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 primary objective of the UNO is to Options:
  A) maintain international peace and security
  B) promote fundamental human rights
  C) develop bilateral relations among nations
  D) serve as a co-ordinationg platform for the actions of nations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: The most important objective of political parties is to Options:
  A) elect their spokesmen
  B) lobby the government
  C) from effective national organizations
  D) control the government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  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 4: In the 1963 Constitution, there was separation of powers between the Options:
  A) president and the commander in chief of the armed forces
  B) executive and the legislature
  C) head of state and the president
  D) head of government and the head of state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5: Which of the following is good example of a confederal state? Options:
  A) USAD,
  B) Nigeria
  C) Switzerland
  D) ECOWAS
  E) Ghana
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6: One major determinant of Nigeria's foreign policy is Options:
  A) external influences
  B) commitment to world peace
  C) cooperation among African States
  D) non-alignmenty in world affairs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: As a political ideology, communism seeks to Options:
  A) concentrate national wealth in the hands of a few
  B) abolish collective ownership of property
  C) provide adequate opportunities for citizens to make profits
  D) eliminate all forms of socio-economic inequality
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8:

  The independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of.____

  Options:
  A) Electoral candidates
  B) Constituencies
  C) Political parties
  D) Voters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: An important aspect of an unwritten constitution is that it Options:
  A) is easy to understand by everbody
  B) safequards the monarchy
  C) contains customary laws and conventions
  D) is not easily ameneded
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  The economic basis of feudalism is __________

  Options:
  A) agriculture
  B) capital
  C) trade
  D) slavery
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  The correct answer is A .