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 801: A common feature of the earlier political parties in Nigeria was that they Options:
  A) were formed by the government
  B) started as a social-cultural organizations
  C) were backed by the colonialists
  D) were non-elitist in nature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 802: During the period 1960, Nigeria was governed under the Options:
  A) presidential system of government
  B) Westminster system of government
  C) Confederal system of government
  D) unitary system of government
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 803: Fundamental human rights of citizens are provided for in Options:
  A) the United Nations Charter
  B) the OAU Charter
  C) the constitution of Amnesty International
  D) the 1979 constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 804: The relationship between the tiers of government in Nigeria can be described as one of Options:
  A) coordinate and independent jurisdiction
  B) voluntary surbodination
  C) superior-surbodinate co-existence
  D) independent co-existence
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 805: One significant aspect of the legislative council of 19922 was that Options:
  A) Africans were in the majority
  B) it made laws only for the southern provinces
  C) the colony of lagos and the protectorate of southern nigeria were merged
  D) laws governing land ownership in the north were extended to the south
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 806: A system based on hierarchies of land ownership is Options:
  A) feudalism
  B) totalitarianism
  C) communism
  D) fascism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 807: The author of the famous book Renascent Africa which inspired African nationalism is Options:
  A) Obafemi Awolowo
  B) Duse Mohammed AN
  C) Ernest Okoli
  D) Nnamdi Azikiwe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 808: The Sharia legal system was first introduced in the Fourth Republic in Options:
  A) Kano State
  B) Katsina State
  C) Zamfara State
  D) Sokoto State
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 809: A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed a Options:
  A) nation
  B) state
  C) dominion
  D) leviathan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 810: The process of depriving person of the right of voting is called Options:
  A) Enfranchisement
  B) Disqualification
  C) Dismissal
  D) Prohibition
  E) Disenfranchisement
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  The correct answer is E .