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 1601: Which of the following is a major threat to OPEC? Options:
  A) Persistence of war in the Middle East
  B) The discovery of crude oil in more countries
  C) Antagonism by the major world powers
  D) Development of viable alternatives to crude
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1602: A constitution of any country is basically Options:
  A) a mere piece of paper
  B) a guide to how the country should be governed
  C) a document stating what the leaders should do
  D) a document stating how to acquire power
  E) C and D
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1603: The organs of government which are normally fused in a military regime are the Options:
  A) Civil Service and Parastatals
  B) Legislature and the Executive
  C) Excutive and the Judiciary
  D) Judiciary and the Legislature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1604: The citizenship of a country can be acquired by an alien through Options:
  A) habitation
  B) assimilation
  C) association
  D) naturalization
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1605: All members of the newly constituted local government councils in Nigeria were Options:
  A) Directly elected
  B) indirectly elected
  C) appointed by the State Governors
  D) appointed by the Head of State
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1606: COWAS represents Options:
  A) the English- speaking equivalent of the Franco phone economic community in West Africa
  B) an attempt to progressively eliminate obstacles to free movement of goods, services and people throughout West Africa
  C) the West African regional arm of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  D) a continent- wide economic dimension of pan-Africanism
  E) a concrate achievement by the Economic Commission for Africa (EGA)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1607: The administrative headquarters of OAU is in Options:
  A) Addis Ababa
  B) Lagos
  C) Accra
  D) Nairobi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1608: Privatization and commercialization programmes in Nigeria have Options:
  A) increased public utilities
  B) de-emphasized government ownership
  C) reduced government revenue
  D) encouraged corruption
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1609: The (former) Northern Region of Nigeria became internally self-governing in Options:
  A) 1956
  B) 1957
  C) 1958
  D) 1959
  E) 1960
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1610: The principle by which both the governors and the governed are bound by the laws is called Options:
  A) constitutionalism
  B) constitutional supremacy
  C) rule by decree
  D) rule of law
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  The correct answer is D .