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 1981: Lagos was annexed in Options:
  A) 1861
  B) 1871
  C) 1814
  D) 1853
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1982: ________ is the art of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling centre with the intent of influencing voters? Options:
  A) polling centre
  B) candidate
  C) passive electioneering
  D) electorate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1983: The ideology that advocates the complete control of the sources of power is Options:
  A) totalitariansim
  B) socialism
  C) liberalism
  D) democracy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1984: A thorny issue during the 1957/58 Nigerian constitutional conferences was the Options:
  A) leadership of the first post-independence government
  B) problem of ethnic minorities
  C) control of the mid - west by the western region
  D) status of Lagos
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1985: Which of these groups of Africa leaders in closely associated with the formation of the OAU Options:
  A) Haiie Selassie, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, William Tubman
  B) Abubakar Tafawa Belewa, Jean Bokassa, Kwame Nkrumah
  C) Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Jorno Kenyatta
  D) Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1986: The Nigeria Police is an agency of the Options:
  A) judicial arm of government
  B) Ministry of Defence
  C) executive arm of government
  D) Ministry of Interior
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1987: Which of the following is the commonest means of expressing public opinion? Options:
  A) Handbill
  B) Newspaper
  C) Radio
  D) Television
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1988: Decree No, 34 of May 1966 is also known as the Options:
  A) State Security Decree
  B) Suspension and Modification Decree
  C) Public Order Decree
  D) Unification Decree
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1989: Citizens exercise their sovereignty by Options:
  A) attending political rallies
  B) voting at elections
  C) registration to vote
  D) their right to sue the state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1990: The role of an Alkali under the Hausa-Fulani political system is primarily to _____________ Options:
  A) adjudicate under Islamic laws
  B) make Islamic laws
  C) execute Islamic laws
  D) make treaties under Islamic laws
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  The correct answer is C .