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 three principal organs of government are the Options:
  A) Legislature the Public Service and Judiciary
  B) Political Parties, the Executive and the Judiciary
  C) Executive, the Legislature and the Public Corporation
  D) Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary
  E) Judiciary the Local Government and the Legislature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2: Nationalist activities were earlier in British than in French West Africa because the Options:
  A) French West Africans were not interested in having self government
  B) British colonialists were no longer interested in governing their acquired territories
  C) French addministrative polices did not allow for poltical agitation
  D) nationalists their french counterparts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: An unwritten constitution is one which Options:
  A) is not subject to judicial review
  B) is only partially written
  C) is not written at all
  D) is made up solely of a set of conventions
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: In parliament, the most extensive amendment to a bill takes place at the Options:
  A) first reading
  B) committee stage
  C) second reading
  D) final stage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: The major change effected by the government of major General J.T.U Aguyi-Ironsi was the Options:
  A) abolition of federalism
  B) reposting of government officials
  C) dissolution of boards of corporations
  D) creation of states
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: The designation of ministers as chief executives and accounting officers was recommended by a commission headed by Options:
  A) Jerome Udoji
  B) Simeon Adebo
  C) S.J Cookey
  D) Dotun Phillips
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: A major characteristic of a confederal state is that Options:
  A) there is supremacy of the constitution
  B) the citizens often owe allegiance to the centre
  C) political stability is usually low
  D) the centre overides the regions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8: The 1958 Constitutional Conferences responded to the fears of minorities by recommending the Options:
  A) creation of the Mid-Western Region
  B) Formation of a national government
  C) regionalization of the public service
  D) entrenchment of fundamental human rights
  E) creation of the office of inspector-General of Police
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: The charter establishing the AU was signed in Options:
  A) Togo
  B) Libya
  C) South Africa
  D) Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: In a parliamentary system of government the head of government is usually Options:
  A) the head of state
  B) selected from the upper chamber
  C) a graduate of a university
  D) the prime minister
  E) elected by the whole country
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  The correct answer is D .