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: Nigeria’s membership of the ECOWAS is informed by her desire to___________ Options:
  A) develop a market in the sub-region
  B) form sub-regional high command
  C) become a sub-regional power
  D) promote economic integration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 102: In a parliamentary system,the functions of the head of state and the head of government are vested in Options:
  A) the inner cabinet
  B) an indidvidual
  C) two different individuals
  D) the ministerial council
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 103: The main representative body of the United Nations is the Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) General Assembly
  C) Trusteeship Council
  D) Secretariat
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 104: 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 105: A distinctive feature of the Richards Constitution was its provision for Options:
  A) unofficial members in the Legislative Council
  B) a Legislative Council for the whole of Nigeria
  C) the establishment of local councils
  D) official members in the Legislative Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 106: The Sharia legal system was first introduced in the Fourth Republic in Options:
  A) Kano State
  B) Katsina State
  C) Zamfara State
  D) Sokoto State
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 107: Rates are generally collected in Nigeria by Options:
  A) the State Ministry of Finance
  B) the Department of Inland Revenue
  C) The Emirate or Traditional Council
  D) the Local Government Council
  E) Presidential Liaison officers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 108: The first Head of Government in Nigeria after independence was__________ Options:
  A) Nnamdi Azikiwe
  B) Ahmadu Bello
  C) Tafawa Balewa
  D) Herbert Macaulay
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 109:

  Which of the following is a good example of aconfederal state?

  Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) ECOWAS
  C) Switzerland
  D) USA
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 110: The goal of the theory of separation of powers is to Options:
  A) make the executive dependent on the legislature
  B) give more powers to the legislature
  C) protect individual liberty
  D) create efficiency in the judicary
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  The correct answer is C .