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 1081: One of the measures taken in 1988 to grant more autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria was the Options:
  A) abolition of state ministries of local government
  B) creation of post of supervisory councillors
  C) creation of post of chairmen of local governments
  D) abolition of its supervision by state government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1082: The pre-colonial Tiv society can best be described as Options:
  A) republican
  B) aristocratic
  C) feudalism
  D) monarchical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1083: The central decision-making organ of a confederation is made up of Options:
  A) technocrats appointed by the units
  B) politicians elected from the confederal constituencies
  C) politicians nominated by the government of member states
  D) representatives of pressure groups.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1084: A governmental system in which constitutional supremacy resides in the center is Options:
  A) federal
  B) confederal
  C) unitary
  D) parliamentary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1085: Removal by impeachment applies to the position of a Options:
  A) president
  B) chief judge
  C) prime minister
  D) cabinet minister
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1086:

  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 1087: Which of the following African countries receive Nigeria assistance to fight her war of independence in 1975/76? Options:
  A) Namibia
  B) Angola
  C) South Africa
  D) Mozambique
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1088: Under the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, the power to create local governments is vested in the Options:
  A) state assembly
  B) office of the deputy governor
  C) presidency
  D) national assembly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1089: A non-permanent feature of a state is Options:
  A) society
  B) population
  C) territory
  D) government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1090:

  The judiciary checks the other arms of government through

  Options:
  A) Judicial recall
  B) Judicial precedence
  C) Judicial review
  D) Judicial oversight
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  The correct answer is C .