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 1611: Deregulation as an economic policy borders on Options:
  A) the removal of subsidies on public utilities
  B) the removal of restrictions and extension of competition
  C) privatization
  D) commercialization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1612: An example of a country that operates a bicameral legislature is Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Sierra Leone
  C) Kenya
  D) Libya
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1613: The major objective of pressure group is to Options:
  A) change government
  B) form government
  C) influence government
  D) fund government
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1614: The main objective of the Public Service Review Commission headed by Chief Jerome Udoji was to make the Nigerian public service Options:
  A) less corrupt
  B) more attractive financially
  C) more efficient and result oriented
  D) superior to the private sector
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1615: One argument against a multi-party system is the Options:
  A) encouragement of opposition and instability
  B) banning of interest groups
  C) inability to attract foreign assistance
  D) high cost of conducting elections.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1616: The central point of capitalism, as expounded by Karl Marx, is that Options:
  A) capitalist profit is the surplus value obtained from workers labour
  B) workers are inherently incapable of being owners of their labour
  C) capitalists shall always increase worker earning capacity through wages
  D) capitslists shall always readily consent to workers welfare demands.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1617: The first political party in Nigeria was formed after the introduction of the Options:
  A) Richards Constitution
  B) Clifford Constitution
  C) Bourdillon Constitution
  D) Macpherson Constitution
  E) Lyttleton Constitution
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1618: One of the ways the executive performs legislative functions is through Options:
  A) delegated legislation
  B) judicial review
  C) extrajudicial decision
  D) administrative review
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1619: Which of the following is NOT a mode of constitutional change? Options:
  A) party manifesto
  B) formal amendment
  C) judicial decision
  D) statutory revision
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1620: Which of the following was Not a function of FEDECO during the Second Republic? Options:
  A) organizing, conducting and supervising all elections
  B) providing guidelines, rules and regulations for political parties
  C) arranging for the registration of persons qualified to vote
  D) swearing in of elected candidates
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  The correct answer is D .