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 131: Judges of the World Court are appointed to serve for Options:
  A) five years
  B) ten years
  C) four years
  D) nine years
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 132: A landmark of the Lyttleton Constitution was Options:
  A) creation of the post of prime minister
  B) creation of a second chamber at the centre
  C) creation of the position of speaker of the House of Representatives
  D) removal of the governor general as chairman of the federal cabinet
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 133: Gerrymandering means Options:
  A) the second ballot system
  B) single transferable vote
  C) the manipulation of constituency boundaries
  D) the tyranny of the majority
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 134: The first Governor-General of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Lord Lugard
  B) Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe
  C) Sir James Robertson
  D) (the late) Major-General Aguiyi-Ironsi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 135: A state is admitted into the United Nations on the Options:
  A) recommendation of the secretary general to the security council
  B) concurrent vote of the security council and the general assembly
  C) enabling action of the general assembly
  D) sponsorship of any member of the organization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 136: In the Oyo traditional political system, the Alafin of Oyo was elected or chosen by a group known as Options:
  A) Oyo Mesi
  B) Bales
  C) Obas
  D) Ogboni
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 137: Public corporations are set up to Options:
  A) make profit
  B) compete with private sector
  C) cater for those businesses that cannot be left entirely to private enterprise
  D) enhance the prestige of government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 138:

  Government by the wealthy is known as _________

  Options:
  A) Democracy
  B) Plutocracy
  C) Oligarchy
  D) Aristocracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 139: An indispensable aspect of the constitution of a democratic state is Options:
  A) press censorship
  B) presidentialism
  C) fundamental human rights
  D) socialist ideology
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 140: In which of the following Nigerian pre- colonial political units was the principle of separation of powers institutionalized? Options:
  A) Oyo Empire
  B) Benin Empire
  C) Hausa states
  D) Bornu Empire
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  The correct answer is A .