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: Ombudsman as an institution in Nigeria is known as the Options:
  A) public complaints commission
  B) code of conduct bureau
  C) publitical service commission
  D) political bureau
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 112: Diarchy refers to the Options:
  A) rule by the government and the opposition parties
  B) mixture of parliamentary and presidential systems
  C) rule of political interest
  D) rule by the military and civilians
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 113: Removal by impeachment applies to the position of a Options:
  A) president
  B) chief judge
  C) prime minister
  D) cabinet minister
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 114: One of the fundamental features of capitalism is Options:
  A) that the major factors of production are privately owned
  B) the predominance of the public sector in the economy
  C) the elimination of all forms of competition
  D) the rule of the few
  E) the enternchment of social rights
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 115:

  What is the primary source of revenue for the local government in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) taxes
  B) grants from foreign countries
  C) oil revenue
  D) Federal government allocations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 116: The general Strike of 1945 was caused primarily by the Options:
  A) persistent implementation of discriminatory laws
  B) disparity in the criteria for employment
  C) harshness in trade laws as it concerns the Africans
  D) government's rejection of a demand for an increase of 50 percent in the cost of living allowances
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 117: Laws made by state governments are known as Options:
  A) bye laws
  B) decrees
  C) edicts
  D) acts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 118: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries came into existence at a conference held in Options:
  A) Tripoli
  B) Caracas
  C) Riyadh
  D) Baghdad
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 119: The term federal character was popularised by the Options:
  A) 1975 Contitution Drafting Committee
  B) 1979 Constitution
  C) Murtala / Obasanjo regime
  D) Buhari regime
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 120: Who among the following served as Secretary General of OPEC? Options:
  A) Jibril Aminu
  B) Aret Adams
  C) Dan Etete
  D) Rilwanu Lukman
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  The correct answer is D .