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 111: By statute, the main responsibility of the armed forces of Nigeria is to Options:
  A) from a military government
  B) maintain law and order
  C) defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country
  D) take part in peace -keeping operations in troubled neighbouring countries
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 112: Citizenship refers to the Options:
  A) indigenous member of a state
  B) social status of a person in a state
  C) highest position in a state
  D) legal status of a member of a state
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 113: A true democracy in the modern sense exists where the Options:
  A) elected representatives rule
  B) majority of the people vote
  C) majority of the people rule
  D) elite rule
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 114: Presidentialism is a system of government in which Options:
  A) there is elected Head of State who exercises actual executive powers
  B) the Head of State is not the chief executive
  C) the executive functions are the responsibility of the entire members of a cabinet
  D) all members of cabinet must also be mebers of the legislature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 115: The right to direct and command people is Options:
  A) authority
  B) power
  C) opinion
  D) obedience
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 116: The organ of the UNO with full representation is the Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) General Assembly
  C) Trusteeship Council
  D) International Court of Justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 117: The biased presentation of information in order to influence public opinion is referred to as Options:
  A) mobilization
  B) propaganda
  C) indoctrination
  D) distortio
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 118: The French policy of Assimilation Options:
  A) Enabled Europeans to assimilate and come to terms with African cultural values
  B) produced radical African leaders who were anixious to terminate cordial relationships with France
  C) was aimed at converting Africans into Frenchmen
  D) was the same in theory as the British policy of Indirect Rule
  E) was a device to transfer French technology to Africa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 119: Some pre-colonial Nigerian societies are described as stateless because Options:
  A) they had no formal governmental institutions
  B) they had no definite political boundaries
  C) their population was too small
  D) they were not independent.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 120: Which of the leaders rejected charles de Gaulle's Constitutional proposals in 1958? Options:
  A) Senghor
  B) sekou Toure
  C) Houphouet Boigny
  D) Olympio
  E) Diori
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  The correct answer is B .