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 1421: A major characteristic of a confederal state is that Options:
  A) there is supremacy of the constitution
  B) the citizens often owe allegiance to the centre
  C) political stability is usually low
  D) the centre overides the regions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1422: Which of the following is not a dimension of public opinion? Options:
  A) intensity
  B) substance
  C) polling
  D) orientation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1423: The concept of Indirect Rule in Nigeria is usually associated with Options:
  A) Sir George T. Goldie
  B) Sir Donald Cameron
  C) Major Claude Macdonald
  D) Lord Lugard
  E) Sir Arthur Richards
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1424:

  A political party often with a radical viewpoint and perspective to sensitive state affairs matters is often labelled as a ___party

  Options:
  A) conservatist
  B) liberal
  C) democratic
  D) elitist
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1425: In the cabinet system of government individual responsibility of ministers means that Options:
  A) only ministers can be held responsible for errors
  B) a minister must hold his subordinates responsible for his failures
  C) the prime minister can remove an erring minister
  D) no individual can be held responsible for government decisions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1426: The term, Chief -in- Council in Nigeria mean that, the Chief Options:
  A) is elected by the council
  B) is superior to the council
  C) cannot oppose the decision of the council
  D) is nominate by the government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1427: One outstanding action for which the GOWON administration will be remembered in Nigeria's political history is the Options:
  A) organizatin of FESTAC
  B) construction of roads
  C) creation of twelve states
  D) civil service purge
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1428:

  The cultural organisation which metamorphosed into the Northern People's Congress (NPC) was__________

  Options:
  A) Arewa Consultative Forum
  B) Jamiyyar Mutanem Arewa
  C) Borno Youth Movement
  D) Northern Elders Forum
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1429: The right of citizens to vote is Options:
  A) Universal suffrage
  B) Nationality suffrage
  C) Electoral suffrage
  D) Adult suffrage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1430: Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic of a nation state? Options:
  A) Definite boundary
  B) sovereignty
  C) independence
  D) common language
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  The correct answer is D .