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 1581: The United Nations was founded with the primary objective of Options:
  A) Terminating colonialism in the world
  B) ending the Second World War
  C) promoting world peace and security
  D) Uniting, all nations into a world federation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1582: South-South cooperation is a major policy plan on which Nigeria bases her relations with Options:
  A) developed countries
  B) countries of the southern hemisphere
  C) developing countries
  D) member countries of OAU
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1583:

  The Gulf War of 1990 is an indication that the U. N. O. is unable to _______

  Options:
  A) ensure free world trade
  B) stop colonialism
  C) control armament
  D) ensure permanent world peace
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1584: The principle of collective responsibility implies that Options:
  A) the prime minister can dissolve the entire parliament
  B) the head of state can dismiss the prime minister
  C) each offending minister can be reassigned
  D) the cabinet stands or falls together
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1585: In 1981,Nigeria participated in an Organization of African Unity peace-keeping force to replace Libyan forces in Options:
  A) Somalia
  B) Chad
  C) Ethiopia
  D) Zaire
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1586: A major opposition party at the national level in Nigeria's Second Republic was Options:
  A) NNP
  B) UPN
  C) PRP
  D) GNPP
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1587: In Nigeria, the Council of State was first created by Options:
  A) General Murtala Muhammed
  B) General Olusegun Obasanjo
  C) Major-General Aguiyi Ironsi
  D) General Yakubu Gowon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1588: The New Partnership for Africa's Development was mainly promoted by Options:
  A) Kenya,South Africa and Senegal
  B) Nigeria,Senegal and South Africa
  C) Ghana,Sierra Leone and Nigeria
  D) Tanzania,Burkina Faso and Egypt
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1589: Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were Options:
  A) cocoa, groundnut and ginger
  B) cocoa , rubber and benniseed
  C) cocoa, palm oil and groundnut
  D) rubber, kolanut and cotton
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1590: Which of these was NOT a demand of the nationalist movements in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Promotion of Africans to senior service positions
  B) Increased Africans representation in the legislative assemblies
  C) Improved conditions of service and salaries for Africans
  D) Withdrawal of military bases from Africa
  E) Reduction of the dictatorship of colonial officers
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  The correct answer is D .