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 1151: The main attributes of a state are Options:
  A) government, the police and the armed forces
  B) population, territory, government and sovereignty
  C) federal state and local governments
  D) the press, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1152: Nigerian federalism before 1966 was be devilled by Options:
  A) amendment clauses of the constitution
  B) large number of the local government areas
  C) lack of uniformity of the civil service
  D) uneven sizes of the constituent regions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1153: Which of the following best represents duties and obligations of government? Options:
  A) national sysmbols of
  B) provision of public utilities
  C) care of public property
  D) obedience of laws
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1154: The legislative body of the United States of America is the Options:
  A) Parliament
  B) Congress
  C) National Assembly
  D) Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1155:

  A characteristic feature of communism is __________

  Options:
  A) Free enterprise
  B) liberal democracy
  C) dictatorship
  D) multi-party system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1156: Political authority refers to the Options:
  A) ability to effect political action
  B) capacity to produce desired political results
  C) capacity to reshape the political behaviour of citizens
  D) recognized right to exercise political power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1157: Which public commission was not established by the 1979 Nigerian Constitution? Options:
  A) Udoji Commission
  B) Federal Electoral Commission
  C) Public Service Commission
  D) Public Complaints Commission
  E) National Population Commision
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1158: Citizenship is acquired by an alien through Options:
  A) Conferment
  B) Internalization
  C) Registration
  D) Birth
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1159: The deliberate tampering with the delimitation of constituencies in order to win more seats is called Options:
  A) gerontocracy
  B) gerrymandering
  C) delimitation
  D) bureaucracy
  E) devolution
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1160:

  Political values are acquired in any given society through

  Options:
  A) political re-orientation
  B) political campaign
  C) political socialization
  D) political indoctrination
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  The correct answer is C .