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 1571: The body set up to review the revenue allocation formula in 1980 was the Options:
  A) Udoji Commission
  B) Okigbo Commission
  C) Dina Commission
  D) Adebo Commission
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1572: The main deliberative organ of the UNO is the Options:
  A) Security Council
  B) General Assembly
  C) Economic and Social Council
  D) Secretariat
  E) International Court of Justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1573: The first executive president of Nigeria was Options:
  A) Dr Nnmdi Azikiwe
  B) Sir Abubakar Tarawa Balewa
  C) General Yakubu Gowon
  D) Alhaji Shehu Shagari
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1574:

  Which of the following countries operate a direct democracy?

  Options:
  A) Russia
  B) United Kingdom
  C) United States of America
  D) Switzerland
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1575: One merit of a written constitution is its Options:
  A) legibility
  B) total flexibility
  C) rigidity
  D) ease of reference
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1576: Which of these is NOT a member of the Judiciary? Options:
  A) the chief justice
  B) a high court judge
  C) a magistrate
  D) a lawyer
  E) a grand khadi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1577: The main attributes of a state are Options:
  A) Population, territory, government and soverignty
  B) the press, the legislature, the executive and the judicary
  C) federal, state and loca\l governments
  D) government, the police and the armed forces
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1578: The Technical Aid Corps programme was initiated by Nigeria to contribute to the socio-economic development of Options:
  A) developing countries
  B) Africa
  C) the Third World
  D) West Africa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1579: Which of the following violates the principle of the rule of law? Options:
  A) arbitrary increase of prices by the press
  B) criticism of government actions by the press
  C) arbitrariness of government policies
  D) arbitrariness of individuals in the society
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1580: A Federal system of government is the one in which Options:
  A) power is concentrated in the hands of one of the governments
  B) Subordinate units of government exercise sovereign power
  C) the state governors can sue the central government
  D) power is shared between the central government and local governments
  E) power is shared between the central and state governments
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  The correct answer is E .