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 1111: The results of the 1973 census in Nigeria were rejected because Options:
  A) the figures were unacceptable to the U.N.B
  B) the figures were controversial
  C) Nigerians were contented with the existing population figures
  D) there were preparations for a fresh census
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1112: The 1976 Local Government Reforms in Nigeria transformed the relationship between states and local governments into one of Options:
  A) equality
  B) master and servant
  C) subordination
  D) partnership and cooperation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1113: As an executive, the commissioner is charged with the responsibility of Options:
  A) Implementing laws
  B) Writing laws
  C) Giving loans
  D) Making laws
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1114: The country that championed decolonization in Africa was Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) South Africa
  C) Ghana
  D) Kenya
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1115: The officer in charge of the administration of the palace in the Yoruba political structure is the Options:
  A) baale
  B) oluwo
  C) ilari
  D) iwarefa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1116: To which of these groups did Nigeria belong before the formation of the OAU? Options:
  A) The Brazzaville group
  B) The Monrovia group
  C) The Casablance group
  D) The West Africa group
  E) The OPEC group
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1117: The head of a Nigerian mission in a Commonwealth country is called Options:
  A) an Ambassador
  B) a Consul General
  C) a High Commissioner
  D) an Attache
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1118: Under the Independence Constitution, the head of government was the Options:
  A) Governor general
  B) President
  C) Prime minister
  D) Premier
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1119: In Nigeria, the Council of State was first created by Options:
  A) General Murtala Muhammed
  B) General Olusegun Obasanjo
  C) Major-General Aguiyi Ironsi
  D) General Yakubu Gowon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1120: The citizenship of a country could be acquired through Options:
  A) parliamentary legislation
  B) birth and naturalization
  C) registeration and arbitration
  D) presidential proclamation
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  The correct answer is B .