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 1181: Judges in Nigeria enjoy security of tenure Options:
  A) if they are apponited by the president
  B) if they have the support of the Nigerian Bar Association
  C) if they are of good behaviour
  D) during the life of the government which appoints them
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1182: The Yoruba traditional governmental system was Options:
  A) Egalitarian
  B) Republican
  C) democratic
  D) monarchical
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1183: Under the 1979 Nigeria Constitution, the supreme court judges were appointed by the Options:
  A) Judicial Services Commission
  B) President
  C) Honourable Chief Justice
  D) Senate
  E) National Assembly
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1184: The Lagos Colony and the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria were joined in the year Options:
  A) 1904
  B) 1906
  C) 1910
  D) 1914
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1185: A Federal system of government is the one in which Options:
  A) power is concentrated in the hands of one of the governments
  B) Subordinate units of government exercise sovereign power
  C) the state governors can sue the central government
  D) power is shared between the central government and local governments
  E) power is shared between the central and state governments
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1186: Where the constitution is supreme,unconstitutional acts of the executive and the the legislature can be checked by the courts through Options:
  A) recall
  B) judicial review
  C) vote of no confidence
  D) impeachment.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1187: The General Purpose Committee of the local government functions as a Options:
  A) Committee for awarding contracts
  B) cabinet of the local government
  C) body responsible for supervsing self - help projects
  D) committee of the government on public relations
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1188: The President of Nigeria Options:
  A) has a tenure of seven years
  B) has to be elected every four years
  C) has a tenure of five years
  D) cannot seek re-election
  E) is elected for life
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1189: Financial allocations to local governments by the federal or the state government to supplement the cost of a project is called Options:
  A) revenue allocation
  B) reimbursement
  C) statutory allocation
  D) matching grant
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1190: The Minorities Commission appointed in Nigeria in 1957 recommended that Options:
  A) more States should be created in the Federation
  B) no more States should be created before independence
  C) Nigeria should revert to a unitary structure of government
  D) the Federal Legislature should legislate for the minority areas
  E) all the minority areas should constitute one state
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  The correct answer is B .