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 president of Nigeria was indirectly elected through secret ballot for a period of five years by the senate in Options:
  A) 1963
  B) 1979
  C) 1983
  D) 1960
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: The French pattern of colonial administration in West Africa Options:
  A) was basically the same as the British
  B) had as its primary objective, the development of colonial territories
  C) was based on the principle of assimilation
  D) included the policy of indriect rule
  E) involved the settlement of a very large number of French people in West Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: 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 4:

  A set of internalized norms which guides political action is called ________

  Options:
  A) power
  B) value
  C) law
  D) symbol
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: ECOWAS IS Options:
  A) an international military/defence organization
  B) a regional economic organization
  C) a trans-national religious group
  D) a west african English speaking organization
  E) an international organ of the United Nation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: In a nation, sovereignty is vested in the Options:
  A) community
  B) state
  C) elite
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: In a federal state, power is shared Options:
  A) between the central government and the local authorities
  B) among the states of the federation
  C) among the major regions of the country
  D) between the central government and other co-ordinate units
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: The principle of separation of powers is fundamental to the Options:
  A) parliamentary system
  B) presidential system
  C) totalitarian system
  D) federal system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9: The appointment, promotion and discipline of civil servants is the responsibility of the Options:
  A) Civil Service Commission
  B) Public Complaints Commission
  C) Judicial Service Commission
  D) Public Service Institute of Nigeria
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10: Which of the leaders rejected charles de Gaulle's Constitutional proposals in 1958? Options:
  A) Senghor
  B) sekou Toure
  C) Houphouet Boigny
  D) Olympio
  E) Diori
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  The correct answer is B .