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 961: The permanent membership of the UN Security Council is Options:
  A) ten
  B) fifteen
  C) five
  D) eleven
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 962: The first law-making body in Nigeria after amalgamation was Options:
  A) Nigeria Council
  B) Legislative Council
  C) National Assembly
  D) Regional Assembly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 963: The fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy in the 1979 Constitution do NOT include Options:
  A) democratic and social justice
  B) federal character and inequality
  C) concentration of wealth and provision of maximum welfare
  D) national integration and ethnic loyalty
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 964: One of the distinctive features of democracy is that it Options:
  A) connotes civil rule
  B) facilitates popular participation
  C) provides for a unicameral legislature
  D) is not associated with one - part system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 965: In Nigeria, the function of Council of States is Options:
  A) judicial
  B) investigative
  C) legislative
  D) advisory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 966: In which of the following Nigerian pre- colonial political units was the principle of separation of powers institutionalized? Options:
  A) Oyo Empire
  B) Benin Empire
  C) Hausa states
  D) Bornu Empire
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 967: The administrative headquarters of ECOWAS is in Options:
  A) Lome
  B) Cotonou
  C) Dakar
  D) Lagos
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 968: The first Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations was Options:
  A) Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule
  B) General Joseph Garba
  C) Professor Ibrahim Gambari
  D) Cheif Samuel Adebo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 969: Which of the following is NOT a statutory function of an embassy? Options:
  A) issuance of visas
  B) collection of information
  C) espionage
  D) welfare of her citizens
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 970: 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 .