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 811: The official report of proceeding in parliament is known as the Options:
  A) hansard
  B) diary of events
  C) gazette
  D) summary of proceedings
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 812: As an executive, the commissioner is charged with the responsibility of Options:
  A) Implementing laws
  B) Writing laws
  C) Giving loans
  D) Making laws
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 813: The principle of checks and balances reinforces separation of powers in order to Options:
  A) protect the powers of the executive
  B) make the legislature more powerful
  C) prevent an unconstituional change of government
  D) prevent the emergence of dictatorship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 814: The main function of the judiciary is to Options:
  A) serve as the watch-dog of the executive
  B) enact laws
  C) execute the laws of the land
  D) interpret the laws
  E) protect the interest of accused persons
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 815: Regional consciousness in Nigeria was introduced by the Options:
  A) Lyttleton Constitution
  B) Clifford Constitution
  C) Macpherson Constitution
  D) Richards Constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 816: Political power is naked force when it is exercised without Options:
  A) set objectives
  B) state apparatus
  C) governmental legitimacy
  D) soverignty
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 817: A totalitarian government is Options:
  A) government that aspires to control every aspect of a citizens life
  B) a government of the people by the people, and for the people
  C) a government masses
  D) a weak government
  E) controlled by the rich
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 818: 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 819: The Lyttleton Constitution is important because it Options:
  A) confirmed that Nigeria would be independent in 1960
  B) Confirmed Nigeria federal structure
  C) introduced franchise into Nigerian politics
  D) made Nigeria sovereign
  E) abolished the principle of indirect rule
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 820: The military take over power from politicians in West African countries Options:
  A) when poltician have become corrupt and are reckless in their use of power
  B) when there is a breakdom of law and order in the country
  C) for reasons which touch on the interest of the military
  D) because of the personal ambitions of some politicians
  E) all of the above
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  The correct answer is E .