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 1531: It is the duty of every citizen Options:
  A) to go to school
  B) to participate in the operation feed the nation scheme
  C) to perform his civic responsibilities
  D) not to jump queues
  E) to sing the national anthem every day
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1532: Delegated legislation is justified by the Options:
  A) Superior knowledge of issues by the executive
  B) fear that public debates in parliaments would endanger national security
  C) slow and unwieldy process of decision making in legislative houses
  D) constitutional superiority of the executive over the legislative branch of government
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1533: The international organization formed after the Second World War to guarantee international peace and security is called Options:
  A) the European Common Market
  B) the British Commonwealth of Nations
  C) the League of Nations
  D) the United Nations Organization
  E) the World Bank
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1534: Presidentialism is a system of government in which Options:
  A) there is elected Head of State who exercises actual executive powers
  B) the Head of State is not the chief executive
  C) the executive functions are the responsibility of the entire members of a cabinet
  D) all members of cabinet must also be mebers of the legislature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1535:

  The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has its headquarters in

  Options:
  A) Abuja
  B) Abidjan
  C) Lome
  D) Dakar
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1536: 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 1537: The common colonial institution in British West Africa included Options:
  A) tie West African Research Council and Gambia police Force
  B) the West African Universites Commission and West African Joint Admission and Matriculation Board
  C) the West African Currency Board and the West African Airways Corporation
  D) the West African Teachers Association and West African Labour Union
  E) None of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1538: The main role of pressure groups is to Options:
  A) Oppose oppressive legislation
  B) protect the interest of the country against foreign power
  C) resist temptation of gifts made by multi-national companies to influence their political parties
  D) to influence their judgement
  E) influence legislation in order to benefit their members
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1539: The ECOWAS treaty was signed in 1975 in Options:
  A) Accra
  B) Banjul
  C) Freetown
  D) Abidjan
  E) Lome
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1540: Which of the following performs quasi-legislative functions? Options:
  A) The Judiciary
  B) The Traditional Institutions
  C) The Civil Service
  D) The Executive
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  The correct answer is D .