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 1501: The majority of the OPEC members are from Options:
  A) Latin America
  B) The Middle East Countries
  C) Asia
  D) Africa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1502: A democratic system of government is Options:
  A) an efficient government
  B) a mass government on behalf of the people
  C) a government that grants absolute freedom to all citizens
  D) a patriotic government
  E) a government of the people by the people and for the people
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1503: Electoral colleges have been criticized because they Options:
  A) are very expensive
  B) create more seats in the legislature
  C) make the legislature too responsive
  D) sometimes negate the wishes of the electorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1504: An electoral system is the system which governs Options:
  A) the appointment of the Pope elections
  B) how people vote
  C) the conduct of elections
  D) the appointment of cabinet ministers
  E) the appointment of judges
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1505: Which of these groups of Africa leaders in closely associated with the formation of the OAU Options:
  A) Haiie Selassie, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, William Tubman
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Belewa, Jean Bokassa, Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jorno Kenyatta
  D) Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1506: The 1946 constitutions in Nigeria and the Gold Coast (Ghana were the results of Options:
  A) pressures from nationalists within the colonies
  B) pressures by united states of America
  C) pressures from the British government
  D) pressures from within and from outside these colonies
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1507: The Nigeria Federal Legislature is Options:
  A) bicameral
  B) Unicameral
  C) called the House of Assembly
  D) Called the House of Representatives
  E) the Senate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1508: Traditional rulers under the 1976 local Government Reforms had Options:
  A) executive powers
  B) Chief-in-council status
  C) limitee powers
  D) legislative powers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1509:

  The highest authority in the Yoruba pre-colonial era was the _____

  Options:
  A) Ogboni
  B) Oba
  C) Oyomesi
  D) Balogun
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1510: One important aspect of the Lyttleton Constitution was the Options:
  A) abolition of the regional Houses of Assembly
  B) granting of greater regional autonomy
  C) decleration that Nigeria would be independent in 1960
  D) enromous powers given to the colonial governors
  E) creation of the post of a Federal Prime Minister
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  The correct answer is B .