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 181: 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 minister 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 182: The civil service belongs to the organ of government called the Options:
  A) legislature
  B) executive
  C) judiciary
  D) parastatals
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 183: Which of following countries operates a single party system? Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Nigeria
  C) Tanzania
  D) Uganda
  E) France
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 184: Political socialization is associated with Options:
  A) free choice of party programmes
  B) military takeover of civilian government
  C) the transmission of political values
  D) political transition
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 185: Lagos was annexed in Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1871
  C) 1814
  D) 1853
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 186:

  The process of decolonization in Nigeria was hugely impacted by

  Options:
  A) The Renaissance
  B) World War I
  C) The Cold War
  D) World War II
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 187: A system in which a few powerful and rich nobles own land which is hired out to the poor people to farm is called Options:
  A) Feudalism
  B) co-operatives
  C) socialism
  D) communism
  E) communalism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 188:

  Which of the following documents granted Nigeria its independence?

  Options:
  A) The Lancaster House Agreement
  B) The Atlantic Charter
  C) The Nigerian Independence Act
  D) The United Nations Declaration on Decolonization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 189: What distinguishes a political party from other social institutions is the desire to Options:
  A) influence the international community on local issues
  B) promote the interest of party members
  C) win elections and form a government
  D) influence government policies in certain directions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 190:

  The delineation of electoral constituencies for reasons of political advantage is termed___________

  Options:
  A) dissolution
  B) prorogation
  C) gerrymandering
  D) delimitation
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  The correct answer is C .