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 1291: The process by which political beliefs and values are transmitted from one generation to another is best known as political Options:
  A) socialization
  B) culture
  C) training
  D) decentralization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1292:

  Which of the following was the last to win independence from colonial rule ?

  Options:
  A) Cote d'Ivoire
  B) Algeria
  C) Tanzania
  D) Angola
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1293: Traditional rulers in Nigeria exercised the greatest political powers under Options:
  A) the military administrations
  B) the second republic
  C) the first republic
  D) indirect rule
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1294: The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the Options:
  A) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
  B) judicary and the civil service
  C) trustee and the presidium
  D) civil service and the senate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1295: A major drawback to the NEPAD initiative is its Options:
  A) Articulation by few African leaders
  B) Affiliation by few African union
  C) Inability to empower the youth
  D) Reliance on Western donors for funds
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1296: In a federal system of government Options:
  A) the central government shares powers equally with the state governments
  B) all the state s of the federation are equal in size and population
  C) state courts control federal courts
  D) the central government has exclusive power over defence and foreign affairs
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1297:

  The British Government revoked the charter of the Royal Niger Company and took over the direct administration of Nigeria in _________

  Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1900
  C) 1906
  D) 1914
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1298:

  The legitimate claims and entitlements available by reasons of birth and residence and/or certification, to a community of people may be abscribed as their___________

  Options:
  A) fundamental rights
  B) civil liberties
  C) communitarian privilege
  D) citizenship rights
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1299: 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 1300: Nigeria's Non-Alignment Policy is constrained by her Options:
  A) strong ties with Western powers
  B) membership of the ECOWAS
  C) Afrocentric posture
  D) membership of the UNO
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  The correct answer is A .