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: 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 2:

  The judicial organ of government is the body which _________

  Options:
  A) implements the law
  B) makes the law
  C) punishes lawbreakers
  D) interprets the law
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3: A court order compelling the executive or its agencies to produce and unlawfully detained person is called a writ of Options:
  A) mandamus
  B) subpoena
  C) habeas corpus
  D) injunction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4: The first Pan African, conference was held in Options:
  A) Paris
  B) Brussels
  C) London
  D) New York
  E) Manchester
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: The breakdown of the McPherson Constitution was partly caused by the crisis within the Options:
  A) NCNC
  B) AG
  C) NPC
  D) NNDP
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: Legislative control of public corporation in Nigeria is effected through Options:
  A) the dissolution of their management
  B) the reorganization of their boards
  C) acts of the National Assembly
  D) bye-laws
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  The lbadan Conference of 1950 was convened to discuss the provisions of the ....

  Options:
  A) Richards Constitution
  B) Macpherson Constitution
  C) Clifford Constitution
  D) Lyttleton Constitution
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: The head of the Nigerian judiciary is the Options:
  A) Solicitor-Genral of the Federation
  B) President of the Court of Appeal
  C) Chief Justice of the Federation
  D) Attorney-General and Minister of Justice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9: Which of the following is NOT a fundamental human right in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Right to education
  B) Right to personal liberty
  C) Freedom of thought
  D) Freedom of conscience
  E) Non of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 10: Bicameralism refers to Options:
  A) a one chamber legislature
  B) the process of voting in the legislature
  C) the upper chamber in a legislature
  D) a two chamber legislature
  E) legislatures in all sovereign states
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  The correct answer is D .