 793: The first African Secretary-General of the United Nations is Options:
  A) Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali
  B) Joe Garba
  C) Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Kofi Annan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 794: A court order compelling the executive or its agencies to produce and unlawfully detained person is called a writ of Options:
  A) mandamus
  B) subpoena
  C) habeas corpus
  D) injunction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 795: In 1979, the Unity Party of Nigeria contested and won. gubernatorial elections in Options:
  A) Lagos Kware, Oyo, Ogun and Bendel
  B) Lagos , Ogun, Imo, Oyo and Bendel
  C) Lagos, Kware, Ogun,Oyo ,Ondo Bendel
  D) Lagos, Kwara, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 796: The three great Nigerian nationalists between 1950 and 1966 were Options:
  A) Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Obafemi Awolowo,
  B) Ahmadu Bello , Nnamdi Azikwe and Theophilus Danjuma
  C) Obafemi Awolowo , Herbert Macaulay and Ahmadu Belio
  D) Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Ahmadu Belio
  E) K.O. Mbadiwe, S.L Akintola and Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 797: 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 .
• Question 798: Nigeria’s membership of the ECOWAS is informed by her desire to___________ Options:
  A) develop a market in the sub-region
  B) form sub-regional high command
  C) become a sub-regional power
  D) promote economic integration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 799: An elected legislator in a presidential system can loose his seat by Options:
  A) a vote of no confidence
  B) impeachment
  C) cross-carpeting
  D) recall
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 800: The first international organization Nigeria joined after independence is the Options:
  A) United Nations Organization
  B) Cmmonwealth of Nations African Unity
  C) Commonwealth of Nations
  D) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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  The correct answer is C .