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: Before colonial rule, Yoruba traditional rulers were appointed by Options:
  A) the people acting through their representatives
  B) the Ogboni
  C) Ifa (oracle)priests
  D) Odudwa
  E) Kingmakers
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 792: Which of the following is a process of military disengagement from Nigeria politics? Options:
  A) Increase in military budget
  B) conduct of free and fair elections
  C) Appointment of Army officers into political post
  D) strengthening the Army
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 793: COWAS represents Options:
  A) the English- speaking equivalent of the Franco phone economic community in West Africa
  B) an attempt to progressively eliminate obstacles to free movement of goods, services and people throughout West Africa
  C) the West African regional arm of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  D) a continent- wide economic dimension of pan-Africanism
  E) a concrate achievement by the Economic Commission for Africa (EGA)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 794: The atomic bomb tests carried out around the Sahara Desert made Nigeria sever relations with Options:
  A) The United States
  B) France
  C) Germany
  D) Canada
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 795: 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 796: The major strategy used by OPEC to influence oil price is by Options:
  A) allocating production quotas to members
  B) influencing buyers at the international market to buy at high prices
  C) allowing member countries to produce at their discretion
  D) increasing the supply of the commodity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 797:

  Gerontocracy is a form of government in which power is held by

  Options:
  A) military junta
  B) a single ruler
  C) religious leaders
  D) the old
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 798:

  The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________

  Options:
  A) dissolution
  B) prorogation
  C) gerrymandering
  D) delimitation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 799: An advantage of flexible constitution is that it allows for Options:
  A) political awareness
  B) constitutional stability
  C) reduction of ambiguities
  D) ease of amendment
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 800: The administration of the capital of the emirate under the pre-colonial Hausa Fulani political system was entrusted to the Options:
  A) galadima
  B) waziri
  C) saekin fada
  D) sarkin pawa
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  The correct answer is A .