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 idea of putting everyone under two levels of government at the same time is called Options:
  A) dual policy
  B) dual mandate
  C) dual citizenship
  D) federalism
  E) nationalism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2:

  A system of government in which power derives from total control of the instruments of force is called ___________

  Options:
  A) monarchy
  B) oligarchy
  C) capitalism
  D) fascism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  The best form of government for a heterogeneous society is a

  Options:
  A) quasi-federal system
  B) federal system
  C) confederal system
  D) unitary system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: The adoption of non-alignment as a principle of Nigeria's foreign policy was aimed at Options:
  A) promoting Nigeria's leadership aspiration in Africa
  B) attaining equal status with the world powers
  C) fulfilling a basic requirement for acceptance in the UN Security Council
  D) insulating Nigeria against having to take side in the Cold War
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5: The foreign affairs minister who advocated the concept of medium powers' was Options:
  A) Prof Ibrahim Gambari
  B) Major-General Joe Garba
  C) Alhaji Rilwanu Lukman
  D) Prof, Bolaji Akinyemi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6: In a federal constitution, legislative powers that are shared by two levels of government are referred to as Options:
  A) exclusive
  B) extra ordinary
  C) residual
  D) concurrent
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: One major flaw of the British Indirect Rule in Nigeria was that the system Options:
  A) made use of traditional institution
  B) championed ethnocentrism
  C) encouraged the use of European administrators
  D) was not centralized
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: Fundamental human rights of citizens are provided for in Options:
  A) the United Nations Charter
  B) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  C) the OAU Charter
  D) Amnesty International Edict
  E) the constitutions of states
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 9: Under the independence Constitution of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was Options:
  A) Head of state
  B) Governor General
  C) Prime Minister
  D) Lieutenant Governor
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: The transformation of the OAU to AU is essentially to Options:
  A) enhance Africa's economic developement
  B) accelerate Africa's technological developement
  C) accelerate Africa's political develpement
  D) promote Africa's socio-cultural advancement
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  The correct answer is D .