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 1751:

  In a parliamentary system of government, the executive branch is

  Options:
  A) under the control of the judiciary
  B) combined with the legislative branch
  C) elected through popular votes
  D) separate from the legislative branch
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1752: The Code of Conduct Bureau was established essentially to Options:
  A) ensure the independence of the public service
  B) enhance probity and accountability in public service
  C) protect the rights of public servants
  D) reduce corruption in public life
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1753: Before the collapse of Nigeria's First Republic in 1966, the prime minister was both Options:
  A) the head of government and a law maker
  B) the head of state and commander in-chief of the armed forces
  C) commander in - chief of the armed forces and party leader
  D) head of state and party leader
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1754: Which of the following organs control the Civil Service? Options:
  A) parliament and the courts
  B) trade unions and the courts
  C) the police and parliament
  D) tribunals and interest groups
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1755: A major feature of the policy of deregulation in Nigeria is the Options:
  A) proliferation of public cooperations
  B) phenomenal increase in Direct foreign investment
  C) increasing dominance of the economy by the state
  D) enthronement of market forces mechanism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1756: A representative of a Commonwealth country in another member state is known as Options:
  A) Consul-General
  B) Ambassador
  C) Attache
  D) High Commissioner
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1757: The Executive is Options:
  A) a committee of the legislature
  B) the body that makes laws
  C) the body that executes the policies of government
  D) the highest organ of government
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1758: Under the indirect rule system Options:
  A) chiefs were allowed to govern their people
  B) colonial administrators shared power equally with traditional rulers
  C) traditional rulers were encouraged to adopt the British system of government
  D) colonial administrators increased the powers of traditional rulers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1759: At independence in 1960, the permission to establish a diplomatic mission in Nigeria was not granted to Options:
  A) the United States of America
  B) Japan
  C) the United Kingdom
  D) the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1760: Nigeria's commitment to the liberation of Africa could best be seen in her policy towards Options:
  A) Namibia and Mozambique
  B) the Congo and Zimbabwe
  C) Sierra Leone and Chad
  D) South Africa and Angola
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  The correct answer is D .