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 911: Under the 1963 constitution,items not listed in the exclusive and concurrent list were within the exclusive competence of the Options:
  A) Executive
  B) federal parliament
  C) regional legislatures
  D) judiciary
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 912: In the pre-colonial Hausa political system, the Madawaki performed the function of Options:
  A) Minister of interior
  B) Minister of works
  C) Minister of education
  D) Minister of defense
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 913:

  ____ is noted for having said "man by nature is a political animal"

  Options:
  A) Thomas Hobbes
  B) Aristotle
  C) Plato
  D) J.J Rosseau
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 914: The amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria was in Options:
  A) 1914
  B) 1922
  C) 1951
  D) 1953
  E) 1960
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 915: The political neutrality of civil servants implies that they Options:
  A) are not allowed to joinany organization or group
  B) have no dealings with politicians
  C) are not allowed to be involved in partisan politics
  D) have permanent tenure
  E) are not allowed to vote
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 916: Public opinion is the view expressed by a Options:
  A) few members of the society
  B) majority of the members in a society
  C) majority of the members of a society
  D) group of individuals in a society
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 917: Nigerian federalism before 1966 was be devilled by Options:
  A) amendment clauses of the constitution
  B) large number of the local government areas
  C) lack of uniformity of the civil service
  D) uneven sizes of the constituent regions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 918: A popular principle of colonial administration in British West Africa was Options:
  A) Association
  B) Indirect rule
  C) Paternalism
  D) Westernization
  E) Assimilation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 919: The organization of African Unty was set up in Options:
  A) 1960
  B) 1957
  C) 1963
  D) 1975
  E) 1979
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 920: A major feature of the policy of deregulation in Nigeria is the Options:
  A) proliferation of public cooperations
  B) phenomenal increase in Direct foreign investment
  C) increasing dominance of the economy by the state
  D) enthronement of market forces mechanism
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  The correct answer is D .