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 Nigerian Military Government launched the Second National Development Plan in 1970 purposely Options:
  A) to develop all the disadvantaged states
  B) to accelerate the development of the country
  C) for rapid economic and social development of the cuntry after the civil war
  D) to further the cause of a united, strong and self reliant nation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Public opinion refers to views and ideas expressed by Options:
  A) citizens regarding government policies or other issues
  B) government regarding the public interest
  C) elites about what the public wants
  D) students about the public
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3: The Willink Commission was set up to Options:
  A) solve boundary problems
  B) review revenue allocation formula
  C) examine issues relating to the welfare of groups
  D) draw up a new constitution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  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 5: Which of the following is NOT a pressure group in Nigeria Options:
  A) Farmers
  B) The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT)
  C) The Catholic Church
  D) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
  E) Nigerian Medicial Association (NMA)
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: In 1993, Nigerian troops were on peace-keeping assignment to Options:
  A) Liberia and Burundi
  B) Rwanda and Liberia
  C) Chad and Liberia
  D) Liberia and Somalia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: The first Governor General of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Lord Lugard
  B) Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
  C) Sir James Robertson
  D) the late Major Genery Aguiyi Irosi
  E) the Oni of ife
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: 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 9: 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 10: A major influence on the formation of public opinion is Options:
  A) the family
  B) the mass media
  C) public journals
  D) peer groups
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  The correct answer is B .