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 head of the districts in the Hausa/Fulani Empire were the_________

  Options:
  A) Emirs of Gwandu and Sokoto
  B) Galadima
  C) Hakimi
  D) Sarkin Ruwa
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1502: The main source of local government finance since the 1976 reform has been___________ Options:
  A) local rates
  B) levies
  C) revenue from court fines and licences
  D) the federal government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1503: As a political ideology, communism seeks to Options:
  A) concentrate national wealth in the hands of a few
  B) abolish collective ownership of property
  C) provide adequate opportunities for citizens to make profits
  D) eliminate all forms of socio-economic inequality
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1504: Which of the following made the earliest contact with the Nigerian society? Options:
  A) The Portuguese
  B) The Germans
  C) The British
  D) The French
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1505: Quota system and federal character principles were entrenched in the 1979 constitution to ensure Options:
  A) loyalty
  B) Economic empowerment
  C) Equity
  D) Even development
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1506: The supreme power of a state to make and enforce laws within its jurisdiction is called Options:
  A) decolonization
  B) independence
  C) nationalism
  D) sovereighty
  E) enfranchisement
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1507: The nationalist organization formed in Nigeria in the late 1930s was the Options:
  A) National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
  B) Nigerian National Democratic Party
  C) Nigerian Youth Movement
  D) Action Group
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1508: Public opinion is a view that is Options:
  A) held by the majority
  B) active in the public realm
  C) widely publicized
  D) no longer a secret
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1509: The head of the first military government in Nigeria was Options:
  A) General Murtala Muhammed
  B) General Yakubu Gowon
  C) General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi
  D) General Olusegun Obasnjo
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1510: A state is said to be fascist when Options:
  A) its leader is partriotic but the citizens are not
  B) all rights and liberties are subordinated to state interest
  C) its citizens are fanatically in love with their leader
  D) all fights and liberties are placed above state interests
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  The correct answer is B .