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 1661: One significant aspect of the legislative council of 19922 was that Options:
  A) Africans were in the majority
  B) it made laws only for the southern provinces
  C) the colony of lagos and the protectorate of southern nigeria were merged
  D) laws governing land ownership in the north were extended to the south
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1662: The major innovation of the Republican Constitution of 1963 was that Options:
  A) the Prime Minister ceased to be Head of State
  B) The Governor's office as the representative of the Queen was abolished
  C) the Cabinet was no longer responsible to the legislature
  D) it introduced the Executive Prsidential system
  E) the Prime Minister was nominated by the Executive Council
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1663: When Nigeria achieved independence in 1960, the head of state was the Options:
  A) president
  B) prime minister
  C) Governor-General
  D) Queen of England.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1664: 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 1665:

  Jus Sanguinis is a principle that grants citizenship based on

  Options:
  A) parental citizenship
  B) place of birth
  C) ethnic background
  D) length of residency
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1666: One major achievement of the Clifford constitution was _________ Options:
  A) creating a Northern majority in the legislative council
  B) introducing indirect rule
  C) amalgamating the Northern and Southern provinces
  D) establishing the legislative council
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1667: In a federal system of government, the central is Options:
  A) superior to the other components
  B) inferior to the other components
  C) equal to the other cmponents
  D) of unlimited jurisdiction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1668: Under the Independence Constitution Options:
  A) the governor-general could appoint any member of the House of Representative prime minister
  B) a bicameral legislature was introduced in the country
  C) forty-four members were elected into the Senate
  D) higher education was made the exclusively responsibilty of the federal government
  E) the Supreme Court of Nigeria was made the highest judicial authority in the country
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1669: The leader of the Northern people's Congress was Options:
  A) Yusuf Maitama Sule
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
  C) Aminu Kano
  D) Ahmadu Bello
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1670: The western zone of the Sokoto caliphate was administered from Options:
  A) kebbi
  B) Ilorin
  C) Bida
  D) Gwandu.
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  The correct answer is D .