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 1371: Citizenship refers to the Options:
  A) legal status of a member of a state
  B) indigenous member of a state
  C) highest position in a state
  D) social status of a person in a state
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1372: At independence in 1960, the permission to establish a diplomatic mission in Nigeria was not granted to Options:
  A) the United States of America
  B) Japan
  C) the United Kingdom
  D) the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1373: The franchise is Options:
  A) the receipt given to tax payer
  B) an order of the court
  C) the paperwhich a voter casts at elections
  D) the right to vote
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1374: Indirect rule encouraged Options:
  A) communal integration
  B) exploitation and oppression
  C) inter-communal cooperation
  D) the rise of nationalism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1375:

  Which of the following is a founding member of OPEC?

  Options:
  A) Indonesia
  B) Algeria
  C) Venezuela
  D) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1376: Under the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, the power to create local governments is vested in the Options:
  A) state assembly
  B) office of the deputy governor
  C) presidency
  D) national assembly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1377: Imperialism was adopted by Europe to Options:
  A) expand its economic and political base
  B) develop the economies of the colonies
  C) establish a democratic society similar to that of Europe
  D) end ethnic rivalries in the colonies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1378: Public opinion refers to views and ideas expressed by Options:
  A) citizens regarding government policies or other issues
  B) government regarding the public interest
  C) elites about what the public wants
  D) students about the public
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1379: All Federal systems of government have Options:
  A) flexible constitutions
  B) industrialized economic
  C) written constitutions
  D) four layers of government
  E) heads of states who are also heads of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1380: Democracy means a system of government in which Options:
  A) the majority rules
  B) the minority rules
  C) there is no party system
  D) the people rule
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .