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 861: The first Governor General of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Lord Lugard
  B) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
  C) Sir James Robertson
  D) the late Major Genery Aguiyi Irosi
  E) the Oni of ife
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 862: The act of removing an elected official by the electorate is referred to as Options:
  A) impeachment
  B) consensus
  C) recall
  D) plebiscite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 863: In 1947, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe led a delegation to the British Colonial Office in London to protest against the Options:
  A) provisions of the Richards Constitution
  B) appointment of Bernard Bourdillon as Governor - General
  C) appointment of Oliver Lyttelton as colonial secretary
  D) provision of the Macpherson Constitution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 864: Under the Presidential system of government the legislature and the executive are Options:
  A) elected separately to a fixed term
  B) elected separately to an unfixed term
  C) appointed by the judiciary to a fixed term
  D) apponited at the same time to an unfixed term
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 865: A written constitution is distinguished by its Options:
  A) codification process
  B) reliance on case laws
  C) cumbersome and complex amendment procedure
  D) dependence on ordinary amendment procedures
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 866: To ensure the rights and freedom of citizens, the powers of the arms of government must be Options:
  A) fused
  B) incorporated
  C) separated
  D) rotated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 867: Which of the following was an ad hoc Revenue Allocation Commission? Options:
  A) Ashby Commission
  B) Adedeji Commission
  C) Udoji Commission
  D) Phillipson Commission
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 868: The party system practiced in Nigeria's Third Republic was Options:
  A) Two-party
  B) Zero-party
  C) One-party
  D) Multi-party
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 869: A person who is disenfranchised is Options:
  A) allowed to be voted for
  B) allowed to exercised his voting right
  C) not perfmitted to vote
  D) allowed to nominate a candidate
  E) a prohibited immigrant
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 870: Nigeria's relations with Britain was at a very low ebb under the Options:
  A) Shagari Regime
  B) Buhari Regime
  C) Gowon Regime
  D) Babangida Regime
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  The correct answer is B .