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 1: Government by the few is Options:
  A) dictatorship
  B) monarchy
  C) oligarchy
  D) autocracy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  Citizenship by naturalization________

  Options:
  A) is the same as citizenship by marriage and registeration
  B) refers to the process of attaining citizenship through honorary means
  C) is the act of a non-citizen having satisfied the constitutional criteria becoming a legal member of a state
  D) is the medium by which an alien through the judiciary receives certification and attains citizenship by birth
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: The political party that replaced NNDP before independence was Options:
  A) NYM
  B) NCNC
  C) UNDP
  D) AG
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4: The following six political parties were registered for the 1983 elections Options:
  A) NCNC UPN, NPP, NNDP, UMBC, NAP
  B) NPN,NAP NPP, PRP, GNPP, UPN
  C) NPN, NNA PPP, PRP, PPA, UPN
  D) NPP, Chop Chop, PPP PPA, UPN, PRP
  E) UPN, AG, NNDP, PRP, NAP, PPA
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: The main representative body of the United Nations is the Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) General Assembly
  C) Trusteeship Council
  D) Secretariat
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: The Richards Constitution Options:
  A) abolished the elective principle in choosing members of the Legislative Council
  B) amalgamated the northern and southern groups of provinces
  C) established a central legislative council
  D) abolished regional assemlies
  E) abolished the system of Indirect Rule
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: Nigeria is a member of Options:
  A) OPEC, NATO and ECOWAS
  B) OAU, the UNO and ECOWAS
  C) ECOWAS, NATO and OAU
  D) The Commonwealth of Nations, OPEC and the OAS
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: Under the 1979 Constitution in Nigeria, each state of the federation Options:
  A) had a bicameral legislature
  B) had equal legislators in the House of Representatives
  C) had an equal number of senators
  D) was provided with a presidential liaison officer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  The agent through which the state undertakes political socialization is the

  Options:
  A) pressure group
  B) peer group
  C) family
  D) school
  E) pressure group and school
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 10: Early nationalist activities manifested in the form of _____? Options:
  A) discrimination
  B) resistance
  C) participation
  D) disagreement
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  The correct answer is C .