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: The first African Secretary General of the United Nations is Options:
  A) Kofi Annan
  B) Joe Garba
  C) Boutrous Boutrous Ghali
  D) Ibrahim Gambari
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: A collegial executive is a government in which power is vested in a Options:
  A) president
  B) monarch
  C) commitee
  D) parliament
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: At its inception in 1919,the National Congress of British West Africa was led Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) William Du Bois
  C) Casely Hayford
  D) Marcus Garvey
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4: The independent African countries that signed the OAU Charter on May 25th 1963 were Options:
  A) Togo and Sierra Leone
  B) Morocco and Angola
  C) Togo and Morocco
  D) Chad and Gambia
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 5: When we talk about adult male suffrage we mean Options:
  A) all adults can vote
  B) all adult males can vote
  C) all men who pay tax can vote
  D) all adult males who pay tax can vote
  E) all men can vote
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: A political authority which exercises sovereign power over a specific geographical area is termed a Options:
  A) nation
  B) state
  C) dominion
  D) leviathan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: Which of the following is a process of military disengagement from Nigeria politics? Options:
  A) Increase in military budget
  B) conduct of free and fair elections
  C) Appointment of Army officers into political post
  D) strengthening the Army
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: One of the weakness of confederation is the Options:
  A) over-centralization of authority
  B) lack of central army
  C) tendencies towards secession
  D) absence of local independence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9: Which of the following has NOT been a Secretary General of the O.A.U? Options:
  A) Adebayo Adedeji
  B) Ide Oumarou
  C) Diallo Telhi
  D) Edem Kodjo
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  Implementations of the target programmes of the government is the primary duty of the _____ a part of the _____

  Options:
  A) Courts; Judiciary
  B) Public Service; Civil Service
  C) Civil Service; Public Service
  D) Ministers; Ministry of Works
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  The correct answer is C .