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 871:

  The most recent target plans and agenda of the United Nations are known as the______

  Options:
  A) Resolution 2020
  B) Millenium Development Goals
  C) Agenda 2063
  D) Sustainable Development Goals
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 872: Bicameral legislature are a common feature of Options:
  A) monarchical systems
  B) confederal systems
  C) federal systems
  D) unitary systems
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 873: In a federal system, the power allocated to both the central and the state governments is said to be Options:
  A) exclusive
  B) concurrent
  C) residual
  D) inherent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 874: A major feature whch differentiated the 1963 and 1979 constitutions was that in the former, Options:
  A) ministers were appointed from the national assembly
  B) ministers were appointed from outside the national assembly
  C) the prime minister was elected by the whole country
  D) the national assembly comprised the senate and the house of assembly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 875: The citizenship of a country can be acquired by an alien through Options:
  A) habitation
  B) assimilation
  C) association
  D) naturalization
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 876: During the second republic in Nigeria, the branch of the legislature responsible for ratifying presidential nominees for appointments was the Options:
  A) Senate
  B) Council of states
  C) House of Representatives
  D) public service commission
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 877: 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 878: The responsibility of giving policy guidelines to the board of corporations rest with the Options:
  A) Board of Directors
  B) Minister
  C) Chairman
  D) Permanent Secretary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 879: The Nigerian nationalist movement was greatly assisted by the ` Options:
  A) Manufacturers' Association of Nigeria
  B) Chamber of Commerce , Agriculture and Industry
  C) Trade unions
  D) Trdaeitional rulers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 880: The term, comprador bourgeoise has been used by scholars to describe Options:
  A) foreign businessmen in Nigerian
  B) foreign diplomats working in Nigeria
  C) Nigerian businessmen who represent foreign interests
  D) Nigerian contractors to foreign government
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  The correct answer is C .