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 1781:

  Government by the wealthy is known as _________

  Options:
  A) Democracy
  B) Plutocracy
  C) Oligarchy
  D) Aristocracy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1782: Which of the following are pressure groups? Options:
  A) the Nigeria Chamber of Commerce
  B) the Nigeria Union of Teacher
  C) the National Union of Nigerian Students
  D) all of the above
  E) A and C
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1783: A good example of a country with a largely unwritten constitution is Options:
  A) the United States of America
  B) The Soviet Union
  C) Nigeria
  D) United Kingdom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1784: In the cabinet system of government, individual responsibility of ministers means that ____________ Options:
  A) only ministers can be held responsible for errors
  B) a minister must hold his subordinates responsible for his failures
  C) the prime ministers can remove an erring minister
  D) no individual can be held responsible for government decisions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1785: Removal by impeachment applies to the position of a Options:
  A) president
  B) chief judge
  C) prime minister
  D) cabinet minister
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1786:

  When Nigeria achieved independence in 1960, the head of state was the _____

  Options:
  A) Queen of England
  B) President
  C) Prime Minister
  D) Governor-General
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1787: Under what constitution did the supreme Court become the highest Court of Appeal in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Machpherson Constitution
  B) Clifford Constitution
  C) Richards Constitution
  D) The 1963 Constitution
  E) The 1979 Constitution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1788: The earliest classification of constitutions was the work of Options:
  A) Aristotle
  B) J.J. Rouseau
  C) K.C. Wheare
  D) Plato
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1789: A main feature of the parliamentary system is that Options:
  A) the executive consists of all party members
  B) judges are drawn from the ruling party
  C) electoral commissioners leave at the end of their tenure
  D) the executive is appointed by the legislature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1790:

  Which of the following was not responsible for the coalition between A. G and N. C. N. C.?

  Options:
  A) The kano riot of 1953
  B) Awolowo's faction seeking to get N. P. C. out of power as opposed to Akintola's option
  C) contest for the federal election of 1964
  D) Akintola's faction which broke out of A. G. to form UPP
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  The correct answer is A .