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 101: When a state is subject to no other authority it is said to be Options:
  A) powerful
  B) legitimate
  C) authoritative
  D) sovereign
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 102: The 1946 Constitution is characterized by Options:
  A) official majority in the legislative council
  B) non-official majority in the legislative council
  C) non-official majority in the executive council
  D) federal system of government
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 103: The franchise is Options:
  A) the receipt given to tax payer
  B) an order of the court
  C) the paperwhich a voter casts at elections
  D) the right to vote
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 104: One of the earliest political institutions set up in the colonial period to allow for local participation in politics was the Options:
  A) Supreme Military Council
  B) Legislative Council
  C) Federal Executive Council
  D) Willink's Commission
  E) Public Service Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 105: Nigeria's withdrawal from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British Options:
  A) support for UNITA rebels in Angola
  B) supply of arms to Rhodesia
  C) failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
  D) negative utterances on Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 106: Warrant Chiefs were appointed to Options:
  A) prevent tribal war
  B) supervise native courts
  C) decide divorce cases
  D) take charge of local administrations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 107: The most important aspect of the 1976 Local Government Reforms was the Options:
  A) introduction of a uniform system of local government
  B) introduction of party politics at the local levels
  C) sbordination of local governments to the federal and state governments
  D) recognition of local government as autonomus and sovereign government
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 108: Before the OAU was formed in 1963, Nigeria was a member of the Options:
  A) Monrovia Blood
  B) Afro-Arab Bloc
  C) Casablanca Powers
  D) Edem Kodjo
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 109: The Coussey Commission Report laid the ground-work for the eventual independence of Options:
  A) Gambia
  B) Gold Coast (Ghana)
  C) Sierra Leone
  D) Liberia
  E) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 110: when a bill passed by the legislature is vetoed by the executive, the action underscores the principle Options:
  A) probity and accountability
  B) separation of powers
  C) collective responsibility
  D) checks and balances.
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  The correct answer is D .